[Detail] Girl of My Dreams. Charles and Henry Tobias. 1920. About this image
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The Edison Sheet Music Collection consists chiefly of American sheet music published in the United States between the years 1830-1930. While a significant minority of the music in the collection is instrumental music, the vast majority is for voice and piano. Notable in this collection are imprints from California dating from before 1850, first editions by Irving Berlin and others, and many European imprints among the instrumental pieces. The bulk of the collection is available online as “Volcano of Delight: Historic Sheet Music 1800-1922.”
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General
- Span Dates
- 1830-1958
- Bulk Dates
- 1890-1940
- Major Language(s)
- English
- Repository
- Music Division, Library of Congress
Physical Collection
- Number of Items
- 13, 000
- Number of Containers
- 148
- Linear Feet
- 444
- Contents
- Sheet music
- Processing History
- Processed
- Provenance
- There is no provenance information available for this collection. It has historically been referred to as the Edison Sheet Music Collection, leading some to believe that it is from the music library collected by Thomas A. Edison in support of his phonograph company.
Access/Copyright
- Access Permissions
- Permitted, subject to PARR policies and procedures
- On Microfilm?
- No, however, the bulk of the collection is available online as “Volcano of Delight: Historic Sheet Music 1800-1922”. See the Online Collection link above.
- Preferred Citation
- Edison Sheet Music Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress