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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"Some Enchanted Evening"
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- 1949
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"You're a Grand Old Flag"
- publishing date
- 1933
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"On Top of Old Smoky"
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- 1951
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"You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)"
- publishing date
- 1913
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"Put Your Hand in the Hand"
- publishing date
- 1970
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"These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"
- publishing date
- 1965
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"Sixteen Tons"
- publishing date
- 1947
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"Shoo-Shoo Baby"
- publishing date
- 1943
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"Yes Sir! That's My Baby"
- publishing date
- 1925
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"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"
- publishing date
- 1933
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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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