poems and songs
William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878)
Edward Rowland Sill (1841-1887)
Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856-1923)
Charles H. Gabriel (1856-1932)
Edward MacDowell (1860-1908)
Ethelbert Nevin (1862-1901)
John McDonnell (1946- )
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presentations inspired by Sherlock Holmes
London Characters and the Humorous Side of London Life
_____an 1870 book having some correspondencies with Sherlock Holmes stories
publication order of Sherlock Holmes stories by A. Conan Doyle
notes on A Study in Scarlet re: blood atonement and polygamy
81 Sherlockian Poems and Songs lyrical praise and humor
Sherlock in Chicago a vignette inspired by "His Last Bow"
Adventures of Heather Key a novelette inspired by "His Last Bow"

piano music MIDI sequenced from sheet music

John Philip Sousa (1854-1932)
Edward MacDowell (1860-1908)
Ethelbert Nevin (1862-1901)
Arthur Pryor (1870-1942)
"Marie Louka" (1870-1951)
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James M. Fulton (1873-1940)
Edwin Franko Goldman (1878-1956)
Eastwood Lane (1879-1951)
"Kenneth J. Alford" (1881-1945)
Count Basie (1904-1984)
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Sammy Price (1908-1992)
Art Tatum (1909-1956)
Mary Lou Williams (1910-1981)
Jay McShann (1916-2006)
130 compositions by John Philip Sousa (1854-1932)

(1872) Moonlight on the Potomac waltzes
(1873) Cuckoo galop
(1873) Review march
(1876) On Wings of Lightning galop
(1876) Revival march
(1876) The Honored Dead march
(1877) Across the Danube march
(1877) Free-Lunch Cadets march
(1877) Myrrha gavotte
(1878) Esprit du Corps march
(1878) Silver Spray schottische
(1879) On the Tramp march
(1879) Resumption march
(1880) Nymphalin reverie
(1880) Our Flirtation march
(1881) Guide Right march
(1881) President Garfield's Inauguration march
(1881) President Garfield's Funeral march
(1881) Right Forward march
(1881) Wolverine march
(1881) Yorktown Centennial march
(1882) Congress Hall march
(1883) Bonnie Annie Laurie march
(1883) Mother Goose march
(1883) Pet of the Petticoats march
(1883) Right-Left march
(1883) Transit of Venus march
(1884) The White Plume march
(1885) Mother Hubbard march
(1885) Sound Off march
(1885) Triumph of Time march
(1886) La Reine de la Mer valses
(1886) Tally-Ho! overture
(1886) The Gladiator march
(1886) The Presidential Polonaise
(1886) The Rifle Regiment march
(1886) Vautour overture
(1887) The Coquette characteristic dance
(1887) The Occidental march
(1888) National Fencibles march
(1888) Semper Fidelis march
(1888) The Crusader march
(1889) Queen of the Harvest quadrille
(1889) The Picadore march
(1889) The Thunderer march
(1889) The Washington Post march
(1890) Corcoran Cadets march
(1890) The High School Cadets march
(1890) The Loyal Legion march
(1892) The Belle of Chicago march
(1892) The Lion Tamer march
(1892) Triton march
(1893) The Beau Ideal march
(1893) The Liberty Bell march
(1893) The Manhattan Beach march
(1894) The Directorate march
(1895) King Cotton march
(1896) El Capitan march
(1896) The Colonial Dames waltzes
(1896) Three Quotations suite
覧覧The King of France
覧覧I, Too, Was Born in Arcadia
覧覧In Darkest Africa
(1897) The Bride-Elect march
(1897) The Stars and Stripes Forever march
(1898) The Charlatan march
(1899) Hands Across the Sea march
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(1899) The Man Behind the Gun march
(1900) Hail to the Spirit of Liberty march
(1901) The Invincible Eagle march
(1902) Imperial Edward march
(1902) The Messiah of Nations patriotic anthem
(1903) A Summer Girl idyl
(1903) Jack Tar march
(1904) The Diplomat march
(1905) At the King's Court suite
覧覧Her Ladyship, the Countess
覧覧Her Grace, the Duchess
覧覧Her Majesty, the Queen
(1906) Powhatan's Daughter march
(1906) The Free Lance march
(1908) Fairest of the Fair march
(1909) The Glory of the Yankee Navy march
(1910) Dwellers in the Western World suite
覧覧The Red Man
覧覧The White Man
覧覧The Black Man
(1911) Grand Festival march
(1911) The Federal march
(1912) In the Land of the Golden Fleece valse romantique
(1912) The Gliding Girl tango
(1912) With Pleasure dance hilarious
(1913) From Maine to Oregon march
(1914) Columbia's Pride march
(1914) The Lambs' March
(1915) The New York Hippodrome march
(1915) The Pathfinder of Panama march
(1916) America First march
(1916) Boy Scouts of America march
(1916) Willow Blossoms legend
(1917) The Naval Reserve march
(1917) The U. S. Field Artillery march
(1917) The White Rose march
(1917) Wisconsin Forward Forever marching song
(1918) Anchor and Star march
(1918) Flags of Freedom march
(1918) Liberty Loan march
(1918) Sabre and Spurs march
(1918) Solid Men to the Front march
(1918) The Chantyman's March
(1918) The Volunteers march
(1918) We Are Coming marching song
(1919) Bullets and Bayonets march
(1919) The Golden Star march
(1919) USAAC march
(1920) Comrades of the Legion march
(1920) Who's Who in Navy Blue march
(1921) Keeping Step With the Union march
(1921) On the Campus march
(1922) The Gallant Seventh march
(1923) Nobles of the Mystic Shrine march © Sam Fox Pub. Co.
(1923) Power and Glory march © Theodore Presser Co.
(1924) Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co. march © Sam Fox Pub. Co.
(1925) The Black Horse Troop march © Sam Fox Pub. Co.
(1925) The National Game march © Sam Fox Pub. Co.
(1926) Sesqui-Centennial Exposition march © Sam Fox Pub. Co.
(1926) The Gridiron Club march © Sam Fox Pub. Co.
(1926) The Pride of the Wolverines march © Sam Fox Pub. Co.
(1927) Riders for the Flag march © Sam Fox Pub. Co.
(1927) The Minnesota march © Sam Fox Pub. Co.
(1928) Golden Jubilee march © Sam Fox Pub. Co.
(1930) George Washington Bicentennial march © Sam Fox Pub. Co.
(1930) Harmonica Wizard march © Theodore Presser Co.
(1930) The Royal Welch Fusiliers march © Theodore Presser Co.
Library of Congress collection of sheet music by Sousa_____The Works of John Philip Sousa

