Rare books, pamphlets, manuscripts, letters, correspondence, journals, archives, ephemera, etc. concerning: Sheet Music, Song Sheets, Spirituals, Minstrels and Minstrelsy, Folk Songs, Opera Musical Theater, Jazz, Hymns, Gospel Music, Choirs and Choral Music, Musical Instruments and Stores, Etc.
Rare books, pamphlets, manuscripts, letters, correspondence, journals, archives, ephemera, etc. concerning: Sheet Music, Song Sheets, Spirituals, Minstrels and Minstrelsy, Folk Songs, Opera Musical Theater, Jazz, Hymns, Gospel Music, Choirs and Choral Music, Musical Instruments and Stores, Etc.
![3728545] Bay-Bay Promotions—Presents a—Welcome Back Home! Persian Gulf Heroes with a Holiday...](/pictures/thumb/3728545_1.jpg?v=1554304018)
Small broadside promoting an all-African American musical line-up for a July 4th holiday weekend musical concert for returning Gulf War veterans. Appearing at the concert—held..... Read More about Bay-Bay Promotions—Presents a—Welcome Back Home! Persian Gulf Heroes with a Holiday Blues...
![3727825] I’ll Come Sailing Home to You. [Hawaii; King Kalakaua]. lyrics Ruth Florence, Johnny...](/pictures/thumb/3727825_1.jpg?v=1540930806)
Sheet music for Ruth Florence’s I’ll Come Sailing Home to You with music for piano and ukulele by King Kalakaua and Johnny Noble, both honorees..... Read More about I’ll Come Sailing Home to You. [Hawaii; King Kalakaua
![146343] [Collection of Eighteenth-Century Secular French Sheet Music bound up and kept by...](/pictures/thumb/146343_1.jpg?v=1539123806)
A young Philadelphian in Paris: a bound volume of sixty-four compositions for contra dance, guitar, etc. kept by Samuel Breck, Jr. (1771–1862), the merchant, politician..... Read More about Collection of Eighteenth-Century Secular French Sheet Music bound up and kept by Philadelphian...
![3727757] 1920 Thomas Alva Edison Signed Manuscript Laboratory Note. “Edison”,...](/pictures/thumb/3727757_1.jpg?v=1645146439)
1920 Typed laboratory note by Thomas Edison, phonograph inventor, concerning moulds for his company’s proprietary “Edison Disc Phonograph” records. Edison gives detailed instructions on maintaining..... Read More about 1920 Thomas Alva Edison Signed Manuscript Laboratory Note
![3727386] Chong. (He Come from Hong Kong). Harold Weeks](/pictures/thumb/3727386_1.jpg?v=1536186551)
Chinese-themed sheet music by popular songwriter Harold Weeks, composer of such songs as Hindustan and Kentucky Home. Weeks’ song Chong (He Come from Hong Kong)..... Read More about Chong. (He Come from Hong Kong
![3727498] The Opportunity You Have Been Waiting For ... From Gipsy Camp to Pulpit ... Gipsy Simon...](/pictures/thumb/3727498_1.jpg?v=1534977058)
Smiling Methodist evangelist Gipsy Simon Smith (1875–1943) looks out benevolently from this tall narrow broadside which advertises a performance to hear him give the good..... Read More about The Opportunity You Have Been Waiting For ... From Gipsy Camp to Pulpit ... Gipsy Simon Smith...
![3726724] “An Address on Music. Delivered before a convention of the church choirs of Summit Co....](/pictures/thumb/3726724_1.jpg?v=1652375131)
Over fifty pages, a manuscript on musical composition and performance delivered as an address before an 1844 convention of church choirs held in Summit County..... Read More about “An Address on Music. Delivered before a convention of the church choirs of Summit Co. Ohio,...
![3726692] [Philadelphia Academy of Music, 1873 Program:] Forasmuch as Dyvers Syngynge People…....](/pictures/thumb/3726692_1.jpg?v=1534362443)
Delightfully humorous program for a concert of antique music performed at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. Likely getting into the spirit of the nation’s..... Read More about Philadelphia Academy of Music, 1873 Program:] Forasmuch as Dyvers Syngynge People…
![3726653] Boston Saxophone Orchestra. Abdon Laus, Director using Buescher True Tone Saxophones....](/pictures/thumb/3726653_1.jpg?v=1534362434)
Excellent circa 1920s photograph of the Boston Symphony Orchestra advertising Buescher True Tone Saxophones: In late 1924, the first bassoonist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra..... Read More about Boston Saxophone Orchestra. Abdon Laus, Director using Buescher True Tone Saxophones
![3726416] 1919 ALS by Vaudeville Performer De Alma, “Monarch of the Banjo.”. Geo. C. Jones, De...](/pictures/thumb/3726416_1.jpg?v=1534362374)
Interesting letter written by vaudeville banjo performer De Alma, outlining biographical facts about his wife Mae from whom he is separated. Writing under his real..... Read More about 1919 ALS by Vaudeville Performer De Alma, “Monarch of the Banjo.”
![3726406] Libretto for Johann Strauss II’s Der lustige Krieg (The Merry War); New York Imprint....](/pictures/thumb/3726406_1.jpg?v=1534362372)
Scarce libretto printed in New York City for Johann Strauss II’s operetta Der lustige Krieg (The Merry War). The libretto was likely printed for its..... Read More about Libretto for Johann Strauss II’s Der lustige Krieg (The Merry War); New York Imprint
![3726112] Words to a Selection of Sacred Music ... Rev. Dr. Strong’s Church, Norwich. Rev....](/pictures/thumb/3726112_1.jpg?v=1630530291)
Libretto or song lyrics for a religious music concert held at the church of Rev. Dr. Joseph Strong in Norwich, Connecticut, likely in 1837. The..... Read More about Words to a Selection of Sacred Music ... Rev. Dr. Strong’s Church, Norwich
![3725327] College Yell March Two-Step. Dedicated to all Colleges. John Stepan Zamecnik,...](/pictures/thumb/3725327_1.jpg?v=1580241057)
Before there were mass-market movies about competing cheerleader squadrons in California comprised primarily of young screaming women, there were the “Cheer Boys.” (You can look..... Read More about College Yell March Two-Step. Dedicated to all Colleges
![146002] 1897–1901 German and Austrian Belle Époque Musical Concert Programs; with related...](/pictures/thumb/146002_1.jpg?v=1543251979)
Classical music and opera concerts and popular musical and singing performances were favorite leisure pursuits in Belle Époque Germany and Austria. These 61 almost all..... Read More about 1897–1901 German and Austrian Belle Époque Musical Concert Programs; with related Ephemera; 72...
![145861] [German Manuscript Poetry or Song Book kept by Soldier Ernst Schäfer in 1858]. Ernst...](/pictures/thumb/145861_1.jpg?v=1541012994)
German-language manuscript song book or book of poetry kept by soldier Ernst Schäfer. Almost the entire manuscript is arranged in stanzas comprising either poems or..... Read More about German Manuscript Poetry or Song Book kept by Soldier Ernst Schäfer in 1858
