Choral - Digital Download

SKU: HX.437264

Arranged by J. Daniel Smith. This edition: scorch. Sacred. Choral Instrumental Pak. 4 pages. Duration 275. Hal Leonard - Digital #129385. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital (HX.437264).

Piano and voice (solo and SATB chorus) - Digital Download

SKU: LV.23509

Composed by W. Apmadoc. Barns--interiors, Horses, Stables, Alcoholic beverages, Temperance, Happiness. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.23509).

The Reformed Blacksmith. Joseph Higgins, Rome, N.Y. Song and Chorus. Words by John Piper. Music by W. Apmadoc. Published 1880 by White, Smith & Company, 516 Washington St. in Boston. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice (solo and satb chorus) instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Barns--interiors, Horses, Stables, Alcoholic beverages, Temperance, Happiness. First line reads I'm a temp'rance man, I'm a temp'rance man..

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WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents.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.

Piano and voice - Digital Download

SKU: LV.3895

Composed by Gustav Holzel. Portraits, Windows, Birdcages, Occupations, Clocks & watches, Flowers, Love, Marriage. Lester S. Levy Collection. 6 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.3895).

The Village Blacksmith's Bride [English and German]. Composed by Gustav Holzel. Published 1863 by Beer & Schirmer, 701 Broadway in New York. Composition of sectional with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Portraits, Windows, Birdcages, Occupations, Clocks & watches, Flowers, Love, Marriage. First line reads My sweetheart is the village smith, and O, I love him so!..

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.

Ukulele solo - Digital Download

SKU: S8.AC0300-1000495

Arranged by N.B. Bailey. From the Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 21.22: Musical Instruments - Ukulele, Box 62, Folder D, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. 4 pages. Published by Smithsonian Institution (S8.AC0300-1000495).

Sheet music published by Sherman, Clay & Co.

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The Smithsonian Collection: These official, high-quality facsimiles have been hand-picked from the Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music in the Archives Center of the Smithsonian Institution and are available exclusively through Sheet Music Plus.

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Brass Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.808675

Composed by Alexander Borodin (1833–1887). Arranged by F. Leslie Smith. Broadway,Holiday,Musical/Show,Romantic Period,Wedding. Score and parts. 19 pages. Sweetwater Brass Press #3130463. Published by Sweetwater Brass Press (A0.808675).

     The defeat of Igor Svyatoslavich, a Rus’ prince, in his 1185 campaign against invading Cuman (Polovtsy) tribes was immortalized in the Russian epic, The Lay of Igor’s Campaign. Seven centuries later, Alexander Borodin started work on an opera based on that old tale. Borodin died before finishing, but Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Alexander Glazunov completed Prince Igor, and it was performed for the first time in 1890. Sixty-three years later the Broadway production Kismet opened featuring songs adapted by Robert Wright and George Forrest from the music of Borodin. Arguably, the most popular of the show’s songs was Stranger in Paradise, which was based on the Gliding Dance of the Maidens from the Polovtsian Dances of Prince Igor.
     This beautiful brass quintet arrangement of Gliding Dance of the Maidens was adapted from the orchestra score. The key is A major, time signature is 4/4 and tempo marking is Andantino at the opening, slowing to a suggested quarter note = 63 at measure 15. Trumpets, Horn in F and Trombone all play a few grace notes. Highest notes for Trumpets are their G-sharp just above the staff; for Trombone, E above the staff. While not particularly challenging technically, the key to playing this piece is interpretation and feeling.
     This arrangement was completed in 2017, and performance time runs about 2 minutes, 38 seconds. The arranger, Les Smith, will be happy to provide substitute parts (for example, treble clef baritone for trombone) at no charge; contact him directly at lessmith61@bellsouth.net. For more arrangements by Les, enter Sweetwater Brass Press (without the quotation marks) in the search box. (Also, purchase of this piece entitles you to your choice of another of his arrangements at no charge; send a copy of your purchase receipt directly to him at lessmith61@bellsouth.net.)

Piano and voice (TTBB quartet) - Digital Download

SKU: LV.11695

Composed by C.A. White. Arranged by William Gooch. Sailors, Happiness. Lester S. Levy Collection. 9 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.11695).

C.A. White's Secular Quartetts for Mixed and Male Voice. 4. Dancing O'er the Waves (Barcarole). Written and Composed by C.A. White. Arranged and harmonized by William Gooch. Published 1871 by White, Smith & Perry, 298, 300 Washington St. in Boston. Composition of da capo with piano and voice (ttbb quartet) instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Sailors, Happiness. First line reads What joy! what joy! We're dancing o'er the waves!..

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.