150 compositions by Edward MacDowell (1860-1908)
Op. 10 First Modern Suite (1883, 1891, etc.) Praeludium . Presto . Andantino and Allegretto . Intermezzo . Rhapsody . Fugue
Op. 13 Prelude and Fugue (1883, 1895 edition) Prelude . Fugue
Op. 14 Second Modern Suite (1883, 1911 Klee edition) Praeludium . Fugato . Rhapsody . Scherzino . March . Fantastic Dance
Op. 16 Serenata (1883)
Op. 17 Two Fantastic Pieces (1884) A Tale . Witches' Dance
Op. 18 Two Compositions (1884) Barcarolle . Humoreske
Op. 19 Forest Idyls (1884, 1912 Teichmuller edition) Forest Stillness . Play of the Nymphs . Revery . Dance of the Dryads
Op. 20 Three Poems (1886) piano 4 hands Night by the Sea . A Tale from Knightly Times . Ballad
Op. 21 Moon Pictures (1886) piano 4 hands The Hindoo Maiden . Story of the Stork . In the Tyrol . The Swan . Visit of the Bear
Op. 24 Four Compositions (1887) Humoreske . March . Cradle Song . Czardas
Op. 28 Six Idyls after Goethe (1887) In the Woods . Siesta . To the Moonlight . Silver Clouds . Flute Idyl . The Bluebell
Op. 31 Six Poems after Heine (1887, 1901 edition) From a Fisherman's Hut . Scotch Poem . From Long Ago . The Postwaggon .
覧覧The Shepherd Boy . Monologue
Op. 32 Four Little Poems (1888) The Eagle . The Brook . Moonshine . Winter
Op. 36 Etude de Concert (1889)
Op. 37 Les Orientales (1889) Clair de Lune . Dans le Hamac . Danse Andalouse
Op. 38 Marionettes (1888, 1901 edition) Prologue . Soubrette . Lover . Witch . Clown . Villain . Sweetheart . Epilogue
Op. 39 Twelve Studies (1890) Hunting Song . Alla Tarantella . Romance . Arabesque . In the Forest . Dance of the Gnomes . Idyl .
覧覧Shadow Dance . Intermezzo . Melodie . Scherzino . Hungarian
Op. 45 Sonata Tragica (1893, 1922 Hughes edition) Largo maestoso . Molto allegro, vivace . Largo con maesta . Allegro eroica
Op. 46 Twelve Virtuoso Studies (1894) Novelette . Moto Perpetuo . Wild Chase . Improvisation . Elfin Dance . Valse Triste .
覧覧Burlesque . Bluette . Traumerei . March Wind . Impromptu . Polonaise
Op. 49 Air and Rigaudon (1894) Air . Rigaudon
Op. 50 Sonata Eroica (1895) Slow, with nobility . Elf-like, as light and swift as possible . Tenderly, longingly, yet with passion .
覧覧Fiercely, very fast
Op. 51 Woodland Sketches (1896) To a Wild Rose . Will o' the Wisp . At an Old Trysting Place . In Autumn .
覧覧From an Indian Lodge . To a Water-lily . From Uncle Remus . A Deserted Farm . By a Meadow Brook . Told at Sunset
published under the pseudonym of "Edgar Thorn"

