This collection is comprised of sheet music from the mid to late 19th century, as well as music about the American Civil War from the first half of the twentieth century.
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Submissions from 1851
Old Folks at Home, E. P. Christy and Firth, Pond & Co.
Ricci Waltz, Peno Y. Densari and S. Pearson
Bloomer Schottisch, William Dressler and William Hall & Son
For Our Queen & Liberty/ Scenes That are Brightest/ Wedding Chorus/ Search Thro’ the Wide World, William Dressler and Wm. Hall & Son
[The] Bloomer Waltz, William Dressler and Wm. Hall & Son
Scraps of Melody Book 1, Wm. Dressler and Wm. Hall & Son
[The] Snow Drop Polka, Amerlia Edwards, Wm. Dressler, and Wm. Hall & Son
Poor Old Slave, G. W. H. Griffin, E. M. F., and G. P. Reed & Co.
Poor Old Slave, G. W. H. Griffin, E. M. F., and Russell & Tolman
[The] Olympic Polka, Wellington Guernsey and William Hall & Son
Polka Quadrilles, John Holloway and Henry Tolman
Great Exhibition Quadrille, Julien and Firth, Pond & Co.
[The] Signal March, H. Kleber and Firth, Pond & Co.
[The] Signal March, H. Kleber and Wm. A. Pond & Co.
Knickerbocker Schottish, Charles Steinruck and Jaques & Brother
My New England Home, Mrs. L. Wade and Lee & Walker
Searcher of Hearts, William Vincent Wallace, George P. Morris, and Wm. Hall & Son
Bohemian Melody, William V. Wallace and Wm. Hall & Son
Submissions from 1850
Little Nelly’s Death Bed, Fr. Abel, G. Greenville, and S. Brainard
[The] Spirit Waltz, Beethoven and Firth, Pond & Co.
As I View These Scenes So Charming, Bellini and Oliver Ditson
Sleep Gentle Lady!, Henry R. Bishop and Oliver Ditson
Slow and Sadly Tolling, Henry R. Bishop and Oliver Ditson
Awake! The Skies are Weeping, T. Bissell, Hoffman, and Oliver Ditson
Would I Were With Thee, Carlo Bosetti, Mrs. Norton, and Lee & Walker
Pride Polka, Francis H. Brown and William Hall & Son
[The] Coronach, D. J. Clarke and Geo. Willig
Come with Me to the Cedar Tree, F. Nicholls Crouch, G. Douglass Thompson, and George Willig
[The] Linden Waltz, Charles Czerny and S. Brainard
Pop Goes the Weasel and [The] Camp Polka, Charles D'Albert and Music Repository no. 11
[The] National Schottisch, Charles D'Albert and Wm. Hall & Son
I Dreamt I was a Fairy, H. Deval and G. F. Hupfeld & Son
Oh Summer Night, Donizetti and D. P. Faulds
Annie Laurie, Finlay Dun and Lee & Walker
I Think of Thee When Eve’s Last Blush, Ewing Jr., G. O. P., U. C. Hill, and S. Brainard
Our Old Homestead, A. D. Fillmore, Miss Phoebe Carey, and G. W. Brainard & Co
Lady! Awaken! The Moonlight is Glowing, Edmund Flagg, J. Long, and Oliver Ditson
German Quickstep, Johann P. Furst and S. Brainard
Sallie’s Waltz, Mrs. Sallie L. Gazlay and G. W. Brainard & Co
Jim Crow and Polly Put the Kettle On, Geo. Willig Jr.
[La] Parisienne March, Charles Gimbel
Melancholy, Oh Not For Me, Charles W. Glover and Charles Jefferys
[The] Song of Blanche Alpen, Stephen Glover, Charles Jefferys, and Geo. P. Reed
Bingen on the Rhine or A Soldier of the Legion, Judson I. Hutchinson, Norton Mrs., and G. P. Reed & Co.
Rose Atherton, C. Jefferys and Oliver Ditson
Will You Love Me Then As Now?, J. E. Gould & Co.
