New York: S.T. Gordon, 1861. 15, [1] p.: music; 34 cm. There is no date of publication given, but based on the street address used by the publisher (706 Broadway) it was probably 1861-1863. This contains a four-hand piano setting of the overture to Le Calife de Baghdade, or The... More
Chicago: T.S. Denison & Co. 1927. Sheet_music. 10, [2] p.: music; 31 cm. Front wrapper illustrated with drawings of people in blackface. Sheet music for piano and voices (soloist and chorus). Publisher's advertisement for opening choruses and finales for minstrels and musical comedies on back wrapper. "Theodore Presser Co." stamp... More
New York: Leo. Feist, 1917. Sheet_music. 3, [1] p.: music; 35 cm. Sheet music for voice and piano. Wrapper printed in orange, blue, and black. Front wrapper illustration: photograph of Ben Davis and drawing of stereotypical Afro-Americans dancing. Illustrator's name represented by rose symbol on front wrapper (Rosebud Studios). Publisher's... More
![Das Amt der Heiligen Messe; Opus vi [Orgelbass und Violon]. Franz Bühler.](/pictures/thumb/002729.jpg?v=1472082253)
Augsburg: Johann Jakob Lotter und Sohn, 1818. Organ bass and violone part only. 5, [1] p.: music; 31 cm. Disbound from a miscellaneous volume. Publication information from library records. A few pencilled notations. Contents: Nro. 1. Zum Staffelgebet und Eingang der heiligen Messe -- Nro. 2. Zum Gloria -- Nro... More
![Deutsch-Figurirte Vesper nebst den Gewöhnlichen IV. Antiphonen; Opus XIII [Violoncello part]. Franz Bühler.](/pictures/thumb/002727.jpg?v=1472082253)
Augsburg: Johann Jakob Lotter und Sohn, 1824. Violoncello part only. 6 p.: music; 31 cm. Disbound from a miscellaneous volume. Publication information from library records. No date of printing, but the composer's opus X appeared in 1821 and he died in 1824. Contents: Deus in adjutorium -- I. Psalm --... More
![[Missa opus 1] Nr. 1 [organ bass or violone part]. Franz Bühler.](/pictures/thumb/002730.jpg?v=1472082253)
Augsburg: [Johann Jakob Lotter und Sohn], 1815. The part for the organ bass or violone only. 2 p.: music; 31 cm. Disbound from a miscellaneous volume. No date of publication. The composer's opus 4 was published in 1817, suggesting an approximate date of 1815 for this, his first published work... More
![Sex Missae Breviores et Faciliores pro Choris Ruralibus; Opus X [violone part]. Franz Bühler.](/pictures/thumb/002728.jpg?v=1472082253)
Augsburg: Johann Jakob Lotter & Sohn, 1821. The violone part only. 25, [1] p.: music; 31 cm. Disbound from a miscellaneous volume. Publication information from library records. In Good Condition: disbound from a larger volume, but intact; soiling, primarily in lower corners; minor chipping of lower edges; small loss from... More
New York: Wm. A. Pond & Co. 1864. 5, [1] p.: music; 34 cm. Published jointly with: Pittsburgh: H. Kleber & Bro.; Cincinnati: C.Y. Fonda; and St. Louis: H. Pilcher & Son. Copyright 1858 by Firth, Pond & Co. The publisher, Wm. A. Pond & Co., one of the successors... More
1818: G. Willig's Musical Magazine. Paperback. "No. 11" on title page. 11, [1] p.: music for piano; 32 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. Faintly at head of title: "For Mr. G. Fisher." The composer, Johann Baptist Cramer (1771-1858), was born in Mannheim, but spent most of his life in... More
Philadelphia: G. Willig's Music Store, 1824. Paperback. 8 p.: music for piano; 32 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. Faintly at head of title: "For Mr. Fisher." No date of publication. The composer, Johann Baptist Cramer (1771-1858), was born in Mannheim, but spent most of his life in England. Cramer's... More
![V Missae Breves cum Totidem Offertoriis pro Omni Tempore; opus I [violoncello part]. Rochus Dedler.](/pictures/thumb/002726.jpg?v=1472082253)
Augsburg [Augustae]: Johann Jakob Lotter und Sohn, 1804. The violoncello part only. 24 p.: music; 31 cm. Disbound from a miscellaneous volume. Publication information from library records. Woodcut headpiece and tailpiece. The composer, Rochus Dedler (1779-1822), is best known today for the music used in the annual performances of the... More
