Historic American Sheet Arts, 1850-1920

Abstract:

This site presents 3,000 pieces of sheet music drawn from a collection at Duke University. The selection covers a variety of music types including bel canto, minstrel, protest, plantation, and sentimental songs, as well as songs from vaudeville and tin pan alley. The collection is particularly strong in antebellum Southern music, confederate imprints, and Civil War songs and music.

Subject:

Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences

Grade Level:

Secondary, Post-secondary

Collection:

Library of Congress