Historic Sheet Music Collection

Historic Sheet Music Collection

 

The Historic Sheet Music Collection (HSMC) consists primarily of popular music of the mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth century. Although most of the music is composed or arranged for voice with piano accompaniment, some pieces incorporate other instruments such as guitar, and some are for instrumental solo (primarily piano or guitar). A few classical works are also included in the collection.

Sheet music can offer an interesting interdisciplinary research opportunity. The lyrics, cover art, and advertisements open a window on the society and culture of the time. Subjects range from popular love songs to laments to humorous ditties - and everything else in between. Many songs reflect on the U.S. Civil War, World War I, and World War II. There is even a song about Wheaties in the collection.

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Submissions from 1865

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Oberthur's Nun's Prayer, Charles Oberthur

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Pat Malloy, Dion Boucicault Esq. and John L. Cook Esq.

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Refugee, Will S. Hays

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Reveil Des Patres, Eugene Ketterer

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Sighing For Home, Albert Jungmann

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Softly the Chimes Are Ringing, A. Leduc and G. Linley

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Striking Ile, Dan D. Emmett

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Styrien Carneval, Theodore Oesten

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The Whip-poor-will's Echo Song, Harrison Millard

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Wearing of the Green, Wearing of the Green

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We Never Can Forget It, or The Memories of Andersonville Prison Pens, Henry Tucker and M. A. Kidder

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When Sherman Marched Down to the Sea, When Sherman Marched Down to the Sea

Submissions from 1864

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Bury Me in the Sunshine, Joseph W. Turner

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Carroll Schottisch, Mary Carroll Smith

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Jeanie Morrison, William R. Dempster

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Le parlate d'amor, Charles Gounod and Jacob Wrey Mould

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Life on the Ocean Wave, Henry Russell

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Never-More, William Kipp Bassford

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Solon Shingle, The Peoples Lawyer and Old Si Ellsley

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Wait Love Until the War is Over, T. M. Todd

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Wake Nicodemus, Henry C. Clay

Submissions from 1863

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Babylon Is Fallen, Henry C. Work

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Barbe-Bleue Valse, Josef Strauss

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Campanella, Wilhelm Taubert

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Katie Lee and Willie Gray, J.H. Pixley

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Love and Chivalry, Louis Moreau Gottschalk

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Morceaux Favoris, Jules Egghard

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My Lowland Home, Henry Tucker

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Nellie Lost & Found, Henry C. Work

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Tarantelle, Sebastian Bach Mills

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Then'll You'll Remember Me, Michael Wiiliam Balfe

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Veni Creator Spiritus, H. Perabeau

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Yes, I Would The War Were Over, Alice Hawthorne

Submissions from 1862

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Andante, Franz Bendel

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Dundee, George R. Poulton

Submissions from 1861

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Flag of our Union, W. V. Wallace

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Sounds of Love, Theodor Oesten

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Your Blessing Dearest Mother, Thomas H. Howe

Submissions from 1860

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Breckinridge Schottische, Charles Grobe

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Chant du Bivouac, Eugene Ketterer

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Chapelle de la Foret, Albert Jungmann

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Duke of Reichstadt's Celebrated Waltz, Johann Strauss

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Francaise: Fantaise Brillante, Alphonso Leduc

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Gen. Harrison's Grand Entree & Gov. Davis' Quick Step, Dr. James Carroll Bartlett

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Gentle Troubadour, René Favarger

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In Happy Moments, William Vincent Wallace

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Invitation au Galop, Francios Bendel

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I've Left the Snow Clad Hills, George Linley

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I Wandered by the Brookside, James Hine

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Maiden's Prayer, Thekla Badarzewska

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Meet me in the Lane, Love, Charles Blamphin

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My Trundle Bed, John C. Baker

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Oh! Where Art Thou, Julian Munoz

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Ojos Criollos, Louis Moreau Gottschalk

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Overture to "The Caliph of Bagdad", Adrien Boieldieu

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Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow, Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow

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Serenade Du Gondolier, William Lemon

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Source Caprice pour le piano, Jacques Blumenthal

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The Guards' Waltz, Daniel Godfrey

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Variations Brillantes sur la Cavatine Favori de La Violette de Carafa, Henri Herz and Michele Carafa

Submissions from 1859

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Amelia Polka, Charles Rehm

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Dear Mother, I'll Come Home Again, Frederick Wilson and J L. Gilbert

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Gentle Words, Carl Heinrich Weber

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Make Me No Gaudy Chaplet, Gaetano Donizetti and William H. Callcott

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Sea Shell, William Jarvis Wetmore and C.F. Wetmore

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Shower of Pearls, Oliver Ditson

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Si Loin!, Emile Barateau and Paul Henrion

Submissions from 1858

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Broken Ring, Chas Schaeffer and Karl Formes

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Ernani, D. Krug

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Ever of Thee, George Linley and Foley Hall

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Gentle Annie, Stephen Collins Foster

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Holy Mother Guide His Footsteps, William Vincent Wallace

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Home, Sweet Home, Charles Grove

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Linger in Blissful Repose, Stephen Collins Foster

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Norma de Bellini, F. Beyer

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O Bid Me Not Wed Him, Brother Dear, Alfred Hawthorne

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O'er Thee Alone, William Thomas Wrighton

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Old Cabin Home, T. Paine

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Prophête, D. Krug

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Robert le Diable de Meyerbeer, Ferdinand Beyer

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Storm, Henry Weber

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The Burning Ship, L.W. Wheeler

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Then You'll Remember Me, Michael William Balfe

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Think of Me as Your Friend, C. E. Whiting

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Three Calls, Isaac Baker Woodbury

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Yellow Rose of Texas, J. K. and Napoleon W. Gould

Submissions from 1857

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Cock-a-doodle-doo: A Political Commercial & Matrimonial Song and Chorus, Thomas William Robertson and Ferdinand Wallerstein

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Curfew, John Blockley and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Darling Nelly Gray, Benjamin Russel Hanby and Thomas Brigham Bishop

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Dearest Spot of Earth to Me Is Home, William Thomas Wrighton, Francis Weiland, and Robert M. Gaw

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Flee As A Bird, Mary Dana Shindler

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Le Tremolo, Henri Rosellen

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Palermo, Charles D'Albert

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Sing Me Songs of Home, Henry C. Thunder and J. E. Macaulay

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The Camp Quadrille, B. McKenzie

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The Mazurka, John J. Frazer

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Wandering Jew, Frederic Burgmeller

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You Ask Me Why I’m Lonely Now, Pietro Centemeri

Submissions from 1856

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Bring Me My Harp, William Vincent Walllace and Edward Fitzball

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Can the Absent be Forgotten?, J. Waters