[Binder's Collection: Florence Paulson, Book 3]

Bound compilation of sheet music, collected by Florence B. Paulson. This volume consists primarily of sentimental songs ballads, lullabies, and cradle songs, and four titles involving birds. Composers Harrison Millard and Arthur Sullivan are most prominently represented. Most works were published in New York or Boston, with many published by Oliver Ditson & Co., Wm. A. Pond & Co., and G. Schirmer. The collection was compiled in 1881, but the works it contains were published between 1858 and 1881.
Date: 1881
Creator: Paulson, Florence B.
System: The UNT Digital Library

OK, USA: A Musical Guide Book to the States: Soldier Shows "Blueprint Special"

The last of the U.S. Army Soldier Shows "Blueprint Specials" to be published, "OK, USA" is a musical revue on the theme of U.S. soldiers returning to the United States and finding it finding it as foreign and exotic as any country overseas because they have been away and living under extreme circumstances for so long. Like the other "Blueprint Specials," this show includes a complete script (multiple copies this time); a conductor's score and complete set of instrumental parts; a sample program; set and costume designs; and detailed instructions for producing the show using whatever materials are at hand. Unlike the other "Blueprint Specials," it includes no information on the librettists, songwriters, and other staff who worked on the show.
Date: 1945
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Hymns, &c. composed on various subjects

The tenth edition of J. Joseph Hart's collection of hymn lyrics.
Date: 1787
Creator: Hart, J. (Joseph), 1712-1768
System: The UNT Digital Library

114 Songs

A collection of 114 songs set by Charles Ives, with lyrics by Ives and others. The back of the book contains a philosophical essay by Ives.
Date: 1922
Creator: Ives, Charles, 1874-1954
System: The UNT Digital Library

Musical Opening Choruses, Finales and Production Numbers for Soldier Shows

A selection of opening choruses, choral finales, sketches with comedy songs, and miniature musical comedies, mostly excerpted from pre-existing Broadway shows with lyrics adapted to Army, Navy, or Marine Corps themes. Soldiers were encouraged to incorporate these numbers into their own shows, adapting them further as needed, and to use them as inspiration for writing their own original numbers.
Date: 1943
Creator: Writers and Material Committee of Camp Shows, Inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library

P.F.C. Mary Brown: A Wac Musical Revue

Compilation of a script, parts (including conductor's score; 1 vocal part with melody and lyrics; and 13 instrumental parts), stage directions, dance routines, scenic and costume designs (including instructions on how to make them from waste and salvage materials), a sample program template, and general notes on how to produce a musical revue, intended for a women's army audience. The story depicts the goddess Athena growing bored with her life on Olympus and descending to Earth to find fulfillment as a WAC named Mary Brown.
Date: 1944
Creator: United States. Headquarters, Army Service Forces. Special Services Division, ASF.
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Day-spring, or, Union collection of songs for the sanctuary

"Compiled by Sylvester Main from the already published works of the late I.B. Woodbury as well as from much choice manuscript music found in his portfolio at his death, together with copious contributions from the first living authors." The beginning of the collection includes brief instruction in the fundamentals of music and choral singing.
Date: 1859
Creator: Main, Sylvester,1817-1873 & Woodbury, I. B. (Isaac Baker), 1819-1858
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Booke of Common Prayer

1611 edition of the Book of Common Prayer, with psalms. The psalms include incipits in Latin, and occasional notated settings, along with the traditional canticles (Benedictus, Magnificat, Nunc Dimmitis) for morning, evening, and night prayer, Te Deum, the Athanasian Creed, and other hymns and prayers.
Date: 1611
Creator: Church of England
System: The UNT Digital Library

Booke of Common Prayer and The Whole book of Psalmes

A 1611 Booke of Common Prayer, bound with a 1609 book of Psalms with notated settings, "collected into English meeter by Thomas Sternhold."
Date: {1609,1611}
Creator: Church of England
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Binder's Collection: A. Worrell]

Bound compilation of sheet music from the collection of Thurman Morrison, presumably compiled by Ann Worrell, whose name is inscribed on multiple works within the volume. The vast majority of titles in this collection were published in Philadelphia, and the remainder in Baltimore, between 1796 and 1830. A number of items have themes related to Scotland, along with several works about soldiers. Composers Michael Kelly, Joseph Mazinghi, John Stevenson, and Thomas H. Thompson are most prominent, with three works each, and Thomas Moore was the lyricist for four works. George Willig, G.E. Blake, and various iterations of the Carr publishing company are the most prominent publishers in this volume.
Date: 1796/1830
Creator: Worrell, Ann
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Binder's Collection: G. K. Whitaker]

