Got this from one of many listservs that I subscribe to.
** LOC Adds Sheet Music to American Memory
The Library of Congress has added a new online exhibit to
American Memory. This one is called “Music for the Nation:
American Sheet Music 1820-1860”, and you can get to it at
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/sm2html/ .
Go here for the Irish section and follow the next page icon for all the tunes, songs etc.
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/mussm:@filreq(+@FIELD(SUBJ+@band(+Irish+))+@field(COLLID+sm1820))
If you’ve ever viewed an American Memory exhibition, you
know the drill. You can search by keyword or browse the
materials by subject, author, or title. Information about
the entries include music name and composer, and publisher
and publication date. The sheet music itself is made
available as a series of JPGs, in archival size or viewing
size.
I kinda wish they’d made the sheet music available as
downloadable PDF files, if you were of a mind to you could
easily download, print off, and take a thwack at the
“Astonishing Polka.” But worth a look anyhow.
It’s interesting.
MarkB
Edited to place links to Irish music.
Wind Sewer, down wind of the world’s largest loosely regulated incinerator in Detroit.
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