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 1850
Bingen on the Rhine or A Soldier of the Legion, Judson I. Hutchinson, Norton Mrs., and G. P. Reed & Co.
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.
[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
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
Carry Me Back, Henri Herz and Firth, Pond & Co.
Drennon Polka Quadrilles, W. C. Peters and W. C. Peters
Submissions from 1848
Oh! Susanna, 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
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
[The] Moon’s On the Lake, Walter Scott, Alexander Lee, and William Hall & Son
Florence Vane, Charles Warren; Cooke; and Mason, Colburn & Co.
[The] Floral Waltz, Friedrich Werner and Peters, Field & Co.
Submissions from 1847
[The] Funeral of an Odd Fellow, John C. Baker and C. H. Keith's Music Publishing House
I Dreamt That I Dwelt in Marble Halls, M. W. Balfe, Alfred Bunn, and Oliver Ditson
Long, Long Ago, Fanny Bell and Oliver Ditson
[The] Lilly of the Valley, Edwin P. Christy and Jaques & Brother
Jamie’s On the Stormy Sea, Bernard Covert and Oliver Ditson
[The] Rainy Day Song, William R. Dempster, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Oliver Ditson
Cally Polka, Allen Dodworth, N. Andrew Baldwin, William Dressler, and Wm. Hall & Son
Empress Henrietta Waltz, H. Herz and W. C. Peters
Mona Machree, George Linley and Atwill
Jessie, G. Linley and Firth, Hall & Pond
Mary Dear!, H. C. Lunn, W. C. Peters, and W. C. Peters
[The] Evening Rose, G. A. Osborne and Oliver Ditson
[The] Camp of Glory, W. C. Peters and W. C. Peters
[The] First Gray Hair, H. August Pond and T. B. Mason
[The] Battle of Buena Vista, William Striby and H. J. Peters & Co.
It was a Form, W. V. Wallace, Alfred Bunn, and Firth & Hall
He Doeth All Things Well, I. B. Woodbury, F. M. E., and Geo. P. Reed
Be Kind to the Loved Ones at Home, I. B. Woodbury and Martin & Beals
Submissions from 1846
[The] Forget Me Not, F. D. Benteen
Governor Young’s Grand March, Anna Saltus and C. Holt Jr.
Submissions from 1845
In My Gallant Barque, J. Barnett and G. Willig Jr
My Daughter Fan, J. Blewitt; Thomas Haynes Bayly; and Fiot, Meignen & Co
[The] May Queen Waltz, Francis H. Brown and Atwill
Love On, Eliza Cook, John Blockley, and Geo. P. Reed
A Home In the Heart, Eliza Cook, William R. Dempster, and Oliver Ditson
[The] Death of Warren, William R. Dempster, Epes Sargent, and Oliver Ditson
Let Us Love One Another, William R. Dempster, Charles Swain, and Oliver Ditson
[The] May Queen; Part 1, William R. Dempster, Alfred Tennyson, and Oliver Ditson
[The] May Queen; Part 2, William R. Dempster, Alfred Tennyson, and Oliver Ditson
[The] May Queen; Part 3, William R. Dempster, Alfred Tennyson, and Oliver Ditson
Oh Summer Night, Donizetti and William Hutchins Callott
[Selection from] Leonora, Fry and E. Ferrett & Co.
I’ll Tell Nobody, Geo. Willig Jr.
[The] Gipsy Polka, Leutner and Geo. P. Reed & Co.
[Le] Postillion Polka, Joseph Messemer and H. J. Peters & Co.
Origin of the Harp, Thomas Moore and S. Brainard & Co.
Evening Song to the Virgin at Sea, Mrs. Hemans, Harriet Browne Owen, and Bourne
Passing Away, Edwin J. Nielson, Mrs. Hemans, and Oliver Ditson
Indian Hunter Quickstep, Henry Russell, Allen Dodworth, and Firth. Hall & Pond
On the Broad Waves of Ocean and Rail Road Waltz, Strauss
Bohemian Waltz, J. C. Viereck and A. Fiot
My Courage Now Regaining, W. V. Wallace and A. Fiot
Missouri Waltz, C. H. Weber and H. J. Peters & Co.
[The] Fugitives’ Song; I’ll Be Free, J. M. White, Jesse Hutchinson Jr., and Henry Prentiss
Submissions from 1844
[The] Bohemian Girl, Balfe and Atwill
Lucy Neall, J. Buckley and Firth & Hall
[The] Kentucky Gentleman, John L. Hewitt and John F. Nunns
Get Off the Track, Jesse Hutchinson Jr. and Henry Prentiss
[The] City’s Too Crowded Too Sultry for Me, G. P. Manouvrier, H. G. Heartt, and George Willig
[The] Ashland Quick Step, W. Ratel and J. S. Osbourn
Submissions from 1843
[The] Lament of the Irish Emigrant, William R. Dempster, Mrs. Price Blackwood, and Geo. P. Reed
Jeanie Morrison, William R. Dempster, William Motherwell, and Oliver Ditson
