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Historic American Sheet Music

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

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• HASM Subject Content
  • Society and Culture--Sentimental song (59)
  • Classical music (38)
  • Instrumental music (24)
  • Legacies of Racism and Discrimination--Afro-Americans (24)
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• HASM Illustration Type
  • Animals (21)
  • Architecture, Buildings, Furniture, etc. (16)
  • Dance (3)
  • Dance--Cakewalks (2)
  • Design elements (1)
  • Design elements--Borders (3)
  • Design elements--Flowers & plants (3)
  • Fashion and Costume (13)
  • Flowers & plants (4)
  • Food and Eating (1)
  • Human Activities of Ordinary People (11)
  • Human Activities of Ordinary People--Children (6)
  • Human Activities of Ordinary People--Couples (4)
  • Human Activities of Ordinary People--Groups (9)
  • Human Activities of Ordinary People--Men (9)
  • Human Activities of Ordinary People--Women (1)
  • Landscapes (36)
  • Legacies of Racism and Discrimination (1)
  • Legacies of Racism and Discrimination--Afro-Americans (5)
  • Legacies of Racism and Discrimination--Afro-Americans--Men (2)
  • Legacies of Racism and Discrimination--Gypsies (1)
  • Legacies of Racism and Discrimination--Men (1)
  • Legacies of Racism and Discrimination--Stereotypes--Afro-Americans (11)
  • Legacies of Racism and Discrimination--Stereotypes--Afro-Americans--Couples (2)
  • Legacies of Racism and Discrimination--Stereotypes--Afro-Americans--Men (3)
  • Legacies of Racism and Discrimination--Stereotypes--Couples (1)
  • Legacies of Racism and Discrimination--Women (2)
  • Musical Instruments (7)
  • National Symbols, Flags, etc. (2)
  • Performers--Groups--I.W. Baird's Great Quintette Club (1)
  • Performers--Men--Baird, I. W. (1)
  • Performers--Men--Emerson, Billy (1)
  • Performers--Men--Howard, Charley, 1826-1895 (1)
  • Performers--Men--Kelly, Edwin (1)
  • Performers--Men--Leon, Francis (1)
  • Performers--Men--McKee, James W. (1)
  • Performers--Men--Whitney, M. W. (1)
  • Performers--Women--Moulton, Mrs. Charles (1)
  • Performers--Women--Nilsson, Birgit (1)
  • Performers--Women--Nilsson, Christine (1)
  • Personalities--Gilbert, James L. (1)
  • Personalities--Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872 (1)
  • Personalities--Hampton, Wade, 1818-1902 (1)
  • Personalities--Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893 (1)
  • Personalities--Hendricks, Thomas Andrews, 1819-1885 (1)
  • Personalities--Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 (2)
  • Personalities--Millard, H. (Harrison), 1830-1895 (1)
  • Personalities--Nilsson, Christine (1)
  • Personalities--Tilden, Samuel J., 1814-1886 (1)
  • Personalities--Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1794-1877 (1)
  • Personalities--Wheeler, William A. (William Almon), 1819-1887 (1)
  • Politics (2)
  • Religion (1)
  • Society and Culture (3)
  • Society and Culture--Afro-Americans--Children (1)
  • Society and Culture--Children (1)
  • Society and Culture--Couples (5)
  • Society and Culture--Men (2)
  • Society and Culture--Supernatural & Imaginary Beings (7)
  • Society and Culture--Women (6)
  • Sports (4)
  • Technology (1)
  • Transportation (15)
  • Vices, Gambling, etc. (2)
  • War and Military (1)
  • Weather and Geologic Events (1)
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• City of Publication
  • Boston (52)
  • New York (42)
  • Philadelphia (16)
  • Nashville (7)
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• Publisher
  • Oliver Ditson & Co. (13)
  • Wm. A. Pond (9)
  • J.L. Peters (7)
  • White, Smith & Company (7)
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• Instrumentation
  • voice; piano (64)
  • piano (60)
  • voice; piano; chorus (SATB) (43)
  • voice; chorus (SATB); piano (4)
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• Year
  • 1870 (24)
  • 1879 (18)
  • 1877 (17)
  • 1871 (16)
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Categories

• 1850-1859
• 1860-1869
• 1870-1879
• 1880-1889
• 1890-1899
• 1900-1909
• 1910-1920