Op. 1 Amourette (1896)
Op. 2 In Lilting Rhythm (1897) Capriciously, yet not slow . Not slow, liltingly
Op. 4 Forgotten Fairy Tales (1897) Sung outside the Prince's door . Of a Tailor and a Bear . Beauty in the Rose-Garden .
覧覧From Dwarf-land
Op. 7 Six Fancies (1898) A Tin Soldier's Love . To a Humming Bird . Summer Song . Across Fields . Bluette .
覧覧An Elfin Round

Op. 55 Sea Pieces (1898) To the Sea . From a Wandering Iceberg . A. D. 1620 . Starlight . Song . From the Depths . Nautilus .
覧覧In Mid-Ocean
Op. 57 Third Sonata (1900) Mesto, ma con passione . Tristamente, ma con tenerezza . Allegro con fuoco
Op. 59 Fourth Sonata (1901) With great power and dignity . With naive tenderness . Very swift and fierce
Op. 61 Fireside Tales (1902) An Old Love Story . Of Br'er Rabbit . From a German Forest . Of Salamanders . A Haunted House .
覧覧By Smouldering Embers
Op. 62 New England Idyls (1902) An Old Garden . Mid-Summer . Mid-Winter . With Sweet Lavender . In Deep Woods .
覧覧Indian Idyl . To an Old White Pine . From Puritan Days . From a Log Cabin . The Joy of Autumn
13 piano transcriptions by Edward MacDowell

