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/ .

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.

Posted to Aesthetics-Music-Sheet