Bound compilation of sheet music from the collection of Thurman Morrison, compiled by Gertrude K. Whitaker. The selections include multiple titles on military themes, including works dedicated to military figures of the time. Other works include ballads, waltzes, and the three-part cantata, The May Queen. Five works in this volume were composed by Charles Grobe. Almost half of the thirty-six items in the collection were published in Philadelphia, with others published in Baltimore, New York, and Boston.
Date: 1818/1859
Creator: Whitaker, Gertrude K.
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Binder's Collection: Oliver Brett]

Bound compilation of sheet music collected by Oliver Sylvain Baliol Brett, 3rd Viscount Esher. The front cover is monogrammed O.S.B., with a bookplate reading "Ex libris Oliver Brett" on the front inside cover. Nearly all items contain a primary or secondary publishing location imprint in London. The collection is unusual for its inclusion of arrangements for banjo. The titles are generally in alphabetical order, beginning with the letter "K," which suggests the existence of a prior volume. Many titles are taken from larger works of musical theater. This item contains a substantial number of selections that include racial slurs and stereotyping.
Date: unknown
Creator: Esher, Oliver Sylvain Baliol Brett, Viscount, 1881-1963
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Binder's Collection: Anna Pease]

Bound compilation of sheet music compiled by Anna M. Pease, from the collection of Thurman Morrison. All works were published in London, with multiple items published by Duff and Hodgson, Chappell, Robert Cocks & Co., and Joseph Williams. The volume features a variety of composers, including two works each by George Linley and Frank Mori. An additional set of three songs is attributed to the unnamed author of "Will you love me then as now," surmised to be Charles William Glover, though only "The rich man's bride" verifies as one of his works. For topics covered, two works are concerned with the month of May, and three others with Ireland (one of which, "The May Dew," overlaps in both areas).
Date: 1834/1869
Creator: Pease, Anna M.
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Binder's Collection: Minnie Greene, Book 1]

Bound compilation of sheet music. The dates of publication range between 1840 and 1880, and most of the publishers' imprints were located in New York or Philadelphia, along with several other locations. Discard stamps from the Columbus, Ohio public library, and a stamp for R.B. McAdow, Music Dealer in the same city suggest the compiler's residence was also there; the name Minnie S. Greene is written in pencil on the first page of music. Page 127 of the scan, or 114 of the music, is also inscribed "Presented to Minnie Greene."
Date: 1840/1880
Creator: Greene, Minnie S.
System: The UNT Digital Library

The choral tribute: a collection of new church music, for choirs, singing schools, conventions, &c.

None
Date: 1869
Creator: Emerson, L. O. (Luther Orlando), 1820-1915
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Binder's Collection: Civil War Pieces]

Bound compilation of sheet music from a variety of composers, prominently featuring songs about subjects related to the U.S. Civil War, from the Union perspective. Other works include dances for piano with a particular emphasis on galops and waltzes. A majority of titles in this volume were published in Boston, primarily by Oliver Ditson & Co. While the works range in date from 1846 through the 1870s, the most frequently appearing dates are between 1864 and 1866.
Date: 1846/1879
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Binder's Collection: Columbus Public Library, Scores]

Bound compilation of sheet music for violin and piano, assembled by the Columbus Public Library (now the Columbus Metropolitan Library). This volume consists of scores and piano parts, although its contents do not overlap entirely with those of the accompanying set of violin parts. The library catalog record follows the handwritten numbering in the volume, which generally assigns numbers to titles held in common between the two volumes. Therefore, some works are described by their position relative to numbered items, such as a set of three between numbered selections 23 and 24. The volume itself heavily emphasizes "potpourris" and other arrangements of larger works, such as those by Gaetano Donizetti and Vincenzo Bellini. Charles Auguste de BĂ©riot is prominent in this volume as both a composer and arranger. About half of the works were published in Mayence (present-day Mainz) or Offenbach (surmised from other evidence in some cases), with Fils de B. Schott as the most prominent publisher.
Date: 1834/1879
Creator: Columbus Metropolitan Library (Franklin County, Ohio)
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Sanctus: a collection of sacred music, full and complete in every department

A collection of hymns "adapted to the worship of all Protestant denominations by Edward Hamilton." The beginning of the collection includes brief instruction in the fundamentals of music and choral singing.
Date: 1857
Creator: Hamilton, Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Binder's Collection: Ida Coit]

Bound compilation of sheet music compiled by Ida Burroughs Coit. The volume prominently features adaptations or arrangements of larger works (often operas), along with multiple waltzes and galops. Most works were published in Boston or St. Louis, with a smaller number published elsewhere. The St. Louis publisher Balmer & Weber and Boston publishers Oliver Ditson and W.A. Evans are most prominent in this collection. Most works were published in the 1870s, although items range in date from 1848 to 1884.
Date: 1848/1884
Creator: Coit, Ida Burrough
System: The UNT Digital Library