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.
Submissions from 1907
Tipperary: Irish Love Song, Jas. M. Fulton, J. Fred Helf, and Leo Curley
Top O' the Mornin', "Bridget McCue", Harry Von Tilzer and Andrew B. Sterling
When It's Moonlight Mary Darling 'Neath the Old Grape Arbor Shade, Bartley Costello and J. Fred Helf
When We Are M-A Double R-I-E-D, George M. Cohan
With You in Eternity, Arthur Lamb and Alfred Solman
Won't You Come Over to Philly Willie, Ed Gardenier and J Fred Helf
Won't You Waltz "Home Sweet Home" With Me for Old Times Sake?, Herbert Ingraham
Yesterday, Charles K. Harris
You'll Be Sorry Just Too Late, Billy Gaston
Submissions from 1906
Abide With Me: Sacred Song, Carl Bohm and Arthur Dana
Ain't You Coming Back to Old New Hampshire Molly, Robert F. Roden and J. Fred Helf
At Dawning, Charles Wakefield Cadman and Nelle Richmond Eberhart
At Dawning (I Love You), Nelle Richmond Eberhart and Charles Wakefield Cadman
At Dawning: I love you, Charles Wakefield Cadman and Nelle Richmond Eberhart
At Parting, Frederic Peterson and James H. Rogers
Because You're You, Henry Blossom and Victor Herbert
Do Dreams Come True, Paul Leslie and H. A. S.
Dreaming, L W. Heiser and J Anton Dailey
Dreaming, L. W. Heiser and J. Anton Dailey
Garden of my Heart, Bert H. Delmar
I'll Do Anything in the World for You, Cobb and Edwards
I Love You Truly, Carrie Jacobs-Bond
Love Me and the World Is Mine, Dave Reed Jr. and Ernest R. Ball
Morning Star, Maud Bevans
Sarah, Albert Von Tilzer and Jack Norworth
Somebody's Waiting for You, Albert Gumble and Vincent B. Bryan
Somewhere, Chas. K. Harris
Songs Without Words: Spinning Wheel, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Spring Song, Arthur J. Lamb and Felix Mendelssohn
That's What the Rose Said to Me, Leo. Edwards and B. F. Barnett
When the Flowers Bloom in Spring-Time (Molly Dear), Andrew B. Sterling and Harry Von Tilzer
When the Orioles Come North Again, Charles E. Baer and Johann Schmid
When the Whip-Poor-Will Sings Marguerite, C M. Denison and J Fred Helf
When You Know You're Not Forgotten By the Girl You Can't Forget, J Fred Helf and Ed Gardenier
Where the River Shannon Flows, James I. Russell
Won't You Be My Sweetheart, Harry Ennis
Won't You Come Over to My House, Harry Williams and Egbert van Alstyne
Submissions from 1905
2e Valse Lente Op.23, no.2, V. Dolmetsch
A Plantation Medley, J. Albert Snow
De Camptown Races, Stephen Collins Foster
Good-bye Sweet Marie, Will D. Cobb and Kerry Mills
He's Me Pal, Vincent Bryan and Gus Edwards
He's Me Pal, Vincent Bryan and Gus Edwards
I'll Be Waiting in the Gloaming Sweet Genevieve, J. Fred Helf
In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree, Harry Williams and Egbert Van Alstyne
Just a Little Rocking Chair and You, Theodore F. Morse, Bert Fitzgibbon, and Jack Drislane
Madame Butterfly, Charles Godfrey Jr.
Mazie, Alfred Baldwin Sloane and Frederic Ranken
Moonlight on the Hudson, Grenville Dean Wilson
Song of my Dream, Jules Jordan
Thora, Fred E. Weatherly and Stephen Adams
Why Don't You Try or The Rolling Chair Song, Harry Williams and Egbert van Alstyne
Will You Love Me in December as You Do in May, J J. Walker and Ernest R. Ball
Submissions from 1904
cœur de ma mie, Émile Jaques-Dalcroze
Cupid's Wings, Charles Frederick Hammond and William G. Hammond
Eternal Love, Ed Rose and Theodore Snyder
Good-bye Little Girl Good-bye, Cobb and Edwards
I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen, Thomas P. Westendorf
Just Across the Bridge of Gold, Von Tilzer Harry and Andrew B. Sterling
Little Boy Called 'Taps', A, Edward Madden and Theodore Morse
Maryland My Maryland, Frederic Lewis
Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal, Roger Quilter
This is the Life, Irving Berlin
Three for Jack, Frederic Edward Weatherly and William Henry Squire
Yankee Doodle Boy, George M. Cohan
Submissions from 1903
Know A Lovely Garden, Edward Teshemacher and Guy D'Hardelot
Leaves and the Wind, Franco Leoni and George Cooper
Melody of Love, Hans Engelmann
Rosary, The, Robert Cameron Rogers and Georgia B. Welles
The Rosary, Robert Cameron Rogers
The Rosary, Robert Cameron Rogers and Etherlbert Nevin
The Rosary, Robert Cameron Rogers and Georgia B. Welles
Water-Sprites (Les Willis), Cécile Chaminade
When the Trees Are White With Blossoms I'll Return, Irene Lennon and Charles Kohlman
Submissions from 1902
Because, Guy d' Hardelot and Edward Teschemacher
Because, Guy d' Hardelot and Edward Teschemacher
California, Carrie Jacobs-Bond
In The Good Old Summer Time, Theodore F. Morse
In The Sweet Bye and Bye, Vincent Bryan
Message of the Violet, Frank Pixley and Gustav Luders
Sing Me To Sleep, Edwin Greene
The Mansion of Aching Hearts, Harry Von Tilzer and Arthur J. Lamb
Under the Bamboo Tree, Bob Cole and Robert E. Cole
Submissions from 1901
Beautiful Isle of Somewhere, Jessie Brown Pounds and John Sylvester Fearis
Beautiful_Isle_of_Somewhere, J S. Fearis and Jessie Brown Pounds
Eyes Of Blue, Oley Speaks and Frank Lebby Stanton
In May-Time, Oley Speaks and Frank L. Stanton
Invincible Eagle March, John Philip Sousa
Just A-wearyin' for You, Carrie Jacobs-Bond
Mighty Lak' a Rose, Frank L. Stanton and Ethelbert Nevin
Silver Threads Among the Gold, H. P. Danks and Eben E. Rexford
Some Little Songs of Color, Carrie Jacobs-Bond, Richard Felton Outcault, and Cora Amanda Lewis
Three Green Bonnets, H. L. Harris and Guy D'Hardelot
Tremolo, Henry Rosellen
Submissions from 1900
Angel's Serenade (La Serenata), Sydney Smith
Ave Marie, Charles Gounod
Beautiful Blue Danube Walzer, Johann Strauss
Calvary, Paul Rodney
Dream of Paradise, Claude Lyttleton and Hamilton Gray
Good Evening Schottische, Albert H. Bassler