Visual Materials

Sheet music, volumes

Description: Sheet music collection illustrating the thematic development of sheet music from the late eighteenth through early twentieth centuries printed in the United States. Musical genres included are English and American theatre music, comic opera, patriotic songs, Scottish and Irish melodies, "Englished" versions of Italian opera, contemporary topical themes (such as the Civil War including some Confederate imprints), and modern Broadway music. Major and minor publishers are represented. Cities most prominently featured as publishing centers include Boston, Philadelphia, New York, and Baltimore as well as imprints from Cincinnati, Chicago, Milwaukee, San Francisco, St. Louis, and New Orleans. A significant portion of the collection is illustrated, reflecting the preoccupations, attitudes and values of the American people
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Call number: ephSMC
Creator: Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery

Sheet music, boxes

Visual Materials

Sheet music collection illustrating the thematic development of sheet music from the late eighteenth through early twentieth centuries printed in the United States. Musical genres included are English and American theatre music, comic opera, patriotic songs, Scottish and Irish melodies, "Englished" versions of Italian opera, contemporary topical themes (such as the Civil War including some Confederate imprints), and modern Broadway music. Major and minor publishers are represented. Cities most prominently featured as publishing centers include Boston, Philadelphia, New York, and Baltimore as well as imprints from Cincinnati, Chicago, Milwaukee, San Francisco, St. Louis, and New Orleans. A significant portion of the collection is illustrated, reflecting the preoccupations, attitudes and values of the American people

ephSMC

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