Historic American Sheet Music: 1850-1859

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Provides access to digital images of 3042 pieces from the collection, published in the United States between 1850 and 1920.

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- Classical music (91)
- Society and Culture--Sentimental song (76)
- Instrumental music (44)
- Dance music--Polkas (38)

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- Landscapes (20)
- Architecture, Buildings, Furniture, etc. (15)
- Fashion and Costume (13)
- Animals (11)

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- New York (75)
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- Baltimore (47)
- Philadelphia (42)

Publisher
- Firth, Pond & Co. (31)
- Miller & Beacham (26)
- Oliver Ditson (21)
- Oliver Ditson & Co. (21)

Instrumentation
- piano (148)
- voice; piano (97)
- voice; piano; chorus (SATB) (18)
- voice; guitar (5)

Year
- 1853 (43)
- 1855 (31)
- [185-?] (29)
- 1858 (28)

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Giselle schottische quadrille; Gizelle schottische quadrille

Composer:	Porter, Jas. W. (James W.)
Year:	1855
Item Number:	a2185

Wine, wife and song; Wein, Weib und Gesang

Composer:	Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899
Year:	[between 1856 and 1867]
Item Number:	a4334

Blandina; Polka brilliante

Composer:	Geil, F.
Year:	1855
Item Number:	n1376

Osgood waltz; I have something sweet to tell you

Composer:	Klautsheck, F.
Year:	1855
Item Number:	a2769

Gems of beauty

Composer:	Phipps, William
Year:	1853
Item Number:	n0044

Parting ode; Parting ode of the Class of '58

Composer:	King, Horatio C. (Horatio Collins), 1837-1918
Lyricist:	Gough, H. Dorsey
Year:	1858
Item Number:	n1010

Thousand and one night; Tausend und eine Nacht; Op. 346

Composer:	Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899
Year:	[185-?]
Item Number:	a4446

Jack Frost galop

Composer:	Warren, George William
Year:	1859
Item Number:	a5463

Where are the friends of my youth. Quartette

Composer:	Barker, George, 1812-1876
Lyricist:	Addison, Lieut. Col.
Year:	[185-?]
Item Number:	a5224

Happy family polka

Composer:	Brown, Francis H. (Francis Henry), 1818-1891
Year:	1851
Item Number:	a5270

Spirit rappings

Composer:	Rossington, W. W.
Lyricist:	Garrett, J. Ellwood
Year:	1853
Item Number:	a8564

Marche de nuit

Composer:	Gottschalk, Louis Moreau, 1829-1869
Year:	1856
Item Number:	a5499

Old folks at home

Composer:	Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864
Year:	1851
Item Number:	n0234

Dear land of my fathers

Composer:	Guernsey, W. (Wellington), 1817-1885
Lyricist:	Stuart, Carlos D., 1820-1862
Year:	1851
Item Number:	a3670

Beautiful isle

Composer:	Drake, James G.
Year:	1850
Item Number:	a7188

The serious family polka

Composer:	Loder, George, 1816-1868
Year:	1850
Item Number:	a6111

Camp polka; Pop goes the weasel

Composer:	Albert, Charles d' (Charles Louis Napoleon d'), 1809-1886
Year:	1853
Item Number:	n0891

Wild ash deer

Composer:	Preot, Arnaud
Year:	1853
Item Number:	n1478

I cannot call her Mother

Composer:	Sinclair, R.
Lyricist:	Bolton, Sarah T. (Sarah Tittle), 1814-1893
Year:	1854
Item Number:	cS616I

Womans right; A right good ballad rightly illustrating womans rights

Composer:	Horn, Kate
Year:	1853
Item Number:	n0034

Gipsey schottisch

Composer:	Brown, Francis H. (Francis Henry), 1818-1891
Year:	1852
Item Number:	a3083

Blue bird waltz

Composer:	Mack, Edward, 1826-1882
Year:	1853
Item Number:	a2181

I cannot love another

Composer:	Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890
Year:	1857
Item Number:	a3272

Home again

Composer:	Pike, Marshall S. (Marshall Spring)
Year:	1850
Item Number:	n0945

Pride polka

Composer:	Brown, Francis H. (Francis Henry), 1818-1891
Year:	1850
Item Number:	cB877P

Annie's dream waltz

Composer:	Dister, Valentine
Year:	1851
Item Number:	n0244

Summer flower polka

Composer:	Boulcott, J. R.
Year:	1858
Item Number:	a2182

I am a little weaver

Year:	1853
Item Number:	n0204

The ocean telegraph march

Composer:	Brown, Francis H. (Francis Henry), 1818-1891
Year:	1858
Item Number:	a8234

They've sold me down the river; The Negro father's lament

Composer:	Root, George F. (George Frederick), 1820-1895
Year:	1853
Item Number:	a8652

Minna polka

Composer:	L. H. R.
Year:	1858
Item Number:	a3012

Cherry Alley; Madison Avenue

Composer:	Holland, Albert
Year:	1852
Item Number:	a4105

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