SKU: A0.508709

This harmonically rich contemporary composition is presented in the form of a standard jazz lead sheet replete with melody and chord symbols. This study is great for the intermediate pianist looking to develop skills in the areas of sight-reading, technique, theory, and artistry. 

*Note: This song was a finalist in the 1998 John Lennon Songwriting Competition

—by Sarah Jane Cion, Winner of the 1999 Great American Jazz Piano Competition and author of MODERN JAZZ PIANO REVEALED An Intermediate Guide to Jazz Concepts, Improvisation, Technique & Theory

SKU: A0.873335

This classic composition is easy-to-read, fun to play, and features a single line melody along with the full score for the intermediate piano player. Perfect for use at home or school. Professional arrangement by Hal Wright.

SKU: A0.1491625

Sacred solo for church service. Lyric sheet is included as last sheet. The listener is encouraged to fully receive God's grace and accept God's love, right now. 
For full lyrics, see MelodyMills.com

Some lyrics include:
(Verse 2)
Time to open up,
Now surrender all your fear,
Let the love of God
Wipe out ev'ry pain and tear.
Give it all to God,
Seek a higher view;
Let yourself be loved,
For God loves you.

(Chorus)
Accept God's love, allow yourself to feel tender comfort, deep inside;
Receive God's grace, acknowledge love is real, and an ever-present guide;
Accept God's love, soon you will see you are free!

SKU: LV.8547

Sometime. Lyric by William Jerome. Melody by Harry Tierney. Published 1916 by William Jerome Publishing Corporation, Strand Theatre Bldg., 47th St. in New York. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Portraits, Masks, Draperies, Lutes, Courtship, Love, Quarreling, Distress, Happiness. First line reads Lovers now-a-days are so dramatic..

About The Lester S. Levy Collection

The Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music. Donated to Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, the collection's strength is its thorough documentation of nineteenth-century American through popular music. This sheet music has been provided by Project Gado, a San Francisco Bay Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.

WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents. Language and concepts within reflect the opinions and values of the time and may be offensive to some.

SKU: A0.1316533

The charming poem from Samuel Taylor Coleridge which sums up the how wondrous and joyful birdsong is, especially in summertime has been set to a childlike, innocent sounding melody that is scored for a Vocal Trio (SSA) with Piano accompaniment.  Accessible to any school or concert setting.  An accompaniment track is also available.

SKU: A0.1316539

The charming poem from Samuel Taylor Coleridge which sums up the how wondrous and joyful birdsong is, especially in summertime has been set to a childlike, innocent sounding melody that is scored for a Vocal Trio - (SAB) with Piano accompaniment.  Accessible to any school or concert setting.  An accompaniment track is also available.

SKU: A0.1316543

The charming poem from Samuel Taylor Coleridge which sums up the how wondrous and joyful birdsong is, especially in summertime has been set to a childlike, innocent sounding melody that is scored for a Vocal Quartet - (SATB) with Piano accompaniment.  Accessible to any school or concert setting.  An accompaniment track is also available.

SKU: A0.1316544

The charming poem from Samuel Taylor Coleridge which sums up the how wondrous and joyful birdsong is, especially in summertime has been set to a childlike, innocent sounding melody that is scored for a Vocal Trio - (TTB) with Piano accompaniment.  Accessible to any school or concert setting.  An accompaniment track is also available.

SKU: A0.1316548

The charming poem from Samuel Taylor Coleridge which sums up the how wondrous and joyful birdsong is, especially in summertime has been set to a childlike, innocent sounding melody that is scored for a Vocal solo with Piano accompaniment.  Accessible to any school or concert setting.  An accompaniment track and a rehearsal track are also available.

SKU: LV.1217

Has Sorrow Thy Young Days Shaded. A Favorite Irish Melody. The Words by Thos. Moore, Esqr. Arranged by Sir J.A. Stevenson, M.D. Published [n.d.] by G. Willig's Musical Magazine, No. 171 Chesnut St. in Philadelphia. Composition of strophic with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Time, Love, Depression, Sadness. First line reads Has sorrow thy young days shaded, as clouds o'er the morning fleet?..

About The Lester S. Levy Collection

The Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music. Donated to Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, the collection's strength is its thorough documentation of nineteenth-century American through popular music. This sheet music has been provided by Project Gado, a San Francisco Bay Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.

WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents. Language and concepts within reflect the opinions and values of the time and may be offensive to some.

SKU: A0.1218720

Life's Garden is an arrangement of the 1914 hit pop song by Carrie Jacobs-Bond.  I take this original melody and lyrics and put them to an entirely new setting of music.  The piece grows, starting with a single note unaccompanied melody and each line adds more depth and texture as the piece continues to build to the end with a dramatic key change on the last phrase.  The poetic Garden of Life is where all of the desirable characteristics of an ideal person (and love) grows; like sympathy, devotion, etc.  This is a timeless art song that is perfect for any wedding today, whether vintage or modern.     
4 page score; 1:40 minutes
I have published it in 3 different vocal ranges on this site:  High - low E to high G#; Medium - low Bb to high D; Low - low G to high B.   The MP3 recording is of the Medium Voice version.  Vocal part is Intermediate level, while Piano part is Advanced Intermediate level.  
This piece is also found in my book, Vintage Wedding Songs, a collection of 5 songs which is also available on this site.

