Warder Cadbury Sheet Music Collection

Cover Image:
Warder Cadbury Sheet Music Collection
Cover of The Belle of Saratoga sheet music, 1871 - Image Source

Collection Facts

Extent:
28
Dates of Original:
c. 1840 - 1930

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.