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.
For some of the sheet music the publishing date is unknown. The year the submission is under might be an estimate of when it was released. It is specified in the abstract the known publishing date.
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Submissions from 1840
Quick Step, A. Schlossbauer
[The] Swiss Boy, R. Schroeder and F. D. Benteen
Vienna Waltz, I. Strauss and E. Gillingham
[The] Cradle Song, C. M. Von Weber and Fiot, Meisner & Co
Submissions from 1839
Sweet Memories of Thee, Amelia, W. C. Peters, and Wm. Hall & Son
By-Gone Hours, Mrs. Price Blackwood and Parker & Ditson
Can I Forget to Love Thee, William R. Dempster and W. C. Peters
St. Louis Grand March, G. H. Draper and N. Phillips
Let Us Go Sleighing, Peter A. Smith and E. Riley & Co.
Submissions from 1838
[The] Bonny Brunette, A. P. Heinrich, J. M. Moore, and James L. Hewitt
[Il] Silfo, Madame Caradori Allan and E. Gillingham
River Waltz, M. Pratt; W. C. Peters; and Firth, Hall & Pond
[The] Pirate’s Serenade, J. Thompson and Prentiss & Clark
Submissions from 1837
[The] Charming Woman, F. Unger and Atwill
Submissions from 1836
Pulaski Quick Step, James Hooton and Oliver Ditson
Count Not the Hours, R. B. Taylor and Atwill's Music Saloon
Submissions from 1835
He Was Such a Nice Young Man, M. T. A'Beckett, R. W. Alldridge, and Atwills Music Saloon
To Greece We Give Our Shining Blades, Henry R. Bishop and C. Bradlee
Home Sweet Home, Henry R. Bishop and G. Willig
They Have Given Thee To Another, H. R. Bishop, R. G. Paige, and Dubois & Bacon
[The] Sultans Band March, Donizetti, J. F. Petri, and A. Fiot
Pensezamoi, Drake and Firth & Hall
Pleasures of Home, George Dutton, George Dutton Jr., and G. Dutton
Grand Russian March, C. P. Francis and George Willig
Rory O’Moore Quickstep, G. W. Hewitt and A. Fiot
Oh! Give Me But My Arab Steed, G. A. Hodson and Bourne
I Dance, I Sing, I Play, Wilhelm Iucho and Hewitt
[The] Hebrew Mourner, P. K. Moran, J. W. Eastburn, and Firth & Hall
[The] Carrier Pigeon, P. K. Moran, Percival, and W. C. Peters
[The] Last Wish, Mrs. Hemans, Harriet Browne Owen, and J. L. Hewitt
Rome! Rome!, Mrs. Hemans and F. D. Benteen
Servant of God, Well Done, Louis Rees and J. Alfred Novello
Happy Land, E. F. Rimbault and Firth & Hall
Flow on Thou Shining River, John Stevenson and G. Willig
In Happy Moments, W. V. Wallace and A. Fiot
[The] Light House, J. Wilson, Thomas Moore, and Firth. Hall & Pond
Submissions from 1834
Life is at the Best but Dancing, James G. Maeder and Kretschmar & Nunns
[The] Clarion Now Sounds to the Field, James G. Maeder, Thomas Walton, and Kretschmar & Nunns
[The] Bloom is on the Rye, James G. Maeder and W. C. Peters
Submissions from 1833
O’er the Far Blue Mountain, G. F. Cole, Mrs. Hemans, and G. Willig Jr
Submissions from 1830
She Never Blamed Him, Never!, Thomas H. Bayley, Boyle, and Bourne
Low Wav’d the Summer Woods, Robert Bennett and Bourne
Oh! No I’ll Never Mention Him, Henry R. Bishop and Geo. Willig Jr
Love Not, Blockley, Mrs. Norton, and Atwill
[The] Minstrel Returned From the War, Bourne
Jerusalem My Happy Home, William Clifton and Bourne
[The] Circassian Waltz, John Cole
[The] Light Bark, J. T. Craven, Miss A. Mahony, and Bourne
Lord MacDonald’s Reel, Firth & Hall
Marseilles Hymn, George Geib and Bourne
New Orleans Waltz, Geo. Willig Jr.
O Prescador Dell’onda, G. Willig
O Steal Not the Ray, W. H. Hamilton, A. Clifton, and Geo. Willig
[The] Captive Knight, Hemans and G. E. Blake
“[The] Queen of Prussia’s Favorite Waltz” and “[A] Favorite Waltz”, Himmel and John Cole
March & Rondo; March in Der Freyshutz, M. Holst and John Cole
Farewell to my Harp, C. E. Horn and Bourne
I Know a Bank Whereon the Wild Thyme Blows, Charles E. Horn and Geo. Willig Jun.
Molly Bawn, Samuel Lover and Wm. Dubois
[La] Jeunesse, Julius Metz and J. L. Hewitt
Marseilles Hymn, P. K. Moran and Bourne
[The] Recall, Mrs. Hemans, Harriet Browne Owen, and J. L. Hewitt
[The] Fairy Bells, Mrs. Norton
Mary Morison, Sign. Nicholeo, Robert Burns, and G. Willig
O! Merry Row the Bonnie Bark, John Parry and Geo. Willig Jr
Here We Meet to Soon to Part, Rossini, T. B. Phipps, and G. Willig
[Les] Roses, Johann Strauss and James L. Hewitt
Hours There Were, Joseph Wade and G. Willig
[The] Light House, J. Wilson, Thomas Moore, and G. Willig
Submissions from 1829
There’s Nought on Earth So Fair as You, George Geib and Bourne
Submissions from 1828
Evening Song of the Tyrolese Peasants, Mrs. Hemans, I. T. Norton, and Geo. Willig
Submissions from 1827
Hurrah for the Bonnets of Blue, Alexander Lee and Geo. Willig Jr
Alice Gray, P. Millard and C. Brandell
Submissions from 1826
Follow, Follow Me, G. Willig
Submissions from 1825
Tis All But a Dream, Henry R. Bishop and John Cole
[The] Plough Boy, J. L. Dussek and W. Dubois
Rural Felicity, G. E. Blake
[The] Stop Waltz, G. Willig
[La] Pipe Tobac, Haigh and G. E. Blake
Araby’s Daughter, G. Kiallmark, Thomas Moore, and G. Willig
Those Evening Bells, Thomas Moore and John Andrew Stevenson
[The] Sailor’s Tear, Sidney Waller, L. M. N. Bayley, and J. Edgar
Submissions from 1820
Tis the Last Rose of Summer, Thomas Moore, I. A. Stevenson, and Wm. Dubois
Overture, Mozart and G. Willig
Submissions from 1815
[The] Harp that Once Thro’ Tara’s Halls, J. Stevenson, T. Moore, and G. Willig
Submissions from 1814
Beauteous Semblance, My Fond Emotion, Donizetti and A. Fiot
