The Fielder collection of American sheet music, 1830-1950.

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The Fielder collection of American sheet music, 1830-1950.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/754866730

Illustrated sheet music provides unique access to the interests, cultural and social concerns, and decorative taste and technique of the period; indeed, sheet music covers have been called "virtual picture galleries of life in America." The items in this collection were individually selected for their visual and topical interest, aesthetic quality, and rarity. A selection of topics include pre-fire Chicago, early California, early Hawaii, 19th century military, 19th century political, "Coon songs, " family groups, comic, Blacks and minstrels, love, childhood, home, dancing, flowers, ships, transportation, women, sports, Confederate imprints, fashion, drinking, fires, animals, Irish, North American Indians, special lithographers and artists, Stephen Collins Foster, L.M. Gottshalk, William Vincent Wallace, E.T. Paull, N. Currier, Benjamin Champney, and Will Hayes.

48 linear ft. (ca. 2,500 pieces)

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 8131887

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Wallace, William Vincent, 1812-1865

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Epithet: Irish violinist and composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000787.0x000121 ...

Champney, Benjamin, 1817-1907

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Benjamin Champney (November 20, 1817 – December 11, 1907) was a painter whose name has become synonymous with White Mountain art of the 19th century. He began his training as a lithographer under celebrated marine artist Fitz Henry Lane at Pendleton's Lithography shop in Boston. Most art historians consider him the founder of the "North Conway Colony" of painters who came to North Conway, New Hampshire and the surrounding area during the second half of the 19th century. His paintings were often ...

Hayes, William, -1871

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Gottschalk, Louis Moreau

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American composer and pianist. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : New York, 2 November 1863, to an unidentified friend, 1863 Nov. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270925412 Composed originally for piano solo 1845-46.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Le bananier / by Louis Moreau Gottschalk ; orchestrated by Sam Dennison. 1977. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52147492 This is also known as Sym...

Fiedler, Bill,

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Currier, N.

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Paull, E. T., 1858-1924

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Foster, Stephen Collins

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Stephen Collins foster was born in Pittsburgh in 1826. He wasnaturally inclined to music and he wrote over one hundred and seventy songs in his short life. He traveled to New Orleans and New York to compose music but still came back to Pittsburgh, where he died in 1864. From the description of Stephen Foster Collins collection 1931-1932 [typescripts]. (Historical Society of W Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 48010401 Robert Russell Bennett was an American composer, orchest...

Fiedler, Louise,

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