Philadelphia, Pa. Harry Dichter, 1953. Paperback. Compiled and edited by Harry Dichter and Bernice Larrabee. "A Catalog of Sheet Music for Sale by Harry Dichter." [8], 49, [1] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Blue paper covers with a photograph of Harry Dichter on the front cover. Covers included in pagination. First... More
Philadelphia, Pa. Musical Americana, 1958. Soft Cover. 12 p.: illustrations; 28 cm. Stapled. Includes a description of Dichter's facsimile publication One Hundred Greats in Early American Sheet Music; A Great Stephen Foster Year by Fletcher Hodges, Jr.; Tin-Pan Alley's Sherlock Holmes [about Alex M. Kramer] by Robert w. Minton; and... More
![Sex Missae Breves: opus xvii [2nd violin part]. Johann Melchior Dreyer.](/pictures/thumb/002732.jpg?v=1472082253)
Augsburg: Joh. Jacobi Lotter, & Filii, 1801. Paperback. 2nd violin part only. 63, [1] p.: music; 34 cm. Signatures: *A- 2 (folio). Spine and corners covered in remnants of an earlier music manuscript; very faint marbled paper over boards. Paper label on front board with handwritten title: Violino II. The... More
New York: Irving Berlin, 1923. Sheet_music. 5, [1] p.: music; 31 cm. Front wrapper illustrated, printed in red and black. Sheet music for voice and piano. Front wrapper illustration by P.M. Griffith is a photo of Vivian and Rosetta Duncan as Eva and Topsy (in blackface) with list of 12... More
New York: Jerome H. Remick & Co. 1916. Sheet_music. 5, [1] p.: music; 35 cm. Illustrated front wrapper printed in blue and orange. Illustration signed: Finson. Popular Edition--at head of front wrapper. Publisher's advertisements on outside of back wrapper. In Good- Condition: leaves are separated; loss of lower corner of... More
London: M. Witmark & Sons, 1896. Sheet_music. 3-5, [1] p.: music; 33 cm. Lacking first leaf (pp. 1-2), presumably an illustrated front wrapper, but contains complete sheet music for piano and voice. Publisher's advertisement for four songs on back wrapper, three by Ford and Bratton, and one by Ford and... More
London: T.B. Harms & Co. 1892. Sheet_music. [4] p.: music; 33 cm. Lacking first leaf, presumably an illustrated front wrapper, but contains complete sheet music for piano and voice. Publisher's advertisement for "But Yesterday" by B.H. Janssen on back wrapper. The composer wrote "Push dem Clouds Away" for an 1891... More
New York: F.A. Mills, 1913. Sheet_music. 5, [1] p.: music; 34 cm. Sheet music for voice and piano. Front wrapper printed in red, green, and black. Front wrapper illustration: Mammy Jinny at her cabin door welcoming guests to her birthday party, with photo in lower corner of performer B. D.... More
New York: Firth, Pond & Co. 1855. 2-7 p.: music; 34 cm. "376" appears at the foot of each page. Firth, Pond & Co. published at 1 Franklin Square, the address used for this publication, from 1848 to 1855. Lacking the illustrated cover. The missing publication information has been supplied... More
Boston, Mass. Oliver Ditson & Co. 1858. 5, [1] p.: music; 34 cm. Ornamented title page. Copyright by Oliver Ditson & Co. in 1858. Music for piano. Published jointly with: Boston: C.C. Clapp & Co.; Philadelphia: Beck & Lawton; Cincinatti: Truax & Baldwin; and New York: S.T. Cordon. Caption title... More
Philadelphia, Pa. Lee & Walker, 1864. 5, [1] p.: music; 34 cm. This is number 3 in the series "Beautiful Selections from the New & Popular Opera Faust by Gounod; arranged for the piano by J.A. Getze." Ten pieces from this series are listed on the title page. Electrotyped by... More
New York: Wm. A. Pond & Co. 1863. 7, [1] p.: music; 34 cm. Published jointly with: Boston: O. Ditson & Co.; Montreal: Boucher & Manseau; Chicago: Root & Cady; and Pittsburgh: H. Kleber & Bro. There is no date of publication given, but based on the dates of activity... More
New York: Wm. A. Pond & Co. 1865. 3-7, [1] p.: music for piano; 34 cm. Color front cover illustration of band instruments arrayed on ground with a sword in front of a military encampment, with a U.S. flag in the background. This composition by F.B. Helmsmüller portrays three military... More
Boston, Mass. Oliver Ditson, 1852. 7, [1] p.: music; 34 cm. One separately published piece from "The Cousins: A Collection of Duetts for Two Performers on the Piano Forte Selected from the Best Authors." All 19 pieces are listed on the title page. Printed by Weller & Greene. Published jointly... More