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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 (52)
  • Legacies of Racism and Discrimination--Afro-Americans (51)
  • Society and Culture--Sentimental song (41)
  • Entertainment (35)
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• HASM Illustration Type
  • Animals (19)
  • Architecture, Buildings, Furniture, etc. (13)
  • Dance (6)
  • Dance--Cakewalks (5)
  • Dance--Minuets (1)
  • Dance--Polonaises (1)
  • Design elements (3)
  • Design elements--Borders (2)
  • Design elements--Borders--Flowers (1)
  • Design elements--Flowers & plants (5)
  • Education and Fraternal Organizations (5)
  • Entertainment (2)
  • Fashion and Costume (25)
  • Flowers & plants (15)
  • Food and Eating (4)
  • Historical and Patriotic Music (4)
  • Human Activities of Ordinary People (6)
  • Human Activities of Ordinary People--Children (8)
  • Human Activities of Ordinary People--Couples (3)
  • Human Activities of Ordinary People--Men (3)
  • Human Activities of Ordinary People--Photographs--Children (1)
  • Human Activities of Ordinary People--Photographs--Men (1)
  • Human Activities of Ordinary People--Women (6)
  • Landscapes (18)
  • Legacies of Racism and Discrimination (2)
  • Legacies of Racism and Discrimination--Afro-Americans (9)
  • Legacies of Racism and Discrimination--Afro-Americans--Groups (1)
  • Legacies of Racism and Discrimination--Men (1)
  • Legacies of Racism and Discrimination--Stereotypes--Afro-Americans (15)
  • Legacies of Racism and Discrimination--Stereotypes--Afro-Americans--Couples (3)
  • Legacies of Racism and Discrimination--Stereotypes--Afro-Americans--Groups (4)
  • Legacies of Racism and Discrimination--Stereotypes--Afro-Americans--Men (9)
  • Legacies of Racism and Discrimination--Stereotypes--Afro-Americans--Women (3)
  • Legacies of Racism and Discrimination--Stereotypes--American Indian (1)
  • Legacies of Racism and Discrimination--Stereotypes--Women (2)
  • Legacies of Racism and Discrimination--Women (1)
  • Musical Instruments (23)
  • National Symbols, Flags, etc. (4)
  • Performers--Afro-Americans--Groups (1)
  • Performers--Afro-Americans--Men (1)
  • Performers--Afro-Americans--Men--Walker, George, d. 1909 (1)
  • Performers--Afro-Americans--Men--White, James (1)
  • Performers--Afro-Americans--Men--Williams, Bert, 1875-1922 (1)
  • Performers--Afro-Americans--Women--Walker, Aida Overton (1)
  • Performers--Groups (1)
  • Performers--Groups--Banda Rossa (1)
  • Performers--Groups--Primrose, George H., 1852- (1)
  • Performers--Groups--Rays (1)
  • Performers--Groups--West, William H., 1853-1902 (1)
  • Performers--Men (1)
  • Performers--Men--Conor, Harry (1)
  • Performers--Men--Dockstader, Lew (1)
  • Performers--Men--Evans, George, 1870-1915 (1)
  • Performers--Men--Goldie, Sam (1)
  • Performers--Men--Johnson, George W. (1)
  • Performers--Men--Libbey, J. Aldrich (2)
  • Performers--Men--Mahoney, Jere (1)
  • Performers--Men--O'Hare, Joe (1)
  • Performers--Men--Olcott, Chauncey, 1858-1932 (1)
  • Performers--Men--Powers, James T., 1862-1943 (1)
  • Performers--Men--Rodgers, J. (1)
  • Performers--Men--Shannon, Thomas F. (1)
  • Performers--Men--Sousa, John Philip, 1854-1932 (1)
  • Performers--Men--Thompson, Denman (1)
  • Performers--Men--Ward, Charles (1)
  • Performers--Men--Weston, Willie (1)
  • Performers--Women--Abbott, Misses (1)
  • Performers--Women--Brill, Lottie (1)
  • Performers--Women--Daly, Lucy (1)
  • Performers--Women--Davis, Bessie (1)
  • Performers--Women--Hall, Pauline, 1890-1969 (1)
  • Performers--Women--Held, Anna, 1877?-1918 (1)
  • Performers--Women--Hopper, Edna Wallace (1)
  • Performers--Women--Horner, Louise (1)
  • Performers--Women--Irwin, May, 1862-1938 (4)
  • Performers--Women--Levey, Ethel (1)
  • Performers--Women--Lucca, Mde. (1)
  • Performers--Women--Mora, Helene (1)
  • Performers--Women--Nugent, Maude (1)
  • Performers--Women--Rush, Isadore (1)
  • Performers--Women--Sabel, Josephine (1)
  • Performers--Women--Wagner, Bertha (1)
  • Performers--Women--White, Ruth (1)
  • Personalities (1)
  • Personalities--Anglin, Margaret, 1876-1958 (1)
  • Personalities--Bates, Blanche (1)
  • Personalities--Berolde, Judith (1)
  • Personalities--Harris, Chas. K. (Charles Kassell), 1864-1930 (2)
  • Personalities--Sousa, John Philip, 1854-1932 (4)
  • Personalities--Zimmermann, Charles A. (3)
  • Society and Culture--Children (2)
  • Society and Culture--Couples (5)
  • Society and Culture--Men (4)
  • Society and Culture--Supernatural & Imaginary Beings (3)
  • Society and Culture--Women (11)
  • Sports (7)
  • Technology (3)
  • Transportation (4)
  • Vices, Gambling, etc. (3)
  • War and Military (8)
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• City of Publication
  • New York (100)
  • Boston (36)
  • Chicago (22)
  • Cincinnati (10)
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• Publisher
  • Oliver Ditson Company (8)
  • T.B. Harms (8)
  • F.A. Mills (6)
  • John Church (6)
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• Instrumentation
  • voice; piano (125)
  • piano (84)
  • voice; piano; chorus (SATB) (9)
  • voice (S); piano (2)
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• Year
  • 1899 (39)
  • 1897 (34)
  • 1896 (30)
  • 1898 (27)
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Categories

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