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Box 1

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Scope and Content

From the Collection:

The Sheet Music Collection contains various songs (lyrics and music) from about 1823 through the mid-20th century. Music in the collection is predominantly from American popular culture, but there are also some pieces from Europe, a well as theater souvenir programs and song-books. The folder list below includes a list of song titles and, when known, composers and lyricists, for each box in the collection.

Dates

  • 1823 - 1956

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

The materials in the collection are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 3.1 Cubic Feet (8 boxes )

Additional Description

Bibliography

  • "That Wonderful Something (Is Love)," Lyrics by Joe Goodwin and Music by Louis Alter
  • "The Flowers the Sun and the Dew," Lyrics by Walter King and Music by Bob Allen
  • "Just a Little Home for the Old Folks (A Token from Me)," Lyrics by Edgar Leslie and Music by Fred E. Ahlert
  • "We May Be Happy Yet," Lyrics by Alfred Bunn and Music by M. W. Balfe
  • "Tell Mother I Die Happy," Lyrics by C. A. Voxburgh and Music by J. Burns
  • "Love is Just a Little Bit of Heaven," Lyrics by Al Bryan and Music by Abel Baer
  • "Modern Composers"
  • "Air King," Harry Appel
  • "Always," Irving Berlin
  • "How About Me?" Irving Berlin
  • "I Want to Be in Dixie," Irving Berlin and Ted Snyder
  • "I'd Love to Fall Asleep and Wake up in My Mammy's Arms," Lyrics by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young and Music by Fred E. Ahlert
  • "Ain't She Sweet?" Lyrics by Jack Yellen and Music by Milton Ager
  • "Oh How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning," Irving Berlin
  • "Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning," Irving Berlin
  • "Kiss a Miss," Lyrics by Cal De Voll and Music by Maurice Baron
  • "Dream Pal," Billy Baskette
  • "Let Us Waltz as We Say 'Goodbye,'" Art. L. Beiner
  • "My Bonnie Laddie," G. N. Benson
  • "Remember," Irving Berlin
  • "Roses of Yesterday," Irving Berlin
  • "The Song is Ended but the Melody Lingers On," Irving Berlin
  • "Sunshine," Irving Berlin
  • "Dance Folio for Piano"
  • "What'll I Do," Irving Berlin
  • "The Last Kiss Waltz," Charlotte Blake
  • "The Elements of Piano Playing," A. Biehl
  • "Opera Gems from Standard Operas"
  • "Hog-Town Pig-Aninnies," Edmund Braham
  • "Elementary Instruction Book for the Pianoforte," Ferdinand Beyer
  • "Are You Sorry," Lyrics by Benny Davis and Music by Milton Ager
  • "Yascha Michaeloffsky's Melody," Irving Berlin
  • "The Darktown Strutter's Ball," Shelton Brooks
  • "The Rose of No Man's Land," Lyrics by Jack Caddigan and Music by James A. Brennan
  • "Student Days," R. B. Brewer
  • "Brahms"
  • "Four Hand Favorites"
  • "The Singing in God's-Acre," Lyrics Eugene Field and Music by Frank H. Brackett
  • "First Hungarian Rhapsody," Moissaye Boguislawski
  • "Ouevres Populaires"
  • "Arabian Nights (Scheherazade)," Moissaye Buguslawski
  • "Battle of Manassas," Blind Tom
  • "Clayton's Grand March," Chas. D. Blake
  • "Four-Leaf Clover," Leila M. Brownell
  • "My Wishing Song," Lyrics by Irving Kahal and Music by Joe Burke
  • "Yearning Just For You," Benny Davis and Joe Burke
  • "Carolina Moon," Benny Davis and Joe Burke
  • "Baby Your Mother Like She Babied You," Lyrics by Andrew Donnelly and Dolly Morse and Music by Joe Burke
  • "Oh How I Miss You To-Night," Benny Davis, Mark Fisher, and Joe Burke
  • "Paper Doll," Johnny Black
  • "Flowers of the Forest," M.W. Butler
  • "When You and I Were Young Maggie," J. A. Butterfield
  • "That Mysterious Rag," Irving Berlin and Ted Snyder
  • "It's a Long Way to Tipperary," Jack Judge and Harry Williams
  • "Good-Bye Broadway, Hello France," Lyrics by C. Francis Reisner and Benny Davis and Music by Billy Baskette
  • "Child of Mortality," John Bray
  • "The Southern Soldier Boy," Captain C. W. Alexander
  • "Our Loyal Banner (A Song for the Union)," Lyrics by E. E. Hulfish Esq. and Music by H. Avery
  • "For the First Time in My Life (I'm Really in Love)," Lyrics by Jean Herbert and Al Koppell and Music by Irving Actman
  • "I Find My Sunshine (In the Moonlight With You)," Lyrics by Jean Herbert and Al Koppell and Music by Irving Actman
  • "Flag of Freedom March," Mildred Brown
  • "Will You be Hating Me To-Morrow (For Loving You To-Night)," Lyrics by Jean Herbert and Al Koppell and Music by Irving Actman
  • "Down Among the Sugar-Cane," Avery and Hart and Composed by Cecil Mack and Chris Smith
  • "Twilight on the Trail," Sidney D. Mitchell and Louis Alter
  • "I'll See You in C-U-B-A," Irving Berlin
  • "As Time Goes By," Herman Hupfeld
  • "Mean to Me," Roy Turk and Fred E. Ahlert
  • "Alexander's Ragtime Band," Irving Berlin
  • "La Veeda," Lyrics by Nat Vincent and Melody by John Alden

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