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 1919

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Good Gracious Annabelle, Ed Rose, George Whiting, and Lew Pollack

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I Ain'ten Goten No Time to Have the Blues, Harry Von Tilzer and Andrew B. Sterling

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I'd Like to Take You Away, Hugo Riesenfeld and Harry B. Smith

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I Know What It Means to Be Lonesome, James Kendis, James Brockman, Nat. Vincent, and Henry Hutt

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I'll Be Happy When the Preacher Makes You Mine, Walter Donaldson, Sam M. Lewis, and Joe Young

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I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles, Jaan Kenbrovin and John William Kellette

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I'm Like a Ship Without a Sail, James Brockman

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I'm Like a Ship Without a Sail, Kendis and Brockman

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Irene, Harry Tierney and Joseph McCarthy

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Jazz Baby, Blanche Merrill and M.K. Jerome

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Just a Girl Like You, Harold B. Freeman and Charles L. Ruddy

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Just for Me and Mary, Leo Edwards, Grant Clarke, Howard E. Rogers, and André C. De Takacs

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Let the Rest of the World Go By, Ernest R. Ball and J. Keirn Brennan

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Let the Rest of the World Go By, Ernest R. Ball and J. Keirn Brennan

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Let the Rest of the World Go By, J. Keirn Brennan and Ernest R. Ball

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Let The Rest Of The World Go By, J. Keirn Brennan, Ernest R. Ball, and M. Witmark & Sons

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Love Sends a Little Gift of Roses, Leslie Cooke and John Openshaw

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Loves Rosary, Jennie Innella, Geo. Buxton, and Dawson Dumont

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Mammy O'Mine, William Tracey and Maceo Pinkard

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Mary, Anita Owen and Haskell Coffin

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Mothers Rosary of Love, Eddie Dorr, Leo Wood, and E. H. Pfeiffer

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My Little Butterfly, Harold B. Freeman

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MY Wife is Out on Strike, James F. Hanley and Jack Mahoney

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NC-4, F. E. Bigelow

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Nobody But You, Arthur J. Jackson, Buddy Gard De Sylva, and George Gershwin

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Nobody Knows (And Nobody Seems to Care), Irving Berlin

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Nobody Knows (And Nobody Seems to Care), Irving Berlin

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Nobody Knows and Nobody Seems to Care, Irving Berlin

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Oh Helen!, Chas. R. McCarron and Carey Morgan

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Oh, What a Pal Was Mary, Edgar Leslie, Bert Kalmar, and Pete Wendling

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Old Fashioned Garden, Cole Porter

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Old Fashioned Garden, Cole Porter

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On Miami Shore, William LeBaron and Victor Jacobi

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On Miami Shore, William LeBaron and Victor Jacobi

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Patches, J. Will Callahan and Lee S. Roberts

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Peggy, Neil Moret, Frederick S. Manning, and Harry Williams

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Pining, Frederick Seymour and Fred W. Pike

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Poor Little Butterfly is a Fly Girl Now, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young, and M. K. Jerome

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Put Me To Sleep In Your Heart, Sam Lewis, Joe Young, and Bert Grant

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Salvation Lassie of Mine, Jack Caddigan and Chick Story

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Salvation Rose, Robert Levenson and Jack Mendelsohn

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Sipping Cider Thru A Straw, Lee David and Carey Morgan

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Smilin' Through Song, Arthur A. Penn

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Some Day You'll Want Me Back, Carey Morgan and Wel Retrop

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Swanee, Irving Caesar and George Gershwin

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Tears Tell, C. Wilson and F. Wilson

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Tee-Oodle-Um-Bum-Bo, B.G. De Sylva, Arthur J. Jackson, and Geroge Gershwin

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Those Olden Golden Days, Bobby Heath and Alexander Marr

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Vamp, Byron Gay

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Wait and See (You'll Want Me Back), Chas. R. McCarron