(1890) Six Little Pieces After Sketches of J. S. Bach (German 1685-1750)
覧覧Courante . Menuet . Gigue . Menuet . Menuet . Marche
(1900) Le Bavolet Flottant for clavecin by Francois Couperin (French 1668-1733)
(1900) Jig for harpsichord by Carl Heinrich Graun (German 1701-1759)
(1900) Tempo di Minuetto after Giovanni Battista Grazioli (Italian 1746-c1820)
(1902) Sarabande for clavecin by Jean Baptiste Loeilly (French 1660-1728)
(1900) Jig for harpsichord by Johann Mattheson (German 1681-1764)
(1900) Courante for clavecin by Jean Philippe Rameau (French 1683-1764)
(1900) Sarabande for clavecin by Jean Philippe Rameau (French 1683-1764)
16 piano transcriptions of orchestral music by Edward MacDowell
Op. 15 First Concerto (1885, 1910 edition) 2 pianos Maestoso . Andante tranquillo . Presto
Op. 22 Hamlet and Ophelia (1885) piano 4 hands Hamlet . Ophelia
Op. 23 Second Concerto (1890, 1922 Hughes edition) 2 pianos Larghetto calmato . Presto giocoso . Largo
Op. 25 Lancelot and Elaine (1888) piano 4 hands
Op. 29 Lamia (1908) piano 4 hands
Op. 30 Two Fragments After the Song of Roland (1891) piano 4 hands The Saracens . The Lovely Alda
Op. 35 Romance for Violoncello and Orchestra (1888) cello and piano
Op. 42 First Suite (1891, 1893) piano 4 hands In a Haunted Forest . Summer Idyl . In October . The Shepherdess' Song .
覧覧Forest Spirits_______piano 2 hands The Song of the Shepherdess (1906)
Op. 48 Second Suite (1897, 1910 Taubmann edition) piano 2 hands Legend . Love Song . In War-time . Dirge .
覧覧Village Festival
sheet music of compositions by Edward MacDowell_____22 songs by Edward MacDowell

37 compositions by Ethelbert Nevin (1862-1901)
Op. 7 Four Piano Compositions (1890) Valzer Gentile . Slumber Song . Intermezzo . Song of the Brook
Op. 8 Melody and Habanera for Violin and Piano (1891) Melody . Habanera
Op. 13 Water Scenes (1891) Dragon Fly . Ophelia . Water-Nymph . Narcissus . Barcarolle
Op. 16 In Arcady (1892) A Shepherd's Tale . Shepherds All and Maidens Fair . Lullabye . Tournament
Op. 18 Two Etudes (1892) Romance . Scherzo
(1893) Barcarolle for Violin and Piano
(1896) La Guitare
Op. 21 May in Tuscany (1896) Arlecchino . Notturno . Barchetta . Misericordia . Il Rusignuolo . La Pastorella
Op. 25 A Day in Venice (1898) Alba . Gondolieri . Canzone Amorosa . Buona Notte
Op. 30 En Passant (1899) A Fontainebleau . In Dreamland . Napoli . At Home
(1902) O'er Hill and Dale 'Twas a Lover and His Lass . The Thrush . Love Is Astraying Ever Since Maying .
覧覧The Lark's on the Wing
sheet music of compositions by Ethelbert Nevin_____31 songs by Ethelbert Nevin

20 compositions by Arthur Pryor (1870-1942)
(1896) Sweet Lorena Ray song sheet music
(1897) Ye Boston Tea Party march sheet music . 189? recording by Sousa's Band
(1898) Love Thoughts waltz sheet music . 1903 recording by Sousa's Band
(1898) The Gridiron march sheet music . 1901 recording by Metropolitan Orchestra
(1899) A Coon Band Contest jazz foxtrot sheet music
(1899) Southern Hospitality ragtime cakewalk sheet music
(1903) Mr. Black Man march sheet music . 1903 recording by Arthur Pryor's Band
(1904) The Victor march sheet music
(1905) Razzazza Mazzazza rag-time two-step sheet music . 1905 recording by Arthur Pryor's Band
(1905) The Whistler and His Dog caprice sheet music . 1913 recording by Arthur Pryor's Band
(1906) The Baby Parade march sheet music
(1907) After Sunset intermezzo sheet music . 1907 recording by Arthur Pryor's Band
(1908) Captain Cupid march sheet music
(1908) In Lover's Lane tone poem 1908 recording by Arthur Pryor's Band
(1909) Frozen Bill rag sheet music
(1909) Teddy-After-Africa humoresque two-step sheet music
(1911) That Flying Rag . 1911 recording by Arthur Pryor's Band
(1914) Toute la Nuit (All Night) one-step, two-step rag sheet music
(1917) We'll Be There, Uncle Sammy march song sheet music
(1919) American Legion march sheet music

In 1892 Pryor became a trombone soloist in Sousa's Band. From 1895 through 1902 he was Sousa's
assistant conductor. In 1903 he began conducting Arthur Pryor's Band. Pryor's oddly-named 1909
composition "Teddy-After-Africa" was inspired by Teddy Roosevelt's 1909 African safari.

