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 1855
Bounding Billows, Charles Grobe and Oliver Ditson & Co.
Our Good Old Friends, Alice Hawthorne and William & Shuster
[The] Orphan’s Lament, Charles Jarvis and William Hall & Son
My Mother Dear, Samuel Lover and William Hall & Son
Go Thou and Dream, C. Meineke and G. P. Reed
Leonore Polka, Carl Merz, Madame E. Masset, and T. S. Berry & Co
Cornelia Polka, Charles Minster
I Will Love Thee to the Last Mary, W. H. Montgomery, Charles Jefferys, and William Hall & Son
Kinlock of Kinlock, P. M. Moran and Peters, Webb & Co
[The] Officer’s Funeral, Mrs. Norton and A. C. Peters & Bro.
[The] Bird Waltz, Francis Panormo and William Hall & Son
Juanita, Brinley Richards and S. Brainard & Co.
[Le] Mardi Gras, Camille Schubert and Oliver Ditson
[The] Passing Bell, Schubert and Thomas Oliphant
Bright Things Can Never Die, Sister Abby and Horace Waters
Marseilles Hymn, Ch. Zeuner and W. C. Peters & Sons
Submissions from 1854
Pop Goes the Weasel Schottisch, James Bellak and J. E. Gould
Propellar Schottisch, Jas. Bellak and J. E. Gould
Coming Through the Rye, J. Bellak and Stephen T. Gordon
Martha, J. Blumtal and J. E. Gould
[The] Grave of Uncle True, H. S. Colman, Jefferson Henri Nones, and John Marsh
I Wish He Were Here, Frank Darley, Joseph A. Nunes, and Duffy & Janke
Norman Hall Polka, Mrs. L. L. Deming and G. P. Reed & Co
Good News from Home, P. S. Gilmore and Russell & Tollman
Evening Prayer/ Prayer, Charles Grobe and Edward L. Walker
Eve’s Lamentation and Graceful Notes, Charles Grobe and Edward L. Walker
Fear Not but Trust in Providence/Sanctus, Charles Grobe and Edward L. Walker
Lilac Schottisch, Philippe Henle and Berry & Gordon
Dreams, Faustina Hasse Hodges and H. C. L.
Oh! I’se So Wicked, Geo. C. Howard and Horace Waters
Maryland Institute Schottisch, James E. Magruder and John Marsh
Medina Polka Redowa, J. Richter and Lee & Walker
Home Sweet Home, J. H. Slack and S. T. Gordon
Far Away, J. R. Thomas and Firth, Pond & Co.
Old Cottage Clock, I. B. Webster, Charles Swain, and G. W. Brainard & Co
Bell Brandon, Francis Woolcott, T. Ellwood Garrett, and Balmer & Weber
Submissions from 1853
My Mother’s Prayer, Auber and Oliver Ditson
My Name In the Sand, James Bellak and J. E. Gould
[A] Maiden Behold Me; Polacca, Bellini, G. A. Beckett, and William Hall & Son
Mary’s Beauty, I. W. Gougler, Geo. P. Morris, and J. W. Gougler
Hail Columbia Happy Land, Charles Grobe and Couenhoven, Scull & Co
[Les] Bords Du Rhin, Francois Hunten and William Dressler
Prima Donna Waltz, Julien, Thomas Baker, and Oliver Ditson
[The] Prima Donna Song, Julien, Thomas Baker, and S. C. Jollie
Prima Donna Waltz, Julien and Firth, Pond & Co.
Lilly Dale, Charles H. Kehr and Oliver Ditson
[The] Long, Long Weary Day, Miller & Beacham
[The] Hazel Dell, George F. Root, Wurzel, and Wm. Hall & Son
Our Childhood’s Years, Alfred Squire, S. R. Smith, and W. C. Peters & Sons
Lilly Dale, H. S. Thompson and Oliver Ditson
Let Us All Help One Another, E. Z. Webster and Peters, Webb & Co
"Devil’s Dream", "College Hornpipe" and "[The] Corinthian", Wm. Hall & Son and E. Riley & Co
Submissions from 1852
Fair Ella Lee, N. Barker
[The] Casket and the Jewels, James Bellak, Richard Coe, and Lee & Walker
Old Jessy, Charlie C. Converse, C. C. Sedgwick, and Lee & Walker
[The] Bell Polka, Harvey B. Dodworth and H. B. Dodworth & Co.
Fort Hamilton Polka Redowa, William Dressler and Jaques & Brother
Glen Willie March, Anna B. Hatfield and Firth, Pond & Co.
Home Schottisch, H. Kleber and Firth, Pond & Co.
[The] Pearl Polka, H. Kleber and Firth, Pond & Co.
Hollywood Waltz, Miss E. McCord and Firth, Pond & Co.
48 Preliminary Exercises in Singing and Elementary Vocalises, Auguste Nourrit
[The] Evening Star Schottisch, William Vincent Wallace and Wm. Hall & Son
[La] Fete Des Fees, George William Warren and Henry Tolman & Co.
Broken Hearted Weep No More, I. B. Woodbury and Firth, Pond & Co.
Submissions from 1851
Banjo Polka, Joseph Benedict
[The] Army Parade, Louis Berge and Firth, Pond & Co.
[The] Happy Family Polka, Francis H. Brown and Firth, Pond & Co.
Paulinen Polka, Edward Buchel and G. W. Brainard & Co
Old Folks at Home, E. P. Christy and Firth, Pond & Co.
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
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.
Knickerbocker Schottish, Charles Steinruck and Jaques & Brother
My New England Home, Mrs. L. Wade and Lee & Walker
Bohemian Melody, William V. Wallace and Wm. Hall & Son
Submissions from 1850
Little Nelly’s Death Bed, Fr. Abel, G. Greenville, and S. Brainard
As I View These Scenes So Charming, Bellini and Oliver Ditson
Awake! The Skies are Weeping, T. Bissell, Hoffman, and Oliver Ditson
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
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
