Sheet Music Collection, 1830-TBD | Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

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Collection Overview

Title: Sheet Music Collection, 1830-TBD

Extent: 1.22 Cubic Feet

Date Acquired: 02/23/2004. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: Music., Old-time Music.

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This is an artificial collection that was created to provide intellectual access to individual volumes and pieces of Kentucky related music. The collection includes music written by Kentuckians as well as music about Kentucky. The bound volumes of music represent the musical tastes and talents of several prominent families in Madison County, Kentucky including the Clays, the Bennetts and the Irvines.

Subject/Index Terms

Music.
Old-time Music.

Administrative Information

Repository: Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

Accruals: 2003-047, 2003-050, 2003-049, Dorris Museum, accession #311, Townsend Book Collection.

Acquisition Source: Various

Box and Folder Listing

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[Box 2],
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Box 1

Folder 1: Music Book of B. [Brutus] J. Clay, 1830: A variety of ballads, musicals and operas. Some for the piano forte and some meant to be sung as duets.
Folder 2: Music Book of B. [Brutus] J. Clay, 1845
Folder 3: Mrs. C.M. Clay: This volume belonged to Mary Jane Clay, wife of Cassius M. Clay. Written for the guitar.
Folder 4: M.J. Clay: This volume belonged to Mary Jane Clay, wife of Cassius M. Clay.
Folder 5: Mrs. E.[Elizabeth] S. Irvine, 1837-1845: Many blank pages have handwritten lyrics throughout the volume. At least some of this music was collected when she was a student at Madame Chaloner's School in Philadelphia in 1845. A couple pieces have the names Miss Vida Bond and William M. Irvine (her husband) inscribed on the covers. From the Dorris Museum Collection, accession #311
Folder 6: Miss Belle Bennett, 1846-1874: One bound volume of 43 pieces of sheet music, mostly from the 1850s and 1860s. There are 25 compositions for the piano and 17 songs for voice with piano accompaniment. Composers of note include Carl Czerny and Sigismund Thalberg; several of the songs are set to the poetry of Thomas Moore, a popular poet of that time period.

Box 2

Folder 1: Helen Kerr Music Book, 1859-1860

Includes two pieces by Will S. Hays, several issues of "Our Musical Friend" and other pieces for the piano forte.

