American literature sheet music collection

Collection

Identifier: 6154

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Scope and Contents

This small collection of sheet music consists of music published between 1872 and 1940 (with the bulk published 1900s-1930s). The bulk of the music consists of lyrics written by significant American writers, including Booth Tarkington, Ring Lardner, Amy Lowell, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Bill Nye, O. Henry, and Owen Wister, to name a few. The musical compositions were written by equally well known composers, including Jerome Kern, Efrem Zimbalist, Carrie Jacobs-Bond,and Doc White, among others.

Dates

Creation: 1872 - 1940
Creation: Majority of material found in 1900s-1930s

Creator

Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960 (Person)
Ade, George, 1866-1944 (Person)
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 (Person)
Blossom, Henry, 1866-1919 (Person)
Engel, Carl, 1883-1944 (Person)
Gro, Josephine (Person)
Henry, O., 1862-1910 (Person)
Jacobs-Bond, Carrie, 1862-1946 (Person)
Kern, Jerome (Person)
Lardner, Ring, 1885-1933 (Person)
Loraine, William, 1869- (Person)
Lowell, Amy, 1874-1925 (Person)
Luders, Gustav, 1865-1913 (Person)
Millay, Edna St. Vincent, 1892-1950 (Person)
Nye, Bill, 1850-1896 (Person)
Sainton-Dolby, Charlotte Helen, 1821-1885 (Person)
Sloane, A. Baldwin (Alfred Baldwin), 1872-1926 (Person)
Stuart, Leslie, 1864-1928 (Person)
Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946 (Person)
Wathall, Alfred G. (Alfred George), 1880-1938 (Person)
Watt, Hugh (Person)
White, Doc, 1879-1969 (Person)
Winchell, Clarence (Person)
Wister, Owen, 1860-1938 (Person)
Wolfe, Jacques, 1896-1973 (Person)
Zimbalist, Efrem (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of the Music Library. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Music Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.