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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
  • Landscapes (18)
  • Animals (13)
  • Architecture, Buildings, Furniture, etc. (13)
  • Musical Instruments (13)
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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