Raynors 2012-09
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/27/2012
CROUCH, Frederick William Nicholls, on 11/12/1861 he mustered as a substitute into "1st" Co. VA 1st Co. Howitzers Light Artillery at age 52. Acclaimed composer of over 2000 ballads and two operas. Born in England in 1808, he emigrated to America in 1849 where he found employment at Richmond, Virginia's St. Paul's Episcopal Church. At the start of the Civil War, he joined the Confederacy and he was in the Confederate Army throughout the entire war, serving with distinction. It was during this time of war that Crouch composed his most famous and haunting song, "Kathleen Mavourneen" which quickly became a favorite of the Confederates and was sung around the soldiers' campfires almost nightly. Crouch was the actual composer (not Irving Berlin) of the song "Oh how I hate to get up in the morning." Partial Autograph Letter Signed, “Prof. F. Nicholls Crouch.”
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