
Collection Facts
Extent:
28 itemsDates of Original:
c. 1840 - 1930 Collection Owner:
NYH Topic Area(s):
- Arts & Entertainment, Community & Events, Environment & Nature
Additional Information
Historical Context
Sheet music is music that has been handwritten or printed on paper and uses modern musical symbols to indicate chords, melodies, and rhythms of a song. During the nineteenth century, sheet music was the most dominant type of music in the music industry.
Scope of Collection
This collection contains documents and images of sheet music that was played during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.