Sheet Music Collections Sampler
The Smithsonian Institution is home to a number of collections of sheet music. Two of the largest are the Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, at the Archives Center, National Museum of American History, and the Bella C. Landauer Collection of Aeronautical Sheet Music, at the National Air and Space Museum Library.
A conservator at Smithsonian Libraries walks you through the preservation of sheet music, damaged by iron gall ink, and hundreds of years of use.
It should be noted that due to the historical moment in which the sheet music was written and collected, the representational qualities of the music in this selection are limited.
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"God Bless America"
- publishing date
- 1939
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“Blueberry Hill”
- date made
- 1940
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The battle in the air descriptive piano solo by Harold Spencer
- Date
- 1917
- 1911-1920
- 1910-1920
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The battle song of liberty words by Jack Yellen ; music adapted by George L. Cobb
- Date
- 1917
- 1911-1920
- 1910-1920
- 1910 -1920
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“Forget-Me-Not Waltzes”
- publishing date
- 1900
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Aero travelers = Die Luftschwärmer : waltz by Anton Weiss
- Date
- 1909
- 1901-1910
- 1900-1910
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St. Louis Blues
- Date
- 1928
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“On The Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe"
- publishing date
- 1945
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The aeroplane rag and two-step by Jack Glogau
- Date
- 1913
- 1911-1920
- 1910-1920
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- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment 27
- Music & Musical Instruments 27
- Popular Entertainment 27
- Sheet Music 27
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics 4
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection 3
- Written Music 3
- Currently not on view 2
- Movies 2
- National Portrait Gallery Collection 2
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