print email comment close Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music URL: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/mussmhtml/ Description: A digitally scanned collection of "more than 62,500 pieces of historical sheet music registered for copyright: more than 15,000 registered during the years 1820-1860 and more than 47,000 registered during the years 1870-1885. Included are popular songs, operatic arias, piano music, sacred and secular choral music, solo instrumental music, method books and instructional materials, and music for band and orchestra." Searchable or browsable by author, title, or subject. An American Memory Project. Publisher: Library of Congress Library of Congress Subject Headings: Music -- United States Sheet music LII Database Information: Record 18568 created by Dana Lubow on 10/12/2002 Last modification on 02/28/2005 Published: 10/12/2002   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/18568