A song whose sale has neared the four-million mark would be an enviable memorial for any composer but in New Haven last week still further tribute was paid the late Ethelbert Nevin, composer of "The Rosary," one of the most famed and most abused of all U. S. songs. A copper plaque, the gift of the Connecticut State Federation of Music Clubs, was set between the tall windows of the ivy-covered house where Nevin died 30 years ago. Mrs. Nevin, the composer's widow, went up from Manhattan to do the unveiling while neighbors...
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