Item 1: Blue Eyed Bonnie Bell: Sung by Rumsley and Newcomb's Minstrels; Creator: Hays, Will S.
Item 2: What Would You Give To Know: Also known as Nannie Vane; Creator: Hays, Will S. and Plato, W. M.
Item 3: Melodies from "La Somnambula ": Creator: Bellini
Item 4: Mary Morrison: Scotch Song
Item 5: Sad Was The Hour: From the Opera of "Berta"; Creator: Smart, Henry
Item 6: Melodies from the Grand Opera of Le Prophete: Creator: Meyerbeer
Item 7: The Banks of Allan Water
Item 8: What's A Tear?: Creator: Balfe, M.W.
Item 9: The Aline Polka: Creator: Strauss , J.
Item 10: The Irish Quadrille: Creator: Pantalon
Item 11: Alexandria March: Creator: Little, A.F.
Item 12: Oh! Wert Though But Mine Own: Creator: Kucken
Item 13: Scotch Song 'What's a' The Steer Kimmer: Creator: Lee
Item 14: Drinking Song From Zampa: Creator: Herold
Item 15: There Is A Flower That Bloometh: Creator: Wallace
Item 16: Melodies from "Lucrezia Borgia": Creator: Donizetti
Item 17: Farewell! If Ever Fondest Prayer!: Creator: Belini
Item 18: The Italian Redowa: Creator: Burgmuller, F.
Item 19: Warrior's Joy March (Krieger's Lust): Creator: Gungl
Item 20: Reflections: Creator: Abt, Franz
Item 21: Fancy's Dream: Creator: Belini
Item 22: Le Fete des Gondoliers: Creator: F. Burgmuller
Item 23: OH! Whistle An' I'll Come To You, My Land!
Item 24: The Power of Love: The New Opera of Satanella; Creator: Balfe, M.W.
Item 25: We'll Laugh and Sing: From the opera of the Traviata; Creator: Verdi
Item 26: The Big Ben Polka: Creator: D'albert, Charles
Item 27: She Might Not Suit Your Fancy: Creator: Millard, H.
Item 28: Melody: Creator: Heller, Stephen
Item 29: Columbia, The Gem of the Ocean (The Red White and Blue): Creator: Shaw, David T.
Item 30: La Chasse: Ronda a la polka; Creator: Mills, S.B.
Item 31: Come With Me And Be My Love: Creator: Marlowe, C. and Hatton, J.L.
Item 32: The Breeze: Creator: Redel, Chas and Auber
Item 33: The Salute March: Creator: Gungl, J.
Item 34: So Sweet Her Voice Falls On Mine Ear: From the opera of I Lombardi; Creator: Verdi
Item 35: The Paul Morph "Esmeralda": Creator: Fradel, Chas
Item 36: Bonnie Kate: Creator: Rankin, Jessica and Balfe, M.W.
Item 37: Gute Nacht: Creator: Carpenter, J.E. and Abt, Franz
Item 38: Come Into The Garden, Maud: Creator: Laurent, Henri
Item 39: Melodies From 'Don Pasquale': Creator: Donizetti
Item 40: Norah: Poetry by Chas B. Hill; Creator: Whaples, B.A.
Item 41: Storm Galop: Creator: Bela, Keler
Item 42: Weber's Last Waltz
Item 43: The Lass O' Gowrie: Scotch Ballad
Item 44: I Cannot Mind My Wheel, Mother: Poetry By Charles Swain; Creator: Linley, George
Item 45: Charlotte Galop: Creator: Lautenschlager, Henry
Item 46: Widow Machree: Ballad; Creator: Lover, S.
Item 48: Cheer! Boy, Cheer!: Creator: Russell, H.
Item 49: Cuckoo Polka: Creator: Herzog, A.
Item 50: The Caledonian Quadrilles: Arranged by Ch. Lenz
Item 51: Love Not: Creator: Blockley, J.
Item 52: Oh! Leave Me Not In Dark Despair: Creator: Perrin, Hon. Mrs. E.O and Wood, Albert H.
Item 53: The Golden Cross Redowa: Creator: Wallerstein, A.
Item 54: Graziella Polka-Mazurka: Creator: Oesten, Theodor
Item 55: Without Sunshine There's No Hay: Creator: Caulfield, J. and Harroway, J.
Item 56: The Fabbri Waltz: Creator: Fradl, Charles
Item 57: Fleur Des Printemps: Creator: Talexy, Adrien
Item 58: Nandl Galopp: Creator: Doppler, J.H.
Item 59: Venetian Gondolier's Song: Creator: Stigelli, G.
Item 60: La Seduisante: Creator: Schubert, Camille
Item 61: Long, Long Ago: Creator: Bayly, T.H.
Item 62: The Winter It Is Past: Arranged by J.T. Surenne
Item 63: Sunday Morning: Creator: Kullak, Thelo.
Item 64: Polka-Etude: Creator: Mason, William
Item 65: There's Somebody Waiting For Me: Creator: Glover, Chas
Item 66: Etoiles Du Soir: Creator: Schubert, Camille
Item 67: Songs Written With Out Words: Creator: Mendelssohn

Folder 2: Single Compositions (B-G)

Item 1: Silver Bells Schottische: Creator: Bennett, E.K.
Item 2: Kentucky Was Lucky When She Raised A Girl Like You: Creator: King, Walter and Bertnett, Earl
Item 3: Beautiful Memory Waltz Music: Creator: Murray, George D. and Brad, Louis W.
Item 4: Violets Bring Memories Of You: Creator: Harrison, Mary Viola and Brand, Louis W.
Item 5: Down The Nile (To Old Cairo): Creator: Cambiaire, Pierre
Item 6: Give Me Youth and the World is Mine: Creator: Cambiaire, Pierre
Item 7: The Trail of the Lonesome Pine: Creator: Macdonald, Ballard and Harry Carroll
Item 8: I'm Forgotten But I Love Thee Still: Creator: Nash, M.T. and Cirillo, F.
Item 9: I Think of Thee: Creator: Colliere, L. Corradi
Item 10: Bashful Beau' s Polka: Creator: Converse, Charles Crozart
Item 11: Mammoth Cave Waltz: Creator: Cook, J.C
Item 12: Carrie Polka: Creator: Culture, S.S.
Item 13: Underwood March, 1912: Creator: Dowman, Caroline Westmoreland
Item 14: Kentucky Sue: Creator: Fairman, George W.
Item 15: Kentucky Sue: Creator: Fairman, George W.
Item 16: Happy Reamings: Creator: Thomond, M.H. and Fleming, John
Item 17: My Old Kentucky Home: Sung by Eleanor Moore; Creator: Foster, Stephen C.
Item 18: Wilt Thou Be True?: Creator: Foster, Stephen C.
Item 19: Foster's Melodies: Creator: Foster, Stephen C. and Cooper, George
Item 20: My Old Kentucky Home: Sung by Christy's Minstrels; Creator: Foster, Stephen C.
Item 21: Old Folks at Home Way Down Upon De Swanee Ribber: Creator: Foster, Stephen C.
Item 22: Oh Boys, Carry Me Long A Plantation Melody: Creator: Foster, Stephen C.
Item 23: My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night: Sung by Christy's Minstrels; Creator: Foster, Stephen C.
Item 24: Nightingales Trill: Found in Songs of the Day published by D.P. Faulds; Creator: Wilhelm Ganz
Item 25: Kentucky Babe: Creator: Buck, Richard Henery and Geibel, Adam

