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Finding Aid for the Sheet Music Collection, 1899-1953


MS-2187

University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN


Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, June 27, 2006.

Summary Information
Title: Sheet Music Collection

Date/Date Range :   1899-1953

Extent: .917 linear feet

Abstract:
This sheet music collection contains approximately 108 pieces which spans the years 1899 to 1953. The bulk of the material is from both the 1910s and 1940s.

Call number: MS-2187

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Access and Use
Aquisition Information:
This collection was donated to the University of Tennessee Special Collections Library on June 8, 1992.
Access Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Copyright:
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of Item], Sheet Music Collection, MS-2187. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Arrangement

Collection consists of one box.


Biography / History

Sheet music is best described as single sheets printed on one or both sides, folios (one sheet folded in half to form four pages), folios with a loose half-sheet inserted to yield six pages, double-folios (an inner folio inserted within the fold of an outer folio to make eight pages) and double-folios with a loose half-sheet inserted within the fold of an inner folio to produce ten pages.


Collection Scope and Content Note

This sheet music collection contains approximately 105 items which span the years 1899 to 1953. The bulk of the material is from both the 1910s and 1940s. For related materials, see MS-1071, MS-1072, MS-1130, MS-1231, and MS-1575.

Subject Terms

  • Popular Music -- United States.
Contents List
Box   1     Folder   1    
A-C

Scope Note:
  1. Amsterday, Rum and Coca-Cola
  2. Arndt, Nola
  3. Arnheim, Tobias, Lemare, Sweet and Lovely
  4. Aronson, Whispering Hearts (Waltz)
  5. Berlin, I Left My Door Open and My Daddy Walked Out
  6. Berlin, I've Got My Captain Working for Me Now
  7. Berlin, They Were All Out of Step But Jim
  8. Berlin, Take A Little Tip From Father
  9. Berlin, Everybody's Doin' It Now
  10. Branen and Stanley, When Ireland Comes Into Her Own (2 copies)
  11. Branen and Solman, You're More Than the World To Me
  12. Brown, Harriman, and Egan, I'm Over Here-You're Over There) We'll Do Our Share (While You're Over There)
  13. Burke, The Day After Forever
  14. Burris and Smith, All the Little Lovin' That I Had for You is Gone-Gone-Gone
  15. Caddigan, Dreaming Sweet Dreams of Mother
  16. Cahn and Styne, I'll Walk Alone
  17. Charles, Carolina's Calling Me
  18. Clarke, Leslie, and Abraham, Oh! You Million Dollar Doll
  19. Clarke and Meyer, He'd Have to Get Under-Get Out and Get Under (To Fix Up His Automobile)
  20. Clarke and Meyer, You'll Find Old Dixieland in France
  21. Curtis and Mizzy, No Bout About It
Box   1     Folder   2    
D-G

Scope Note:
  1. David, Lili Marlene
  2. DeBru, Taylor, and Mizzy, Take It Easy
  3. Drumheller, Listen to the Mocking Bird
  4. Dubin and Ball, All the World Will Be Jealous for Me Now
  5. Dubin and McConnell, You Remind Me So Much of My Mother
  6. Dubin and Warren, Forty Second Street
  7. Dubin and Warren, Shuffle Off To Buffalo
  8. Egan, Till We Meet Again
  9. Field and Manaloff, La Cucaracha
  10. Fiorito and MacPherson, Roll Along Prairie Moon
  11. Fitzgerald, I'm Forever Thinking of You
  12. Freed and Fain, Please Don't Say "No"
  13. Freed and McHugh, My Mother Told Me
  14. Frost, Weeping Willow Lane
  15. Gard, I Love You Truly
  16. Goodwin and McCarthy, That's How I Need You
  17. Goodwin and Mohr, I Wish I Had Someone to Say "Good-Bye" To
  18. Goreon and Grosz, Let's Sing A Song About Susie
  19. Gordon and Monaco, I Can't Begin To Tell You
  20. Gordon and Myrow, Three Little Girls in Blue
Box   1     Folder   3    
H-L

