Piano and voice - Digital Download

SKU: LV.10845

Composed by Alexander Lee. Nature, Happiness. Lester S. Levy Collection. 5 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.10845).

In My Own Sweet Native Vale. Ballad. Composed & Arranged for the Piano Forte by Alexander Lee. Published [n.d.] by Fiot, Meignen & Co., Publishers & Importers of Music & Musical Instruments, No. 217 Chesnut St. in Philadelphia. Composition of strophic with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Nature, Happiness. First line reads I would not be a fairy light to dance on moonbeams ray..

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WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents.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 (solo and TTBB chorus) - Digital Download

SKU: LV.6846

Composed by Egbert Van Alstyne. Portraits, Light fixtures, Dwellings, Row houses, Night, Spouses, Recreation, Leisure. Lester S. Levy Collection. 5 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.6846).

I'm Afraid to Come Home in the Dark. Comic Song. Words by Harry Williams. Music by Egbert Van Alstyne. Published 1907 by Jerome H. Remick & Co. in New York. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice (solo and ttbb chorus) instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Portraits, Light fixtures, Dwellings, Row houses, Night, Spouses, Recreation, Leisure. First line reads Jonesie married Mabel, a wise old owl was he..

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WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents.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.10047

Composed by Charles Grobe. Portraits. Lester S. Levy Collection. 7 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.10047).

The Tolling Bell Approaching Mount Vernon. A Musical Delineation for the Piano by Charles Grobe. Published 1859 by Lee & Walker, 722 Chestnut St. in Philadelphia. Composition of sectional with piano instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Portraits.

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 (solo and SATB chorus) - Digital Download

SKU: LV.4765

Composed by Fred Lyons. Hands, African Americans, Dialects, Food, Fruit, Ethnic stereotypes. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.4765).

Gim Me Dat Sweet Water Melon. Great Negro Song. Words and Music By Fred Lyons. Published 1883 by Richard A. Saalfield, 12 Bible Houses in New York. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice (solo and satb chorus) instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Hands, African Americans, Dialects, Food, Fruit, Ethnic stereotypes. First line reads If you want to see dis darkey smile, gim me dat sweet watermelon!..

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 (solo and SATB chorus) - Digital Download

SKU: LV.4691

Composed by J. E. Sampson. Portraits, Children, Girls, Courtship, Love. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.4691).

Blue Eyed Bessie Lee. Song and Chorus. By J.E. Sampson. Published 1882 by W.A. Evans & Bro., 19 Park Place in New York. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice (solo and satb chorus) instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Portraits, Children, Girls, Courtship, Love. First line reads She is waiting for my coming, as she has so oft before..

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.13320

Arranged by W.J. Wetmore, M.D. Horace Greeley, Peddlers, Poor persons, Death. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.13320).

Will he Come! Oh Will He Come. Little Kay's Dying Bed. Song & Chorus. Words & Music Witten [sic] and Arranged For The Piano By W.J. Wetmore, M.D. Published 1853 by T.S. Berry, 297 Broadway in New York. Composition of strophic with satb chorus with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Horace Greeley, Peddlers, Poor persons, Death. First line reads Will he come, oh, will he come, Faintly cried a dying child..

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.2444

Prayer. Lester S. Levy Collection. 2 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.2444).

Fading Still Fading, or, The Last Beam is Shining. Arranged for the Piano Forte From a Portuguese Melody. Published [n.d.] by Oliver Ditson, 115 Washington St. in Boston. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Prayer. First line reads Fading, still fading, the last beam is shining..

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.484

Composed by E. Mack. Children & animals, Cats, Dogs, Eating & drinking. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.484).

What's Up? Series of Dances and Marches. Greenwood Waltz. Composed by E. Mack. Published 1874 by F.A. North & Co., 1308 Chestnut St. in Philadelphia. Composition of da capo with piano instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Children & animals, Cats, Dogs, Eating & drinking.

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, 4-hands - Digital Download

SKU: LV.17630

Composed by J. E. Muller. Dwellings. Lester S. Levy Collection. 3 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.17630).

Second Series. Cottage Duetts, a popular Collection of Melodies, arranged for TWO Performers on the Piano Forte. Bolw'd Sojer Boy. Arranged by J.E. Muller. Published 1849 by G. Willig Junr. in Baltimore. Composition of through-composed with piano four-hands instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Dwellings.

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.9977

Composed by D. T. Haraden. Symbols--women, Wreaths, National Emblems. Lester S. Levy Collection. 3 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.9977).

Massachusetts Quick Step [on back cover is pasted newspaper cutout describing how a piano is made]. Composed by D.T. Haraden. Published 1840 by Henry Prentiss, No. 33 Court St. in Boston. Composition of sectional with piano instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Symbols--women, Wreaths, National Emblems.

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.7754

Composed by J.C. Eaton. Candelabras, Symbols, Nature, Roses, Moonlight, Absences. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.7754).

Dewdrops of Love. Words by Flora Jacobs. Music by J.C. Eaton. Published 1911 by Old Dominion Music Co., 1368 B'way in New York. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Candelabras, Symbols, Nature, Roses, Moonlight, Absences. First line reads Softly caressed by the moonlight, 'neath a shim'ring veil of dew..

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.18031

Composed by Charleston S. C. Lester S. Levy Collection. 2 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.18031).

United States Marine March. Composed By a Lady of Charleston S.C. Published [n.d.] by Geo. Willig in Baltimore. Composition of sectional with piano instrumentation.

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.15409

Composed by S. C. Lester S. Levy Collection. 3 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.15409).

March. Composed by a Young Lady of Charleston, S.C. Published [n.d.] by G. Willig's Musical Magazine in Philadelphia. Composition of sectional with piano instrumentation.

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.9808

Composed by Ferdinand Beyer. Architectural elements, Lyres. Lester S. Levy Collection. 11 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.9808).

Fantaisies Instructives Sur Des Motifs D'Operas Favoris. Boquet De Melodies. Par Ferd. Beyer. Published [n.d.] by A.E. Blackmar, 167 Canal St. in New Orleans. Composition of sectional with piano instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Architectural elements, Lyres.

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 (solo and SATB chorus) - Digital Download

SKU: LV.570

Composed by W.H. Brockway. Portraits, Boys, Kidnappings, Grief, Prayer. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.570).

Bring Back Our Darling, or, The Stolen Child. Words by Dexter Smith. Music by W.H. Brockway. Published 1875 by Louis P. Goullaud, 86 Tremont St. in Boston. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice (solo and satb chorus) instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Portraits, Boys, Kidnappings, Grief, Prayer. First line reads Within our home garden we had a sweet bud that promised to blossom in love..

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.