Huge Collection of Sheet Music, Published 1900s-1970s
More than 700 pieces, spanning decades! The bulk are published in New York, Chicago, Detroit, and London, but also include Rome, Hollywood, San Francisco, and beyond, from 1900 to the 1970s, with a large selection from the 1920s-1940s.
Composers include Harold Adamson, Mack Gordon, Vincent Youmans, Irving Berlin, Lew Brown, Alfred Bryan, Sammy Cahn, B. G. De Sylva, Ray Henderson, Al Dubin, Arthur Freed, Nacio Herb Brown, George and Ira Gershwin, Oscar Hammerstein, Richard Rodgers, Otto Harbach, Paul Francis Webster, Gus Kahn, Edgar Leslie, Sam Lewis, Joe Young, Jay Livingston, Ray Evans, Frank Loesser, Cole Porter, Leo Robin, and others.
Arranged for intermediate pianists (but including a few pieces of beginners), and most with chord progressions for ukulele and/or guitar, styles include fox trots, waltzes, ballads, war-time songs, holiday songs, and songs from Broadway, Disney, and film. Please inquire for a full list.
Each title in an archival sleeve — just a small handful of duplicates. Condition varies from Good+ (some chipping, dust-soiling, handwritten notes) to Fine, though generally Very Good.