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 1832

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Occasional Ode or the Marseilles Hymn, Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle

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Of What is the Old Man Thinking?, J. P. Knight

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Old Colony Times, Old Colony Times

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Overture to La Buona Figliuola, Niccolo Piccini

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Petit Divertissement à la Paganini, Thomas Valentine

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Strauss' Much Admired Waltzes, Johann Strauss

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The Missionary Hymn, Sydney Nelson and Reginald Heber

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Vedrai Carino, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Submissions from 1831

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Bark Before the Gale: A Glee for Three Voices, John Willis and Walter Scott

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Buona Notte Amato Bene, Franz Hunten

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Child's First Grief, Miss Browne

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Dinna Forget, John Imlah Esq. and Mrs. Millard

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Homeward Bound!: A Ballad Composed for the Piano forte, George James Webb

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List, to the Convent Bells!, John Blockley

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Now With Grief No Longer Bending, Gioacchino Rossini

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Pilot, S. Nelson

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Soft Glides the Sea, Bounding and Free, George James Webb and Eliza Walker

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Weep Not for Me: A Sacred Song, George James Webb

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When We Two Parted, Mr. R

Submissions from 1830

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Air Tyrolien, Carl Czerny

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Banks of the Blue Moselle, George Herbert Rodwell and Edward Fitzball

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Battle of Navarino, Hieronymus Payer

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Bellini’s Celebrated Cavatina Tu Verdrai La S’Venturata, Vincenzo Bellini

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Bohemian Melody, Carl Czerny

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Cavatina de la Violette, Henri Herz and Michele Carafa

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Cloches du Monastère, Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély

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Collection of the Most Celebrated Waltzes, Beethoven

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Come Dwell with Me : A Ballad, Alexander Lee, Thomas Haynes Bayly, and George Willig Jr.

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Dussek's Consolation, Johann Ladislauss Dussek

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General Knox's March. Pandeo Band, General Knox's March. Pandeo Band

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Gypsey's Wild Chaunt, Alexander Lee and Henry Robert Addison

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Haydn's Symphony Letter Q, Joseph Haydn

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Hope Told a Flattering Tale, Giovanni Paesiello

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I'd Weep with Thee, Carl Maria von Weber

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I've Wandered in Dreams: A Favorite Duet, Josesph Augustine Wade Esqr.

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

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Madelle Sontag's Waltz, Henri Herz

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Market Chorus, Daniel Francois Esprit Auber

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Meet Me by Moonlight, Joseph Augustine Wade and Franklin Peale

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My Heart Is Sair for Somebody, Henry R. Bishop

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Nora Creina, John Stevenson

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O Dolce Concento, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and G. Ferrari

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Our Friendship, Townshend Stith

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Overture to the Caliph of Baghdad, Adrien Boieldieu

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Overture to the opera of the Marriage of Figaro, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Pray Papa, P. K. Moran

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Second Collection of the Most Celebrated Waltzes, Beethoven

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Spanish Patriot's March, Spanish Patriot's March

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Strauss's Celebrated Serenading Waltz, Johann Strauss

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Swiss Air, When the Day with Rosy Light Op. 32, Franz Hunten

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Taglioni Waltz, Gioacchino Rossini

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The Knight From Palestine, John Hill Hewitt and Moses Swett

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Titus March, Titus March

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Voce Poco Fa, W. Hunten

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Yankee Doodle, Yankee Doodle

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Zip Coon, George Washington Dixon

Submissions from 1829

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Genl. W.H. Harrison's Grand March, John F. Goneke and William Henry Harrison

Submissions from 1828

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Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms, John Stevenson

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Carissima, Arthur A. Penn

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Carrollton March, Arthur Clifton

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My Soul is Dark, C. E. Phillips

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Non, Non plus d'Amour, Guillaume Louis Bocquillon Wilmem

Submissions from 1827

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City Guards, Boston Brigade Band

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Hey the Bonnie Breast Knots, John Sinclair

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Hurrah for the Bonnets of Blue, Alexander Lee

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Overture to Il Barbiere Di Seviglia, Gioacchino Rossini

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West Point Cadet's Quick March, M. E. Metz

Submissions from 1825

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I'll Watch for Thee From My Lonely Bow'r, John Stevenson

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Rest! Warrior. Rest!, Michael Kelly

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Tho' 'tis all but a Dream, Henry R. Bishop and Thomas Moore

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Tho' 'Tis All but a Dream, Henry Rowley Bishop

Submissions from 1824

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Home Sweet Home, Henry R. Bishop

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I See Them On Their Winding Way, B. Hime and Bishop Reginald Herber

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Le barbier de Seville: opera en quatre actes d'après Beaumarchais et le drame Italien, Gioacchino Rossini and Castil-Blaze

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Marche Religieuse, James H. Swindells

Submissions from 1823

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Battle of Maringo: A Military and Historical Piece for the Pianoforte, Bernard Viguerie

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Celebrated Venetian Gallope and March, Johann Strauss

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Di Tanti Palpiti, Gioacchino Rossini

Submissions from 1822

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Beaucoup d'Amour, Guillaume Louis Bocquillon Wilmem

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Braes o' Balquhither, John Davies

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Dahlia, John Alois Moralt

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Gildon's Celebrated March for the Piano Forte or Harp, John Gildon

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O Dolce Concento with Variations, T. Latour

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Overture to the Opera of Otello, Gioacchino Rossini

Submissions from 1820

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Air du Droit du Seigneur, Exupere de La Maniere

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Béarnais Vainqueur, Fabry Garat

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Behold How Brightly Breaks the Morning, Daniel François Esprit Auber

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Belle Plus Belle, Jule Candeille

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Eve's Lamentation, Matthew Peter King

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Haydn's Celebrated Andante The Surprise, Joseph Haydn

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I'd be a Butterfly, Thomas Haines Bailey

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Musette de Nina, Charles Gilfert

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O Dolce Concento, T. Latour

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Rossini's Celebrated Overture to the Opera of Il Tancredi, Gioacchino Rossini

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Suave le Roi, Monsieur Chenié

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Triomphe des Lys, H. A. Kretschmer

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Variations to the Suabian Air, Peter K. Moran

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When the Morning First Dawns, Air, W. M. Rooke

Submissions from 1818

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Chant Guerrier des Abencerrages, Mr. E de M.

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Chevaliers Francais, h A. Kretschmer