Scope Note:
  1. Hager and Goodwin, That Wonderful Mother of Mine
  2. Herschell, Long Boy (Good-Bye, Ma!, Good-Bye, Pa!)
  3. Howard and Vincent, Me and My Burro
  4. Johnson, Lucinda's Rag Time Ball
  5. Johnson, Goodnight Soldier
  6. Johnson, The Navy Took Them Over and the Navy Will Bring Them Back
  7. Johnson, Where Do We Go From Here
  8. Johnson, To The Shores of Tripoli
  9. Kahn, Rock-A-Bye Lane
  10. Kahn and Blaufuss, My Isle of Golden Dreams
  11. Kaye and Mossman, Till the End of Time
  12. Kenbrovin and Keller, I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles
  13. Laska and Von Tilizer, The Alcoholic Blues (Some Blues)
  14. Lefavre and Polla, Yo-San
  15. Leslie and Kalmar, Take Your Girlie to the Movies (If You Can't Make Love at Home)
  16. Leslie and Kalmar, Oh! What a Pal Was Mary
  17. Lewis and De Rose, Song of the Seabees
  18. Lewis, Dillon, and Von Tilizer, My Little Girl
  19. Lewis and Meyer, When You're a Long, Long Way from Home
  20. Litchfield, Zoma
Box   1     Folder   4    
M-P

Scope Note:
  1. Magidson and McHugh, Say A Pray'r for the Boys Over There
  2. Marks, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
  3. McCarthy and Goodwin, When I Get You Alone To Night
  4. McDonald and Warner, At Half Past Two I Will Marry You
  5. Mendelssohn, Wedding March
  6. Mercer and Carmichael, Lazybones
  7. Mercer and Malneck, Goody Goody
  8. Mercer and Warren, On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe
  9. Miles and Zimmermann, Anchors Aweigh
  10. Mitchell and Gottler, Mother Here's Your Boy
  11. Moore, Shoo-Shoo Baby
  12. Morey and Churchill, Whistle While You Work
  13. Morgan, Hy-Sine (March and One Step)
  14. Nathan, Manne, and Jones, Meet Me in Bubble Lane
  15. Noble, The Very Thought of You
  16. Norman, Norman and Landman, Mammy's Dixie Soldier Boy
  17. Orton, Who'll Take the Place of the Song-bird Now Gone
  18. Parrish, Let Me Love You To-Night
  19. Pease and Johnson, I Don't Want to Get Well
  20. Pinkard, Oh! You Darktown Regimental Band
  21. Pinkard, Those Draftin' Blues
  22. Portnoy and Dixon, Dixie Lullaby
Box   1     Folder   5    
R-Z

Scope Note:
  1. Raye, DePaul, and Carter, Cow-Cowboogie
  2. Raye and DePaul, Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet
  3. Robbins, Allen, and Sheafe, Washington and Lee Swing
  4. Rose and Dixon, I Found a Million Dollar Baby
  5. Scott, Oh Promise Me
  6. Shand, Eaton, and Leader, Dance With a Dolly
  7. Shannon, Hush-a-bye, My Baby
  8. Smith, Boogie Woogie
  9. Sousa, Stars and Stripes Forever (2 copies)
  10. Strouse, The Called It The Dixie Blues
  11. Sullivan, Those Old Golden Days of Long Ago
  12. Wagner, Under the Double Eagle
  13. Wagner, Bridal Chorus
  14. Walker, I'm Old Enough for a Little Lovin'
  15. Weaver, Overture Patriotic
  16. Weil and Friedman, Somewhere a Heart is Breaking and Calling Me Back to You
  17. Williams and Moret, Mickey
  18. Write, Sweethearts
  19. Yellen and Ager, Happy Days are Here Again
  20. Young, Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life
  21. Young, Lewis, and Donald, How 'Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm (After They've Seen Paree?)
  22. Young, Tobies, and Coats, Two Tickets to Georgia