31 compositions by "Marie Louka", a pseudonym of Johann C. Schmid (1870-1951)

(1901) Japanese Fire Dance characteristic sheet music
(1902) The Rajah march and two-step sheet music
(1903) Cupid's Dart idylle caprice sheet music
(1903) Karmara African bolo dance sheet music
(1904) A Silent Prayer reverie sheet music
(1904) Daisies song sheet music
(1904) Dance of the Snowflakes characteristic sheet music
(1904) The Fadette march sheet music
(1904) The North American march sheet music
(1905) Dance of the Dewdrops characteristic sheet music
(1905) Fire and Flame march sheet music
(1905) Fleeting Hours reverie sheet music
(1905) The Hour of Prayer reverie sheet music
(1906) Birds and Breezes waltzes sheet music
(1906) The Captain General march sheet music
(1907) Phasma shadow dance sheet music
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(1908) Ocean Spray mazurka caprice sheet music
(1912) Cap and Gown march sheet music
(1912) Dance of the Toys characteristic sheet music
(1912) Dancing Dolls waltz sheet music
(1912) Mission Bells tone poem sheet music
(1912) Sunset on the Ocean reverie sheet music
(1925) Mother's Lullaby songs manuscript
(1936-1943) The War Correspondent march manuscript
(1941) Beyond the Twilight's Purple Glow song manuscripts
(1941) Chins Up America march manuscript
(1941) Flowers from the Dust song © 1941 Mills Music Inc.
(1941) On Kailua's Shore song manuscript
(1941) untitled 1 song manuscripts
(1941) untitled 2 song manuscripts
(1941) We're Standing By America song manuscript
information about Johann C. Schmid's "Marie Louka" music

5 compositions by James M. Fulton (1873-1940)
(1900) The Pioneer march sheet music
(1901) Colored Delegates cakewalk and two-step sheet music
(1908) Battleship Connecticut march and two-step sheet music . 1911 recording by Victor Military Band
(1909) The Indomitable march and two-step sheet music
(1910) Lonesome Little Me song sheet music
list of works by James M. Fulton with many MP3 recordings of performances by bands

30 compositions by Edwin Franko Goldman (1878-1956)
(1922) The Chimes of Liberty march song sheet music . 1922 recording by Goldman Band

The Schirmer Album of Twelve Goldman Marches for the Piano © 1935 by G. Schirmer, Inc.
_____On the Heights . The Age of Progress . Exposition . College Spirit . Equinox . The Interlochen Bowl . Tribute to Sousa .
_____Cheerio . Shenandoah . Children's March . Cuckoo March . Excelsior

The Goldman March Album for Piano © 1936 by Carl Fischer Inc., New York
_____The Emblem of Freedom . On the Air . On the Campus . On the Mall . On Parade . On the Farm . Central Park . Sunapee .
_____Sagamore . Eagle Eyes . Indian March . Radio City . Mother Goose . Boy Scouts of America . Young America

Top Flight Marches for the Piano © 1954 by Sam Fox Publishing Company Inc., New York
_____The American Way . The Golden Rule


photograph of John Philip Sousa and Edwin Franko Goldman shaking hands

16 compositions by Eastwood Lane (1979-1951)
In Sleepy Hollow (1913)
_____In Sleepy Hollow
_____On Tappan Zee (A Boat Song)
_____A Mid-October Afternoon (Reverie)
_____Katrina's Waltz

(1918) The Little Fisherman song sheet music

Five American Dances (1919)
_____The Crap Shooters (A Negro Dance)
_____Around the Hall (A Dance-Hall Ditty)
_____A Gringo Tango
_____North of Boston (A Barn Dance)
_____Powwow (An Indian Reminiscence)