We Hail Thee, Mirth, M. P. King and Oliver Ditson
Say, What Shall my Song be To-Night?, Joseph Phillip Knight, W. H. Bellamy, and Oliver Ditson
Highland Mary, L. Kozeluch and Burns
"Away Now Joyful Riding" (Trot, Trot, Trot), Kucken and Oliver Ditson
Auld Robin Gray, Ann Lindsay, William Leeves, and G. Willig
Popular Aires no.3, J. R. Ling, Rossini, Fry, Blewitt, P. Clifford, J. Strauss, and Oliver Ditson
I’ve Left the Snow-Clad Hills, G. Linley and J. C. Smith
My Love Polka, Charles Minster
Oh! Give Me Back My Heart Again, Miss Pardoe and Peters, Webb & Co
Kinlock of Kinlock, P. K. Moran and C. P. Reed
Come While the Bird are Singing, S. P. Morris and Oliver Ditson
Go Forget Me Why Should Sorrow, Mozart, T. W. H. B. B., and Bourne
Baden, Baden Polka, Musard and Peters & Field
[The] Female Auctioneer, Orphean Family and Oliver Ditson
Henrietta Polka, J. Pfeiffer, J. C. Viereck, and G. Andre
Home Again, Marshall S. Pike, J. P. Ordway, and E. H. Wade
Home Again, Marshall S. Pike, J. P. Ordway, and Oliver Ditson & Co.
Swiss Boy, J. F. Pixis and Fiot, Meignen & Co
[La] Jeunesse Doree, Camille Schubert and William Hall & Son
Annen Polka, The Celebrated Polka Dance, La Polka, LaCarlotta Grisi, and The Russian Polka, J. Strauss, J. Offenbach, Julien, and J. Labitzky
Now Rest Thee Here My Gondolier, H. O. V., Thomas Moore, and Oliver Ditson
Grand March & Polka Militaire, Theodore Von La hache
[The] Braes o' Balquhidder, Tannahill Weavers and G. Willig
Gaslight Schottisch, Paul K. Weizel and Wm. Vanderbeek
Exchange Polka, F. Werner and Mason, Colburn & Co.
Jullien’s Drum Polka, Edward L. White and Oliver Ditson
[The] Very Best, Wm. Hall & Son
Take Me Home to Die; the Last Request, I. B. Woodbury and Firth, Pond & Co.
Submissions from 1849
O’er the Wave and Far Away, Franz Abt., C. H. Curtis, and Jaques & Brother
Happy Return Waltz, Manuel Fenollosa and G. P. Reed & Co
Floral Quickstep, J. A. Gould and Oliver Ditson
Somebody’s Coming But I’ll Not Tell Who, Miss Eveline Hayner; John C. Andrews; and Firth, Pond & Co.
Carry Me Back, Henri Herz and Firth, Pond & Co.
Virginia Rose Bud, F. H. Kavanaugh, F. Rieman, and Lee & Walker
Will You Love Me Then As Now?, Lee & Walker
Drennon Polka Quadrilles, W. C. Peters and W. C. Peters
Submissions from 1848
Oh! Susanna, C. Holt Jr
We’ll Have a Little Dance to Night Boys, C. Holt Jr
Darkies Our Masters’ Gone to Town, Christy Minstrels and C. Holt Jr.
[The] Dandy Broadway Swell, Christy Minstrels and C. Holt Jr.
My Lubly Dinah Mae, William Clifton and Atwill
[The] Indian Hunter, Eliza Cook, Henry Russell, and Peters & Field
[Les] Ideales, Charles Grobe and Lee & Walker
I Wonder’d by the Brookside, James Hine, S. O. Dyer, and William Hall & Son
Eight Dollars A Day (Dedicated to Congress), J. J. Hutchinson and Oliver Ditson
[The] Old Veteran, Nelson Kneass, T. H. Bayly, and W. C. Peters & Co
Julia Am A Beauty, Nelson Kneass and W. C. Peters & Co
Ben Bolt; or Oh! Don't You Remember, Nelson Kneass and W. C. Peters & Sons
Flora’s Festival Waltzes, J. Labitzky, Henry D. Sofge, and W. C. Peters
[The] Creole Waltz, Thomas J. Martin and Miller & Beacham
General Persifor F. Smith’s March, T. J. Martin and Miller & Beacham
Taylor’s Grand March, J. Messemer and H. J. Peters & Co.
Oh! Leave Me Not in Sorrow, Miss Hurley; Mary; and Firth, Pond & Co.
[The] Friends of Early Years, Mrs. Abdy, Richard B. Taylor, and Oliver Ditson