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When Ireland Comes Into Her Own, Jeff Branen and Jack Stanley

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When the Cherry Blossoms Fall (Love is Love), Anselm Goetzl

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World Is Waiting For The Sunrise, Eugene Lockhart and Ernest Seitz

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You'd Be Surprised, Irving Berlin

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You Took The Sweet From Sweetheart, Alex Sullivan, Al. Doyle, and Irving Kaufman

Submissions from 1918

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After the War is Over, Joseph Woodruff

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A Tale of the Fireside, J. J. Thornton and James Royce Shannon

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Beautiful Ohio, Mary Earl and Ballard Macdonald

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Beautiful Ohio Song, Mary Earl and Ballard Macdonald

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Birthday of a King, William Harold Neidlinger and Francis Fischer Powers

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Clear the Way, Henry Erskine Smith, Frederick J. Bacon, and E. O. Winship

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Dancing to the Sugar Tune, Louis Wolfe Gilbert

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Dear Little Boy of Mine, Ernest R. Ball and J Keirn Brennan

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Dear Old Pal of Mine, Gitz Rice Lieut.

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End of a Perfect Day, Carrie Jacobs Bond and J. P. McEvoy

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Everything is Peach down in Georgia, Grant Clarke, Milton Ager, and George W. Meyer

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Has Anybody Seen my Corinne?, Lukie Johnson

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Have a Smile for Everyone You Meet, and They Will Have a Smile for You, Bert Rule, J. Keirn Brennan, and Paul Cunningham

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Head Over Heels, Jerome Kern

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Hello Wisconsin (Won’t You Find My Yonnie Yonson), Bert Kalmar, Edgar Leslie, and Harry Ruby

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Her Shadow, Frederick R. Burton and Charles Wakefield Cadman

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His Buttons Are Marked U.S., Carrie Jacobs-Bond and Mary Norton Bradford

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I Cannot Bear to Say Goodbye, Anita Owen

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If He Can Fight Like He Can Love, Good Night Germany!, George W. Meyer, Grant Clarke, and Howard E. Rogers

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I'll Be There, Laddie Boy, I'll Be There, E. Clinton Keithley

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I'm Always chasing Rainbows, Harry Carroll and Joseph McCarthy

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I'm Always Chasing Rainbows, Harry Carroll and Joseph McCarthy

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I'm Always Chasing Rainbows, Joseph McCarthy and Harry Carroll

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I'm Sorry I Made You Cry, N. J. Clesi

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I'm Sorry I Made You Cry, N.J. Clesi and Theodore Morse

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Indiana, Ballard Macdonald and James F. Hanley

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It's Never Too Late to Be Sorry, Joe Burke and James E. Dempsey

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Ja-Da, Bob Carleton

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Just Stepped In To Get Out Of The Rain, Al Harriman, Lew Brown, and Jack Egan

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Keep Your Head Down Fritzie Boy, Gitz Rice

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K-K-K-Katy, Geoffrey O'Hara

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Mammy's Lullaby, Lee S. Roberts and J. Will Callahan

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Mickey, Harry Williams and Neil Moret

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Moments or Jewels of Memory, Charles Kuhn, Jeff Branen, and Robert Kuhn

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My Baby Boy, William Dillon and Al Von Tilzer

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My Wild Days are Over, Rubey Cowan and Lew Brown

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No More at Evening, Maurice Nitke and Alexander Ivanoff

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Nourmaleen, Henry Erskine Smith and Frederick J. Bacon

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Oh! Frenchy, Sam Ehrlich and Con Conrad

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Oh! Harry! Harry!, Nat Vincent and Lew Pollock

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Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning, Irving Berlin

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Oh! How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning, Irving Berlin

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Oh! How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning, Irving Berlin

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Oh! How I Wish I Could Sleep Until My Daddy Comes Home, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young, and Pete Wendling

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Oh, Moon of the Summer's Night, Allen J. Flynn