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 1838

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Victoria's Grand Waltz, Victoria's Grand Waltz

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When Stars are in the Quiet Skies, Alexander Ball

Submissions from 1837

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Brillantes Variations Faciles, Franz Hünten

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Cachoucha: An Admired Spanish Dance, Franz Hünten and Fanny Ellsler

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Come Brothers Arouse, Henry Russell and William B. Bernard Esqr.

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Come, Gang Awa' Wi' Me, Edwin Ransford

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Etudes de la Velocite, Charles Czerny

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Gitana, La Gitana

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My Heart's in the Highlands, Henry Russell and Robert Burns

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Oh Little Daisy Growing Wild, Edward J. Loder

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Oh! take me back to Switzerland, Caroline Sheridan Norton

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Old Maid, Old Maid

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She Wore a Wreath of Roses, Joseph Philip Knight

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True Love Can Ne'er Forget, Samuel Lover

Submissions from 1836

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A School for the Flute: Being a New Practical Instruction Book, Charles Nicholson

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Celebrated Overture, Daniel Francois Esprit Auber

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Hero's Quick Step, Henry Schmidt

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Highland Minstrel Boy, Harry Stoe Van Dyk and John Barnett

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Jackson's Grand March, Kuffner

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Kendall March, George Hews

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Mercy Seat: A Favorite Hymn, Oliver Shaw

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Strauss' Much Admired Waltzes, Johann Strauss

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Sweetly O'er My Senses Stealing, Nicola Zingarelli

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Texan Lament, Texan Lament

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We Met, Thomas H. Bayly

Submissions from 1835

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Beats There a Heart, D. F.E. Auber

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Bird Waltz, Francis Panormo and Charles Bradlee

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Boston Quick Step, Charles Zeuner

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Buy My Flowers: Song of the Blind Girl, G. Herbert Rodwell

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Charming Woman, Charming Woman

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False One! I Love Thee Still, Vincenzo Berllini and Joseph Wood

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God Save the King, God Save the King

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Guardian Angel, T.W. H. B.B.

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La fiancée : opéra comique en trois actes, Daniel François Esprit Auber and Eugène Scribe

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L'éclair : opéra comique en trois actes, F. Halèvy, Eugène de Planard, Henri Saint-Georges, and Henri Hippolyte Potier

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Lightly May the Boat Row, Lightly May the Boat Row

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Lizzy Lindsay or Will You Gang to the Highlands Wi' Me, A. Robertson

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Louisville Waltz, W. C. Peters

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Nicholas, Emperor of Russia's grand march & quick step, David Lee

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O Sing Sweet Bird, Joseph Mazzinghi

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Our Way Across the Sea, Our Way Across the Sea

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Queen Mary's Escape from Lochleven Castle, Queen Mary's escape from Lochleven Castle

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Sans amour : romance, Francesco Masini, Laure Jourdain, and Joseph Vimeux

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Should He Upbraid, Henry R. Bishop

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Variations Brillantes, J C. Viereck

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We Have Been Friends Together, Henry Russell

Submissions from 1834

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Brattleboro Waltz and Quick Step, Geo. Hews

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Bride, Sydney Nelson

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Brides Farewell, Thomas Williams

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Collection of Waltzes for the Piano Forte. Set 1, Ludwig van Beethoven

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Erin is My Home, James Gaspard Maeder

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Hail Columbia, W. A. King

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Irelande, Carl Czerny

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Maiden, Wrap Thy Mantle Round Thee, Austin Phillips

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Mary's Tears, Oliver Shaw

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Matrimonial Sweets, W.H. Freeman and Charles Bradlee

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My Pretty Gazelle, George Alexander Hodson and Edward Riley

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Old Oaken Bucket, Samuel Woodworth Esqr.

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O Sing to Me One Song of Thine, James B. Taylor

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O Sing to me One Son of Thine, James B. Taylor

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Overture to Lodoiska, Rudolphe Kreutzer

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She Stood Beside the Altar, She Stood Beside the Altar

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Sonate Pathetique, Louis van Beethoven

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Souvenirs of Meyerbeer's Celebrated Opera, Giacomo Meyerbeer

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Souvenirs of Meyerbeer's Celebrated Opera Robert le Diable, Giacomo Meyerbeer

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Sparkling & Bright, James B. Taylor

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Spirit Waltz, Ludwig van Beethoven

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Stormy Petrel, Sigismund Neukomm and Charles Bradlee

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The Old Oaken Bucket, Samuel Woodworth

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The Tiger Quick Step, Thomas Comer

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Titus March, Titus March

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To Jesus the Crown of my Hope: A Sacred Song, Oliver Shaw

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Variations brillantes pour le piano forte sur la dernière valse de C.M. de Weber : op. 51, Henri Herz and Carla Maria von Weber

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Vivi Tu in the Opera of Anna Bolena, Gaetano Donizetti

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Wood Up A Quick Step, John Holloway

Submissions from 1833

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Dragoon Guards' March, Dragoon Guards' March

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I'm sometimes sad, but know not why, Rev. Fitch W. Taylor and Wilhelm Iucho

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Maltese Boatmans Song, L. Devereaux

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Quadrilles: Sur les Motifs de La Sylphide, J B. Tolbecque

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Trumpet March, Gioacchino Rossini

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Venetian Gondoliers, William M. Bennett

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Where, Where is the Rover: A Ballad, Alexander Lee, Henry Robert Addison, and Lo Zingaro

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Why Do I Weep, John Barnett

Submissions from 1832

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Airs Ecossois, Johann Baptist Cramer

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Beethoven's Celebrated Grand Waltz for the Piano Forte, Beethoven's Celebrated Grand Waltz for the Piano Forte

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Coronation Waltzes, J. Strauss

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Delices de Vienne, Johann Strauss

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Donna del Lago, Gioacchino Rossini

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Favorite Gallopade from Gustavus the Third, or, The Masked Ball, Daniel Francois Esprit Auber

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Favorite Melodies, John Freckleton Burrowes

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Favorite Scotch Air, D. Ross

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Favorite Spanish Cachoucha, Montague Corri

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Fleurette, George Kiallmark

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Grand Military Waltz, W. R. Coppock

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I Have Something Sweet To Say, George Linley and Charles Edward Horn

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I Turn to Thee in Time of Need, T. H. Bayly

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Lays of Harmony, or the Musical Scrap Book, Neville Butler Challoner

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Maid of Cashmere, Daniel Francois Esprit Auber

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Mansaniello, George Luff

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March in the Opera Le Dieu et la Bayadère, Daniel Francois Esprit Auber