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Box 3

 Box — Box: 3

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 )

Bibliography

  • "In Twilight," Carl Ganschals
  • "Bye-Bye, Pretty Baby," Jack Gardner and Spike Hamilton
  • "Some Little Bird," Haven Gillespie, Lindsey McPhail, and Egbert Van Alstyne
  • "The Whole World Knows I Love You," Archie Gottler, Sidney Clare, and Maceo Pinkard
  • "Soldiers' Chorus," Charles Francois Gounod
  • "Chimes at Twilight Reverie," R. G. Gradi
  • "Alabama Moon," George Hamilton Green
  • "Easy Piano Music"
  • "Best First Grade Teaching Pieces For Piano"
  • "The Midnnight Flyer," Frederick W. Hager
  • "Wedding of the Winds," John T. Hall
  • "On a Prairie in Old Illinois," Fred H. Hamann
  • "Blue," Lyrics by Grant Clarke and Edgar Leslie and Music by Lou Handman
  • "Back Home and Broke," Chas K. Harris
  • "Nearest and Dearest Waltzes," Sydney P. Harris
  • "Roses Kissed by the Sunshine," Maude Anita Hart
  • "No One to Love," Lyrics Adapted by A.H.G.R. and music arranged by William B. Harvey
  • "We Don't Want the Bacon," "Kid" Howard Carr, Harry Russell, and Jimmie Havens
  • "Oh We Miss You at Home," H. H. Hawley
  • "Haydn"
  • "Haydn"
  • "Haydn"
  • "Now Elevate the Sign of Judah," Joseph Haydn
  • "Foreign Compositions"
  • "Carl Heins' Compositions for Pianoforte"
  • "Tarantelle," Stephen Heller
  • "Don't Tell Her What's Happened to Me," B. G. Sylva, Lew Brown, and Ray Henderson
  • "Just a Memory," Lyrics by B. G. De Sylva and Lew Brown and Music by Ray Henderson
  • "(I Wouldn't Be Where I Am) If You Hadn't Gone Away," Lew Brown, Billy Rose, and Ray Henderson
  • "Dream Daddy," Louis Herscher and George Keefer
  • "Huckleberry Finn," Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young, and Cliff Hess
  • "Boo-Hoo," Edward Heyman, Carmen Lombardo, and John Jacob Loeb
  • "In the Chapel in the Moonlight," Billy Hill
  • "Carolina Lullaby," Louis Panella and Walter Hirsch
  • "I Apologize," Al Hoffman, Al Goodhart, and Ed Nelson
  • "Run Chicken Run," Ernest Hogan dnd Billie Johnson
  • "Muriel Waltz," G. Holcombe
  • "Lead On, O Star," Fred B. Holton
  • "The Orange and Blue Waltzes for Piano," C. F. Hunt
  • "Harvard Piano Waltz," Cameron Hunter
  • "Summer Breezes," Chas L. Johnson
  • "By They Rivers Gently Flowing Illinois," Lyrics by Charles H. Chamberlin and Win Stracke and Music By Archibald Johnson
  • "When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain," Kate Smith, Howard Johnson, and Harry Woods
  • "Broken Hearted Melody," Lyrics by Gus Kahn and Music by Isham Jones
  • "My Cradle Sweetheart," Lyrics by Charles Newman and Music by Isham Jones
  • "Indiana Moon," Lyrics by Benny Davis and Music by Isham Jones
  • "Swingin' Down the Lane," Lyrics by Gus Kahn and Music by Isham Jones
  • "The Lord's Prayer," Philip Jorgensen
  • "It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary," Jack Judge and Harry Williams
  • "Compositions by Albert Jungmann"
  • "Till the End of Time Based on Chopin's Polonaise," Buddy Kaye and Ted Mossman
  • "When Grandma Sings the Songs She Loved At the End of a Perfect Day," Lyrics by Barley Costello and Music by Robert A. Keiser
  • "When I'm Gone You'll Soon Forget," E. Austin Keith
  • "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles," Jaan Kenbrovin and John William Kellette
  • "Sympathy," Kendis and Paley
  • "Star of Hope," Harriet Kennedy
  • "Can I Forget You,"Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein and Music by Jerome Kern
  • "Youth and Beauty"
  • "There's a Long, Long Trail," Lyrics by Stoddard King and Music by Zo Elliott
  • "The Waltz You Saved For Me," Lyrics by Gus Kahn and Music by Wayne King and Emil Flindt
  • "Sweet Hawaiian Moonlight Tell Her of My Love," Lyrics by Harold G. Frost and Music by F. Henri Klickmann
  • "Eli Green's Cake Walk," Lyrics by Dave Reed Jr. and Music by Sadie Koninsky

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech Repository

Contact:
Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308