Piano and voice - Digital Download

SKU: LV.4953

Composed by William J. Allen. Arms, Hammers, Horseshoes, Birds, Flowers, Occupations, Nostalgia. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.4953).

The Old Village Blacksmith Shop. Song and Chorus. Composed by Wm. J. Allen. Published 1883 by Benjamin W. Hitchcock, 385 Sixth Avenue in New York. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Arms, Hammers, Horseshoes, Birds, Flowers, Occupations, Nostalgia. First line reads Now some love to visit far distant lands..

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.

Piano solo - Digital Download

SKU: S8.AC0300-1000318

Composed by Arthur Wellesley. Music from or about California. From the Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 8.5: Geography - California, Box 2, Folder A, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. 7 pages. Published by Smithsonian Institution (S8.AC0300-1000318).

Sheet music published by The Vinton Music Pub. Co.

About Sheet Music from the Smithsonian Collection

The Smithsonian Collection: These official, high-quality facsimiles have been hand-picked from the Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music in the Archives Center of the Smithsonian Institution and are available exclusively through Sheet Music Plus.

The Smithsonian name and logo are registered trademarks of the Smithsonian Institution.

Piano solo - Digital Download

SKU: S8.AC0300-1000365

Composed by Alexander Maloof. Music from or about New York. From the Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 8.35: Geography - New York, Box 31, Folder A, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. 6 pages. Published by Smithsonian Institution (S8.AC0300-1000365).

Sheet music published in 1910 by A. Maloof.

About Sheet Music from the Smithsonian Collection

The Smithsonian Collection: These official, high-quality facsimiles have been hand-picked from the Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music in the Archives Center of the Smithsonian Institution and are available exclusively through Sheet Music Plus.

The Smithsonian name and logo are registered trademarks of the Smithsonian Institution.

String Quartet Cello,String Quartet,Viola,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1514771

By Nina Kopparhed. By Traditional. Arranged by Nina Kopparhed. 19th Century,Classical,Film/TV,Folk,Traditional. 39 pages. Arcantora Publications #1089261. Published by Arcantora Publications (A0.1514771).

A selection of popular Social Dances in common use during the 18th and 19th Centuries, perfect for bringing a bit of a Costume Drama/Bridgerton vibe to your evening or event. The tunes have been arranged for String Quartet, and repeats have been added, as if they will be used for dancing. 

Contents (the tunes are often known under several different names):
1) Trad.: The Comical Fellow 
2) Purcell: The Virtuous Wife/The Dutch Skipper
3) Anon: Flirtation/Le Cor de Chasse
4) Anon: La Riswic (from The Gautier Collection)
5) Trad.: Le Pistolet/Smith's Rant/May Day

These were all premiered at a weekend of costume balls in March 2024, where they were used for dancing: dance instructors taught the participants the dances, and the floor was then filled with dancers, with a caller helping with the steps.

However, the arrangements work equally well as background music, to give the atmosphere of an 18th/19th Century ballroom to any event.

We hope that you'll be enjoying these arrangements and thank you for your interest.

String Quartet - Advanced Intermediate - Digital Download By Aerosmith. Arranged by Sarah Cellobat Chaffee. Score, Set of Parts. 15 pages. Published by Sarah Chaffee

By Jordan Smith. Arranged by Christopher R. Brown. Octavo, Set of Parts. 28 pages. Published by Christopher Brown

Piano - Digital Download

SKU: LV.8076

Composed by Louis Dupuis. Churches--interiors, Architectural elements--Arches--Columns. Lester S. Levy Collection. 7 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.8076).

Gems of Sacred Art, No. 6. R.A. Smith's How Beautiful Upon the Mountains. Transcribed for the pianoforte by Louis Dupuis. Published [n.d.] by C. Jeffrerys, 67 Berners [?] St., Oxford St. W. in London. Composition of sectional with piano instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Churches--interiors, Architectural elements--Arches--Columns.

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.

Piano - Digital Download

SKU: LV.21215

Composed by Oliver J. Shaw. Portraits, Military officers, Flags, National Emblems, Cannons. Lester S. Levy Collection. 3 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.21215).

Smith's Quick Step. Composed for the Piano Forte by Oliver J. Shaw. Published 1846 by W.H. Oakes in Boston. Composition of sectional with piano instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Portraits, Military officers, Flags, National Emblems, Cannons.

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.

Piano - Digital Download

SKU: LV.21110

Arranged by C.S. Graffulla. Portraits, Military officers, Soldiers, Mountains, Military camps. Lester S. Levy Collection. 3 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.21110).

Capt. Smith's Quick Step. Arranged by C.S. Graffulla. Published 1845 by Firth & Hall, No.1 Franklin Sq. in New York. Composition of sectional with piano instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Portraits, Military officers, Soldiers, Mountains, Military camps.

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.