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 1907

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Tipperary: Irish Love Song, Jas. M. Fulton, J. Fred Helf, and Leo Curley

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Top O' the Mornin', "Bridget McCue", Harry Von Tilzer and Andrew B. Sterling

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When It's Moonlight Mary Darling 'Neath the Old Grape Arbor Shade, Bartley Costello and J. Fred Helf

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When We Are M-A Double R-I-E-D, George M. Cohan

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With You in Eternity, Arthur Lamb and Alfred Solman

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Won't You Come Over to Philly Willie, Ed Gardenier and J Fred Helf

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Won't You Waltz "Home Sweet Home" With Me for Old Times Sake?, Herbert Ingraham

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Yesterday, Charles K. Harris

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You'll Be Sorry Just Too Late, Billy Gaston

Submissions from 1906

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Abide With Me: Sacred Song, Carl Bohm and Arthur Dana

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Ain't You Coming Back to Old New Hampshire Molly, Robert F. Roden and J. Fred Helf

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At Dawning, Charles Wakefield Cadman and Nelle Richmond Eberhart

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At Dawning (I Love You), Nelle Richmond Eberhart and Charles Wakefield Cadman

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At Dawning: I love you, Charles Wakefield Cadman and Nelle Richmond Eberhart

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At Parting, Frederic Peterson and James H. Rogers

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Because You're You, Henry Blossom and Victor Herbert

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Do Dreams Come True, Paul Leslie and H. A. S.

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Dreaming, L W. Heiser and J Anton Dailey

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Dreaming, L. W. Heiser and J. Anton Dailey

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Garden of my Heart, Bert H. Delmar

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I'll Do Anything in the World for You, Cobb and Edwards

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I Love You Truly, Carrie Jacobs-Bond

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Love Me and the World Is Mine, Dave Reed Jr. and Ernest R. Ball

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Morning Star, Maud Bevans

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Sarah, Albert Von Tilzer and Jack Norworth

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Somebody's Waiting for You, Albert Gumble and Vincent B. Bryan

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Somewhere, Chas. K. Harris

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Songs Without Words: Spinning Wheel, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy

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Spring Song, Arthur J. Lamb and Felix Mendelssohn

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That's What the Rose Said to Me, Leo. Edwards and B. F. Barnett

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When the Flowers Bloom in Spring-Time (Molly Dear), Andrew B. Sterling and Harry Von Tilzer

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When the Orioles Come North Again, Charles E. Baer and Johann Schmid

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When the Whip-Poor-Will Sings Marguerite, C M. Denison and J Fred Helf

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When You Know You're Not Forgotten By the Girl You Can't Forget, J Fred Helf and Ed Gardenier

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Where the River Shannon Flows, James I. Russell

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Won't You Be My Sweetheart, Harry Ennis

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Won't You Come Over to My House, Harry Williams and Egbert van Alstyne

Submissions from 1905

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2e Valse Lente Op.23, no.2, V. Dolmetsch

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A Plantation Medley, J. Albert Snow

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De Camptown Races, Stephen Collins Foster

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Good-bye Sweet Marie, Will D. Cobb and Kerry Mills

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He's Me Pal, Vincent Bryan and Gus Edwards

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He's Me Pal, Vincent Bryan and Gus Edwards

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I'll Be Waiting in the Gloaming Sweet Genevieve, J. Fred Helf

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In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree, Harry Williams and Egbert Van Alstyne

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Just a Little Rocking Chair and You, Theodore F. Morse, Bert Fitzgibbon, and Jack Drislane

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Madame Butterfly, Charles Godfrey Jr.

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Mazie, Alfred Baldwin Sloane and Frederic Ranken

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Moonlight on the Hudson, Grenville Dean Wilson

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Song of my Dream, Jules Jordan

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Thora, Fred E. Weatherly and Stephen Adams

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Why Don't You Try or The Rolling Chair Song, Harry Williams and Egbert van Alstyne

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Will You Love Me in December as You Do in May, J J. Walker and Ernest R. Ball

Submissions from 1904

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cœur de ma mie, Émile Jaques-Dalcroze

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Cupid's Wings, Charles Frederick Hammond and William G. Hammond

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Eternal Love, Ed Rose and Theodore Snyder

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Good-bye Little Girl Good-bye, Cobb and Edwards

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I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen, Thomas P. Westendorf

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Just Across the Bridge of Gold, Von Tilzer Harry and Andrew B. Sterling

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Little Boy Called 'Taps', A, Edward Madden and Theodore Morse

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Maryland My Maryland, Frederic Lewis

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Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal, Roger Quilter

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This is the Life, Irving Berlin

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Three for Jack, Frederic Edward Weatherly and William Henry Squire

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Yankee Doodle Boy, George M. Cohan

Submissions from 1903

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Know A Lovely Garden, Edward Teshemacher and Guy D'Hardelot

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Leaves and the Wind, Franco Leoni and George Cooper

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Melody of Love, Hans Engelmann

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Rosary, The, Robert Cameron Rogers and Georgia B. Welles

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The Rosary, Robert Cameron Rogers

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The Rosary, Robert Cameron Rogers and Etherlbert Nevin

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The Rosary, Robert Cameron Rogers and Georgia B. Welles

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Water-Sprites (Les Willis), Cécile Chaminade

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When the Trees Are White With Blossoms I'll Return, Irene Lennon and Charles Kohlman

Submissions from 1902

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Because, Guy d' Hardelot and Edward Teschemacher

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Because, Guy d' Hardelot and Edward Teschemacher

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California, Carrie Jacobs-Bond

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In The Good Old Summer Time, Theodore F. Morse

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In The Sweet Bye and Bye, Vincent Bryan

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Message of the Violet, Frank Pixley and Gustav Luders

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Sing Me To Sleep, Edwin Greene

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The Mansion of Aching Hearts, Harry Von Tilzer and Arthur J. Lamb

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Under the Bamboo Tree, Bob Cole and Robert E. Cole

Submissions from 1901

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Beautiful Isle of Somewhere, Jessie Brown Pounds and John Sylvester Fearis

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Beautiful_Isle_of_Somewhere, J S. Fearis and Jessie Brown Pounds

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Eyes Of Blue, Oley Speaks and Frank Lebby Stanton

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In May-Time, Oley Speaks and Frank L. Stanton

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Invincible Eagle March, John Philip Sousa

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Just A-wearyin' for You, Carrie Jacobs-Bond

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Mighty Lak' a Rose, Frank L. Stanton and Ethelbert Nevin

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Silver Threads Among the Gold, H. P. Danks and Eben E. Rexford

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Some Little Songs of Color, Carrie Jacobs-Bond, Richard Felton Outcault, and Cora Amanda Lewis

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Three Green Bonnets, H. L. Harris and Guy D'Hardelot

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Tremolo, Henry Rosellen

Submissions from 1900

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Angel's Serenade (La Serenata), Sydney Smith

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Ave Marie, Charles Gounod

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Beautiful Blue Danube Walzer, Johann Strauss

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Calvary, Paul Rodney

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Dream of Paradise, Claude Lyttleton and Hamilton Gray

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Good Evening Schottische, Albert H. Bassler