Sarah Ponleva “Eva” Berrien Eve
Eve [Jones], Sarah Ponleva (Eva) Berrien (1841-90) – Duke, Music B. 193
Sarah Ponleva
“Eva” Berrien Eve (1841-90), the daughter of an affluent planter living near
Augusta, attended a school for young women, played and sang music from popular
operas as well as simple ballads, and had her music collection bound into at
least one volume.
Eva traveled to
Bethlehem, PA and Washington, DC for her studies
Her mother served as Vice
Regent of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association, and her mother was Sarah Lowndes
Berrien Casey. Composer A. Iverson of Columbus dedicated “When the Birds to the
South” (printed in GLB, 16 October,
1838, p. 188) to Eve’s aunt, Martha Deloney Berrien.
Eva served as a bridesmaid at Ruth’s wedding in 1858, and
in October 1863 married Ruth’s widowed husband (Charles Colcock
Jones). On Eva, see Rozier, ed., The
Granite Farm, 114.
Duke
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Title |
Composer |
Date |
Notes |
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Somebody’s Coming But
I’ll Not Tell Who |
John C. Andrews |
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The Fair Enchantress: Barcarolle |
J. Gaspard Maeder |
1859 |
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Rock’d
in the Cradle of the Deep |
J. P. Knight |
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Dark the Day of Lovers Parting:
Lurline’s Song / Nymphs of the Rhine |
H. Eckhardt (Leader of the Boston
Museum) |
1858 |
Sold at Zogbaum’s,
Savannah |
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The Rose of Tralee |
Henry C. Watson |
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Cut from Frank Leslie’s Gazette of
Fashion and the Beau Monde, pasted on the previous. Image. Also in Anne
Johnson’s collection |
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The Brightest Eyes / Die schönsten Augen |
Stigelli |
1857 |
German and English. |
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The Vocal Beauties of Flotow’s Opera
Martha: How So Fair” |
Flotow |
1858 |
French and English. Sold at Zogbaum’s, Savannah |
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As I View These Scenes So Charming /
Vi raviso o luoghi ameni: Air in the Celebrated Opera La Sonnambula |
Bellini |
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Italian and English. Cavatina and
cabaletta |
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Jenny Lind Music: We Must Now Part |
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French and English. Purchased at Baugham’s in Montgomery, AL |
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All Bright as Peri’s Smile (Come Poteva un Angelo) … I Lombardi |
Verdi |
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Italian and English |
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Spirit of Light (Spirto
gentil) … La Favorita |
Donizetti; arr. J. R. Fry |
1854 |
Italian and English |
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The Vocal Beauties of Le Pardon de Ploërmel / Comic Opera (No. 1, My Madness Now Forsaking) |
Meyerbeer |
1859 |
French and English |
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The Vocal Beauties of Le Pardon de Ploërmel / Comic Opera (No. 7, Sleep, Darling Sleep) |
Meyerbeer |
1859 |
French and English |
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The Vocal Beauties of Il Trovatore (No. 13, Home, to Our Mountains, Gipsy Duet, Si
la stanchezza) |
Verdi; arr. Charles Glover and
William Dressler |
1855 |
Italian and English |
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Our Faith Then Fondly Plighting (O luce de quest’ anima) |
Donizetti; arr. Clare W. Beames |
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Italian and English. Cavatina and cabeletta |
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Beauties of Don Giovanni (La ci darem la mano!) |
Mozart |
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Italian and English. Sold at Zogbaum’s, Savannah |
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Una notte d’amore “A Night of Love”: Duettino
Sentimentale |
Luigi Arditi |
1852 |
Italian and English. Dedicated to
Mrs. Firginia Jones and Miss Constanza Warwick.
Sung by Madame Marietta Alboni and Sig. Antonio Sangiovanni; and Madame Rose DeVries
and Signora Vietti |
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Vocal Duets by Celebrated Composers
(Moonlight, Music, Love, & Flowers) |
John Barnett |
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Light May the Boat Row / 5th
Edition / A Duet |
J. B. Phillips; arr. J. Watson |
1835 |
Sold at Zogbaum’s,
Savannah |
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Bouquet de Melodies, Op. 42 (No. 1, Lucia
di Lammermoor) |
Ferd.
Beyer |
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“Miss Eve” |
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Bouquet de Melodies, Op. 42 (No. 3,
Norma) |
Ferd.
Beyer |
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“Eva Eve.” Missing pages |
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Bouquet de Melodies, Op. 42 (No. 13,
I Puritani) |
Ferd.
Beyer |
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Bouquet de Melodies, Op. 42 (No. 1,
La fille du regiment) |
Ferd.
Beyer |
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“Miss Eve” |
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