Finding Aid for the Sheet Music Collection, circa 1840-circa 1879
MS-3042University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Collection processed by: Laurel Rozema, April 25, 2007
Finding Aid written by: Laurel Rozema, April 25, 2007
Encoded by: Laurel Rozema, April 25, 2007
Summary Information
Sheet Music Collection
Date/Date Range : circa 1840-circa 1879
1.5 linear feet
Abstract: This collection contains delicate sheet music for 41 pieces from the 1840s to the 1870s, which previously belonged to Anna A. Newton and William A. Peal. Some of the composers include Stephen C. Foster, Francis H. Brown, H. P. Danks, Harrison Millard, Charles Carroll Sawyer, and Gilles Jullien. There are also two versions of Henry Wordsworth Longfellow's poem "Beware!" set to music, one by James Ernest Perring in 1864, the other by Charles Moulton in 1865. Some of the songs are about love and courtship, temperance and alcoholism, and battles and nationalism.
MS-3042
University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Access and Use
This collection was donated to the UT Special Collections Library in February 1990 by Dr. LeRoy Graf.
Collection is open for research.
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
[Identification of Item], Sheet Music Collection, MS-3042. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.
Arrangement
Collection consists of one oversized 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 collection contains delicate sheet music for 41 pieces from the 1840s to the 1870s, which previously belonged to Anna A. Newton and William A. Peal. Some of the composers include Stephen C. Foster, Francis H. Brown, H. P. Danks, Harrison Millard, Charles Carroll Sawyer, and Gilles Jullien. There are also two versions of Henry Wordsworth Longfellow's poem "Beware!" set to music, one by James Ernest Perring in 1864, the other by Charles Moulton in 1865. Some of the songs are about love and courtship, temperance and alcoholism, and battles and nationalism.
For related materials, see MS-1071, MS-1072, MS-1130, MS-1231, MS-1575, MS-2187, and MS-2198.
Subject Terms
- Popular Music -- United States.
- Music -- 19th Century.
Contents List
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I really don't think I shall Marry by Gabrielle, 1868
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Dixie for the Union by Frances J. Crosby, 1861
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New Haven Gray's Grand March by J. M. Hubbard, 1861
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Somebody's Grandpa by C. F. Wood, 1880
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5
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Don't Fly Away Birdie by Gragie Dean and H. P. Danks, 1875
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6
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Little Maggie May by C. Blampkin, 1863
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7
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Waiting by H. Millard, 1871
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8
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La Joyeuse by C. F. Schuster, 1854
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9
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This Happy Day by C. Everest and Paul Henrion, 1859
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10
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Voice of My Heart by Howard Mortimer, 1867
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11
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I Went to See My Sweetheart, as I'd Nothing Else to Do by Herbert Fry and J. L. Hatton, undated
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12
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"Beware!" by H. W. Longfellow and James Ernest Perring, 1864
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13
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Croquet by C. H. Webb and J. R. Thomas, 1867
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14
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Love Among the Roses by E. N. Catlin, 1869
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15
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Don't You Go, Tommy by C. T. Lockwood, 1869
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Don't Marry a Man if He Drinks by Mrs. M. A. Kidder and Mrs. E. A. Parkhurst 1866
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Little Footsteps by J. A. Barney, 1873
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18
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Girls, Get a Home of Your Own by Josephine Pollard and Henry Tucker, 1866
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Has Father Been Here? by E. W. Locke, 1870
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Eulalie by Stephen C. Foster and H. S. Cornwell, 1851
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Send Me an Answer from Over the Sea by I. T. S. and Charles E. Pratt, 1879
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Come Home, Father by Henry Clay Work, 1864
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Beware! by H. Longfellow and Charles Moulton, 1865
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Who Will Care for Mother Now? by Charles Carroll Sawyer, 1863
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Who Will Care for Mother Now? by Charles Carroll Sawyer, 1863
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God Bless Our Home by James E. Stewart, 1873
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27
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One Hour with Thee by Mrs. Cornwell Baron Wilson and William Carnaby, 1870
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Driven from Home by Will. S. Hays, 1868
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Flag of Our Union by George P. Morris and William Vincent Wallace, 1854
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30
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Three pieces with unknown composers: La Cracovienne , Rory O'Moore , and Paddy Carey , 1863-1864
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When the Tide Comes In by Harrison Millard and H. Ashland Kean, 1875
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32
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Mr. and Mrs. Snibbs: A Comic Duet by John H. Hewitt, 1842
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33
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The Little Church Around the Corner by George Cooper and D. S. Wambold, 1871
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34
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Silver Threads Among the Gold by Eben E. Rexford and H. P. Danks, 1873
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Just Before the Battle, Mother by George F. Root, 1862
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Five pieces: The Love Lane Gallop by Francis H. Brown, The Rippling Stream Waltz by Francis H. Brown, The Ocean Bird and Schottisch by Francis H. Brown, Prima Donna Waltz by Gilles Jullien, and Liebe Augustine by Joseph F. Reddie, 1853, 1863
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