Visual Materials

British and European

Description: The British and European subseries is primarily comprised of musical scores published in London, England, with some published elsewhere in Great Britain and Germany, and which date from 1816 through 1898. The majority of the scores are comedic or romantic in nature, touching on British life and culture, some minstrelsy (includes stereotypical vernacular and images, as well as offensive language), and everyday people. A generous portion were issued by prominent British publishers Francis Brothers and Day; Francis, Day, and Hunter; Hopwood and Crew; Charles Sheard and Company; Howard and Company; and E. Ascherberg and Company.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1816-1898
Call number: priJLC_SMUS
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.; Gift of Jay T. Last, 2010-2019.

European American men

Visual Materials

The Jay T. Last sheet music collection consists of approximately 34,950 scores dating from 1794 to 1998. It includes a wide range of American popular music styles, as well as scores published outside of the United States. The collection encompasses ballads, blues, comic songs, jazz, minstrel scores, military scores, patriotic melodies, pop, ragtime compositions, religious hymns, rhythm and blues hits, show tunes, soul music, and 1960s surf music. The scores comprise various editions of lyrical and instrumental compositions, some of which are ornately designed and, in some cases, bear the signatures of creators and performers. Many of the scores have sellers' marks printed on the covers. Some of the names found in the nineteenth-century series overlap with those in the twentieth-century series. It is also important to note that this collection contains historical images and language that some library users may find harmful, offensive, or inappropriate.

priJLC_SMUS

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