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20th Century Sheet Music

1 folder (0.1 linear feet)

(1901 – 1945)

Edward H. Nabb Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury, University, Salisbury, Maryland

Identifier SC2025.002
Creator(s) Various
Acquisition

Donated by Pamela Johnson in memory of Joan Loveland Wolcott, June 2025.
Language(s) English
Use Records are open for research. Copyright, including literary rights, belongs to the author(s) or their legal heirs. Permission to publish or reproduce must be obtained from the Nabb Research Center which extends beyond "fair use."
Preferred Citation "Item, collection title and identifier, box # and folder # (if applicable), Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland."
Attribution Finding aid written by Jennifer Pulsney, June 2025.
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Assorted Sheet Music (1910 – 1950)

Sheet Music collection (circa 1940)
Separated Materials See Nabb Center Staff
Abstract

These early 20th century music sheets contain the words and scores for songs that date between 1901 and 1945. Many of the songs were from popular film and stage productions including: Naughty Marietta, Show Boat, Porgy & Bess, The Big Broadcast of 1937, Suzy, San Francisco, The Jungle Princess, Maytime, Babes In Arms, The Great Waltz, The Girl of the Golden West, Cotton Glub Parade, Higher and Higher, and Carousel.  Covers for the sheet music include illustrations and images from the film. The sheet music is ordered chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

These early 20th century music sheets contain the words and scores for songs that date between 1901 and 1945. Many of the songs were from popular film and stage productions including: Naughty Marietta, Show Boat, Porgy & Bess, The Big Broadcast of 1937, Suzy, San Francisco, The Jungle Princess, Maytime, Babes In Arms, The Great Waltz, The Girl of the Golden West, Cotton Glub Parade, Higher and Higher, and Carousel.  Covers for the sheet music include illustrations and images from the film. The sheet music is ordered chronologically.

Arrangement Statement

The sheet music is arranged chronologically.

Subject Terms

  • Topical Terms
    • Film
    • Graphic arts
    • Music
    • Theater

Inventory List

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Copyright DateTitleLyrics and Music by:
1901LaBohemBy G. Puccini
1910I'm Falling in Love with Someone (from Naughty Marietta)Rida Johnson Young and Victor Herbert
1910Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life (from Naughty Marietta)Rida Johnson Young and Victor Herbert
1914St. Louis BluesW. C. Handy
1915Kiss Me Again (from Mlle. Modiste)Henry Blossom and Victor Herbert
1920Pale Moon (An Indian Love Song)Jesse G. M. Glick and Frederic Knight Logan
1924Rose MarieOtto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, Rudolph Friml and Herbert Stothart 
1925AlwaysIrving Berlin
1928Ol' Man River (from Show Boat)Oscar Hammerstein II and Jerome Kern
1928On Ma JourneyEdward Boatner
1929I'll See You Again (from Bitter Sweet)Noël Coward
1929Star DustMitchell Parish and Hoagy Carmichael
1929Zigeuner (from Bitter Sweet)Noël Coward
1930Four Indian Love Lyrics (from The Garden of Karma)Set to music by Amy Woodforde Finden
1935I Got Plenty O' Nuttin (from Porgy & Bess)DuBose Heyward, Ira Gershwin, and George Gershwin
1935It Ain't Necessarily So (from Porgy & Bess)DuBose Heyward, Ira Gershwin, and George Gershwin
1936I'm in a Dancing Mood (from This'll Make You Whistle)Maurice Sigler, Al Goodhart, and Al Hoffman
1936Trust in MeNed Wever, Jean Schwartz, Milton Ager
1936Here's Love in Your Eyes (from The Big Broadcast of 1937)Leo Robin and Ralph Rainger
1936Did I Remember (from Suzy)Harold Adamson and Walter Donaldson
1936San Francisco (from San Francisco)Gus Kahn, Bronislaw Kaper, and Walter Jurman
1936Moonlight and Shadows (from The Jungle Princess)Leo Robin and Frederick Hollander
1937Vieni-Vieni George Koger, H. Varna, and Vincent Scotto; English version by Rudy Vallee
1937Wake Up and Live (from Wake Up and Live)Mack Gordon and Harry Revel
1937CaravanDuke Ellington, Juan Tizol, and Irving Mills
1937Will You Remember (from Maytime)Rida Johnson Young and Sigmund Romberg
1938Where or When (from Babes In Arms)Lorenz Hart and Richard Rogers
1938I'm in Love with Vienna (from The Great Waltz)Oscar Hammerstein II and Johann Strauss II
1938Shadows on the Moon (from The Girl of the Golden West)Gus Kahn and Sigmund Romberg
1938Who Are We To Say (from The Girl of the Golden West)Gus Kahn and Sigmund Romberg
1939Don't Worry 'Bout Me (from Cotton Club Parade)Ted Koehler and Rube Bloom
1939I Want My Share of LoveSammy Cahn and Saul Chaplin
1939Our LoveLarry Clinton, Buddy Bernier, and Bob Emmerich
 Tales from the Vienna Woods Johann Strauss Vocal Series 
 Edvard Greig Selected Songs 
1940From Another World (from Higher and Higher)

Lorenz Hart and Richard Rogers

1942Sky Anchors (Naval Aviation Songs)Fred Waring
1944I'll Walk Alone (from Follow the Boys)Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne
1945What's the Use of Wond'rin' (from Carousel)Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rogers

 

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