Folder 3: Single Compositions (H-N)

Item 1: The American Flag Song and Chorus, 1863: Creator: Hays, Will S.
Item 2: The Drummer Boy of Shiloh, 1862: Creator: Hays, Will S.
Item 3: I'll Remember You In My Prayers, 1871: Creator: Hays, Will S.
Item 4: Mollie Darling, 1871: Creator: Hays, Will S.
Item 5: The Union Forever For Me, 1861: Creator: Hays, Will S.
Item 6: The War Will Soon Be Over, 1863: Creator: Hays, Will S.
Item 7: We May Never Meet Again, 1863: Creator: Hays, Will S.
Item 8: Kentucky Dream Waltz, 1918: Creator: Warren, Frank H. and Floris, Agnetta
Item 9: Uncle Tom's Glimpse of Glory, 1852: Creator: Howard, Frank and Eliza
Item 10: Watch'd By The Ray of Yonder Star, 1800: Also known as Red Cross'd Knight of Palestine; Creator: Bakewell, Alicia A. and White, G.B.
Item 11: Garland of Old Fashioned Roses, 1911: Creator: Musgrove, Chas H. and Keithley, E. Clinton
Item 12: I Am Dreaming of Thee, 1850: Sung by Miss Lee; Creator: Lee, Alexander
Item 13: Beyond Recall, 1927: Creator: Young, Jessica M. and Lienhard, Alpha H.
Item 14: Battle-Ship Kentucky Two Steps, 1898: Creator: McKay, Sallie
Item 15: The Open Door, 1932: Poem by Grace Coolidge; Creator: Madison, Maury
Item 16: Watch Fires, 1931: Poem by Grace Coolidge; Creator: Madison, Maury
Item 17: Evening Chimes: Creator: Marzian, A.F.
Item 18: Love Token: Creator: Mayer, Fred
Item 19: Tuck Me To Sleep In My Old 'Tucky Home, 1921: Creator: Young, Joe, Lewis, M. Sam, and Meyer, Geo. W.
Item 20: Tuck Me To Sleep In My Old 'Tucky Home, 1921: Creator: Young, Joe, Lewis, M. Sam, and Meyer, Geo. W.
Item 21: There's A Rose In Old Kentucky (That Is Blooming Just For Me), 1914: Sung By Mary Wade; Creator: Brown, Chesney and Natiello, Ernesto

Folder 4: Single Compositions (P-Z, Unknown)

Item 1: Lizzy Lass, 1843: Creator: Grant, Alan and Peters, W.C.
Item 2: Beautiful Eyes: Creator: Plato, William and Muzzey, A.L.
Item 3: Would I Were With Thee, 1850: Creator: Norton, Mrs. Hon and Prentice, Mrs. Geo D.
Item 4: O I'm A Good Rebel, 1950: Creator: Dedicated to Hon. Thad Stevens
Item 5: Kentucky A Musical Novelty: Creator: Ringleben, Justin
Item 6: Goin' Home To Dixie, 1922: Creator: Rogers, Jane Harris
Item 7: In The Valley of Kentucky, 1901: Creator: Stanford, Tony
Item 8: California Rose, 1925: Includes letter from James C. Stapp; Creator: Stapp, James C.
Item 9: Oxen, 1932: Poem by Mary Cummings Eudy; Creator: Steedman, Alma
Item 10: In Old Kentucky, 1919: Creator: Stewart, Anita
Item 11: Old Kentucky Moonlight, 1921: Creator: Gillespie, Haven and Alstyne, Egbert Van
Item 12: I'm Going Back to Kentucky Sue, 1912: Creator: Brown, Lew and Tilzer, Albert Von
Item 13: Wait For the Wagon: Creator: Webster, I.B.
Item 14: Kentucky Days, 1912: Creator: Mahoney, Jack and Wenrich, Percy
Item 15: O What Shall I Say: Creator: Zoeller, Anthony
Item 16: I Can't Help Dat, Taint My Fault, 1862: Written by Somebody, sung by Everbody, and composed by Nobody

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