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M-121 Early American Sheet Music Collection
The collection dates from the 1840s through ca.1875, and includes numerous local pieces, as well as many St. Louis and regional imprints. Many pieces include color engravings and color lithographs for covers that depict various aspects of the American scene and life in the nineteenth century.
EXTENT: Approximately 1000 pieces.
HISTORY & PROVENANCE: For many years in the nineteenth century, the Mercantile Library promoted concerts and other musical performances in its auditorium, and the earliest collections of music stem from the need for reference copies for such performances. The collection gradually grew and was bound into indexed volumes of songs and other scores. The collection continues to grow to this day through donation.
St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri-St. Louis
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- 'Varsity Song
- Voice and piano score for "'Varsity Song" by Alfred G. Robyn.
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- Alpine Storm
- Musical score for "Alpine Storm" by Charles Kunkel.
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- American March
- Musical score of "American March" by Joseph Herdlicka, Jr for piano.
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- Answer
- Musical score of "Answer" by Alfred G. Robyn for voice and piano.
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- Captain Jinks
- Piano score for "Captain Jinks" by Charles Thalberg.
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- Dance of the Sunbeams
- Piano score for "Dance of the Sunbeams" by Donald D. Lowmiller.
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- Every One Is in Slumberland But You and Me
- Voice and piano score for "Every One Is in Slumberland But You and Me" by George Moore.
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- Fourth Grade of the Beethoven Conservatory of Music
- Fourth grade technical studies for the Beethoven Conservatory of Music, St. Louis.
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- Gavotte Romantique
- Piano score for "Gavotte Romantique" by Ernst Krohn.
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- He Was a Singer
- Voice and piano score for "He Was a Singer" by W.A. Crause.
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- He Was a Soldier from the U.S.A.
- Voice and piano score for "He Was a Soldier from the U.S.A."
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- Il Trovatore
- Piano duet score for "Il Trovatore" by Giuseppi Verdi, arr. Claude Melnotte.
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- In the Shadow of the Carolina Hills
- Voice and piano score for "In the Shadow of the Carolina Hills" by Max S. Witt.
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- Leota
- Piano score for "Leota: Grand March de Concert" by Charles Drumheller, ed. Carl Wilhelm Kern.
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- Love Came Down at Christmas
- SSA chorus and piano score for "Love Came Down at Christmas" by Gladys Blakely Bush.
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- March Heroique
- Piano score for "March Heroique" by Arthur Lieber.
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- Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis
- Voice and piano score for "Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis" by Kerry Mills.
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- Merry Christmas Every Day
- SATB chorus and piano score for "Merry Christmas Every Day" by William Porter Burnet.
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- Mountain Fleece
- Piano score for "Mountain Fleece" by Carl Wilhelm Kern.
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- O Salutaris
- Handwritten voice and piano score for "O Salutaris" by Dr. Edward P. Delavanti.
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- Old Folks at Home
- Piano score for "Old Folks at Home" by Stephen Foster, arr. Charles Kunkel.
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- Perle de L'Amerique
- Piano score for "Perle de L'Amerique" by Charles Kinkel.
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- President Garfield's Funeral March
- Piano score for "President Garfield's Funeral March" by L. Hewitt.
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- Progress Grand March
- Piano score for "Progress Grand March" by Alfred G. Robyn.
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- Spirit of Americans
- Handwritten piano score for "Spirit of Americans" by Edith Cahill.
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- St. Louis Ain't Got the Blues (No More)
- Voice and piano or ukulele score for "St. Louis Ain't Got the Blues No More" by Lynn Cowan.
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- St. Louis Blues
- Voice and piano or ukulele score for "St. Louis Blues" by W.C. Handy.
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- St. Louis Centennial March
- Piano score for "St. Louis Centennial March" by Ollie Stoessel.
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