SKU: A0.1218723

Life's Garden is an arrangement of the 1914 hit pop song by Carrie Jacobs-Bond.  I take this original melody and lyrics and put them to an entirely new setting of music.  The piece grows, starting with a single note unaccompanied melody and each line adds more depth and texture as the piece continues to build to the end with a dramatic key change on the last phrase.  The poetic Garden of Life is where all of the desirable characteristics of an ideal person (and love) grows; like sympathy, devotion, etc.  This is a timeless art song that is perfect for any wedding today, whether vintage or modern.     
4 page score; 1:40 minutes
I have published it in 3 different vocal ranges on this site:  High - low E to high G#; Medium - low Bb to high D; Low - low G to high B.   The MP3 recording is of the Medium Voice version.  Vocal part is Intermediate level, while Piano part is Advanced Intermediate level.  
This piece is also found in my book, Vintage Wedding Songs, a collection of 5 songs which is also available on this site.

SKU: LV.18214

Take Your Time Miss Lucy. A Comic Ballad. The Words By A. Allan, Esqr.; Adapted from the Original Melody By George Loder. Published 1842 by Atwill, 201 Broadway in New York. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Parlors, Upper classes, Mothers & children, Fathers & children, Courtship & love. First line reads When young my heart was bent, sir, Upon a nice young beau..

About The Lester S. Levy Collection

The Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music. Donated to Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, the collection's strength is its thorough documentation of nineteenth-century American through popular music. This sheet music has been provided by Project Gado, a San Francisco Bay Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.

WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents. Language and concepts within reflect the opinions and values of the time and may be offensive to some.

SKU: MQ.8492-33E

French.

Gouvy was known for writing some of the most beautiful melodies of the Romantic period. His style is a combination of German forms and an early French romantic harmonic structure. His writing for the piano in the songs is totally unified in mood and description with the voice, just as the piano is in Schubert’s songs. The equal partnership of the vocal line and piano interact closely to bring the poetry vividly into life with unimaginable artistic heights and unbridled passion.
This volume includes Gouvy songs set to 18 poems of Philippe Desportes (1546–1606), and 18 poems of Moritz Hartmann (1821–1872). The elements of Romantic love poetry, such as enchanting love and its pain, and the personifying of nature, are fluently described with a great sensitivity in both voice and piano. Gouvy’s melody stir up the imagination because of his special treatment of words through a distinguishable and melodious vocal line, and his story telling and poetic treatment and development of the piano accompaniment. His compositional artistry places him in the upper echelons of art-song composers. One should note that Gouvy had a special fondness for the 16th Century poetry of La Pléiade (a group of Renaissance French poets, led by Pièrre de Ronsard (1524–1585). Desportes was truly the heir to Ronsard; however his work, when compared to that of Ronsard, is filled with greater abstraction and greater fluidity. Desportes seems to avoid any of the passionate anger that is occasionally characteristic of La Pléiade. This may be an indication that Desportes lived in a less distressed time. It also seems necessary to point out that he learned much in his early career by copying and studying the earlier works of La Pléiade. This has led some scholars to label him as a plagiarist, but it is important to realize that all the members of La Pléiade copied from each other when they wished to learn something new, and truly understand the style of the other poets in the group.
Gouvy’s only choice of poems from his contemporaries, were the works of Moritz Hartmann (1821–1872), a good friend of Gouvy’s. Much of his poetry was strongly political in support of freedom of the individual. He traveled to Leipzig in 1845, but when the authorities discovered a volume of patriotic poems entitled Kelch und Schwert (Chalice and Sword), he fled to Belgium and France. It is at this time that he possibly met Théodore Gouvy. Eighteen poems of Hartmann were translated from German to French by the French poet, Adolph Larmande, of whom very little is known.
Pierre Toussaint Adolphe Larmande seems to have been a rather obscure poet and musician. We know that he taught music theory at the Paris Conservatory at the same time Anton Reicha and Michele Carafa were on the faculty. We also know that in 1847 he married an English woman by the name of Marie Caroline Bradley. There are random documents, such as a Certificate of Arrival in London, England, in 1837, but there are no birth and death dates given, and that includes his obituary notice.
Contents:
18 Sonnets et Chansons de Desportes pour ténor ou soprano et piano, Op. 45
Six poésies allemandes de Moritz Hartmann pour baryton et piano, Op. 21
Douze poésies allemandes de Moritz Hartmann pour ténor et piano, Op. 26 (Poésies françaises d’Adolphe Larmande).