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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
  • Classical music (50)
  • Society and Culture--Sentimental song (32)
  • Entertainment (27)
  • Marches and Military Music (21)
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• HASM Illustration Type
  • Animals (13)
  • Architecture, Buildings, Furniture, etc. (13)
  • Dance (1)
  • Dance--Polkas (1)
  • Design elements (1)
  • Design elements--Birds (1)
  • Design elements--Borders (3)
  • Design elements--Borders--Chains (1)
  • Design elements--Flowers & plants (1)
  • Education and Fraternal Organizations (2)
  • Fashion and Costume (10)
  • Flowers & plants (3)
  • Historical and Patriotic Music (3)
  • Human Activities of Ordinary People--Afro-Americans (1)
  • Human Activities of Ordinary People--Children (3)
  • Human Activities of Ordinary People--Couples (3)
  • Human Activities of Ordinary People--Groups (6)
  • Human Activities of Ordinary People--Men (2)
  • Human Activities of Ordinary People--Women (5)
  • Landscapes (18)
  • Legacies of Racism and Discrimination (2)
  • Legacies of Racism and Discrimination--Afro-Americans (7)
  • Legacies of Racism and Discrimination--Stereotypes--Afro-Americans (7)
  • Legacies of Racism and Discrimination--Stereotypes--Afro-Americans--Groups (2)
  • Legacies of Racism and Discrimination--Stereotypes--Afro-Americans--Men (3)
  • Musical Instruments (13)
  • National Symbols, Flags, etc. (3)
  • Performers--Groups--Birch and Backus (1)
  • Performers--Groups--Public Eye (1)
  • Performers--Groups--San Francisco Minstrels (1)
  • Performers--Groups--Thatcher, Primrose & West (1)
  • Performers--Men--Blake, Charles D. (1)
  • Performers--Men--Dumont, Frank (1)
  • Performers--Men--Fagan, James Bernard, 1873-1933 (1)
  • Performers--Men--Farron, Thomas J. (1)
  • Performers--Men--Garland, Chas. (1)
  • Performers--Men--Gottschalk, Louis Moreau, 1829-1869 (2)
  • Performers--Men--Johnson, Carroll, b. 1851 (2)
  • Performers--Men--Mullaly, W. S. (1)
  • Performers--Men--Pidgin, Charles F. (1)
  • Performers--Men--Rice, Tom, 1808-1860 (1)
  • Performers--Men--Sweatnam, Willis P. (Willis Palmer), 1854-1930 (1)
  • Performers--Men--Williams, Gus (1)
  • Performers--Women--Haas, Mabel (1)
  • Personalities (1)
  • Personalities--Balfe, M. W. (Michael William), 1808-1870 (1)
  • Personalities--Blumenthal, Jacques (1)
  • Personalities--English, William Hayden, 1822-1896 (1)
  • Personalities--Fox, Eddie, b. 1848 (1)
  • Personalities--Gottschalk, Louis Moreau, 1829-1869 (1)
  • Personalities--Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 (2)
  • Personalities--Hancock, Winfield Scott, 1824-1886 (2)
  • Personalities--Harris, Thomas J. (1)
  • Personalities--Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901 (1)
  • Personalities--Hays, Will. S. (William Shakespeare), 1837-1907 (1)
  • Personalities--Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905 (1)
  • Personalities--Johnston, Albert Sidney, 1803-1862 (1)
  • Personalities--Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882 (1)
  • Personalities--McCullough, John (1)
  • Personalities--Morton, Levi P. (1)
  • Personalities--Wehrmann, Henry (1)
  • Politics (2)
  • Religion (2)
  • Society and Culture (1)
  • Society and Culture--Afro-Americans--Groups (1)
  • Society and Culture--Afro-Americans--Men (1)
  • Society and Culture--Couples (1)
  • Society and Culture--Men (2)
  • Society and Culture--Supernatural & Imaginary Beings (4)
  • Society and Culture--Women (5)
  • Transportation (7)
  • War and Military (6)
  • Weather and Geologic Events (1)
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• City of Publication
  • Boston (43)
  • New York (41)
  • Philadelphia (16)
  • New Orleans (7)
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• Publisher
  • Oliver Ditson & Co. (8)
  • G. Schirmer (6)
  • Oliver Ditson (6)
  • Richard A. Saalfield (5)
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• Instrumentation
  • voice; piano (65)
  • piano (58)
  • voice; piano; chorus (SATB) (17)
  • piano (4 hands) (4)
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• Year
  • 1880 (21)
  • [188-?] (19)
  • 1885 (16)
  • 1889 (16)
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Categories

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