Adirondack Sketches (1922)
_____The Old Guide's Story
_____The Legend of Lonesome Lake
_____Down Stream
_____The Land of the Loon (A Camp-Fire Story)
_____A Dirge for Jo Indian
_____Lumber-Jack Dance

sheet music of compositions by Eastwood Lane		 __

10 compositions by "Kenneth J. Alford",
a pseudonym of F. J. Ricketts (1881-1945)
(1908) The Thin Red Line march © 1925 by Hawkes & Son
(1914) Colonel Bogey march
(1916) The Great Little Army march
(1917) On the Quarter Deck march
(1917) The Middy march
(1917) The Voice of the Guns march
(1917) Thoughts valse
(1919) The Vanished Army march
(1921) The Mad Major march
(1929) Old Panama march © 1929 by Hawkes & Son
sheet music of compositions by Kenneth J. Alford

MIDI sequences of the band music of Alford marches

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__ 7 compositions by Count Basie (1904-1984)
Blues by Basie
a collection of original blues compositions for piano
as recorded and played by Count Basie
© 1943-1944 by Bregman, Vocco and Conn, Inc.
_____Bugle Blues
_____Cafe Society Blues
_____Way Back Blues
_____Blues Boogie (composed with Buster Harding)
_____Blue Room Jump (composed with Milton Ebbins and Andy Gibson)
_____You Can't Run Around (Blues) (composed with Jimmy Rushing)
_____Kansas City Keys (composed with Milton Ebbins and Buster Harding)

11 compositions by Sammy Price (1908-1992)
5 Boogie Woogie and Blues Piano Solos
as Composed and Played by Sammy Price
transcribed by Frank Paparelli
© 1943 by Leeds Music Corporation
_____Blues in C
_____Teed Up
_____Jumpin' the Boogie
_____Sweepin' the Blues Away
_____Frantic

Boogie-Woogie Land
compiled and edited by Sammy Price
adapted by Irene Higginbotham
with six original piano solos by Sammy Price
© 1944 by Edward B. Marks Music Corporation
_____Boogie Woogie in the Groove
_____Riffin' the Boogie
_____Shouting the Boogie
_____I Got to Boogie
_____Honky-Tonk Boogie
_____Bye Bye Boogie

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__ 5 compositions by Art Tatum (1909-1956)
5 Jazz Piano Solos by Art Tatum
transcribed and edited by Frank Paparelli
© 1944 by Leeds Music Corporation
"In answer to the many requests for original Art Tatum material, we are proud
to publish the only authentic collection of his original solos."
_____Carnegie Hall Bounce
_____Night Scene
_____Gang o' Nothin'
_____Jumpin' for Sumpin'
_____Live Jive

__ 11 compositions by Mary Lou Williams (1910-1981)
5 Piano Solos as Played and Written by Mary Lou Williams
© 1941 by Leeds Music Corporation
"This collection of her own compositions is the result of two years
work. We feel that it is a valuable contribution to jazz music."
_____A Mellow Bit of Rhythm (composed with Herman Walder)
_____Toadie Toddle (composed with Sharon Pease)
_____Scratchin' in the Gravel
_____Mary Lou Williams Blues
_____Walkin' and Swingin'

6 Original Boogie-Woogie Piano Solos by Mary Lou Williams
© 1944 by Robbins Music Corporation
_____Special Freight
_____Dueces Wild
_____Twinklin'
_____Bobo and Doodles
_____The Duke and the Count
_____Chili Sauce

__ 5 compositions by Jay McShann (1916-2006)
5 Piano Solos by Jay McShann
transcribed and edited by Morris Feldman
© 1942 by Leeds Music Corporation
"This is the first collection of solos of Jay's that have ever been published."
_____Confessin' the Blues (composed with Walter Brown)
_____Dexter Blues
_____Vine Street Boogie
_____Hootie Blues (composed with Charles Parker)
_____Jumpin' the Blues (composed with Charles Parker)

miscellaneous presentations

letters to Enoch Williamson or included with them (1851-1863)

A Practical Method for the Pianoforte by O. D. Weaver (1906)

two songs about America's first President by George M. Cohan (1878-1942)

Our Fighting Men march by M. S. Rocereto © 1923 by Volkwein Bros. Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa.

musings on Nephite money_____notes on scriptural prophecies_____Nymph a short story

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