Sheet Music Sampler

The perfect head tilt - more wholesome goodness courtesy of the masterful Rolf Armstrong. Girl of Mine by Harold Freeman - printed by Knapp Litho., 1917. Artwork by Rolf Armstrong.

What A Wonderful Girl you Are by F. Davis, H. Tobias and music by M. Prival. Printed by Knapp Litho., 1920. Artwork by Rolf Armstrong.

The sheet music covers by Rolf Armstrong for Knapp Litho. provide a window back to a time when wholesome and vibrant women ruled the day. I'm Forever Thinking Of You by Lillian Fitzgerald and Clarence Senna. Printed by Knapp Litho., 1920. Artwork by Rolf Armstrong.

E. T. Paull covers are in a league of their own, sporting unsurpassed lithography that is colorful, rich and highly detailed. Published in 1901, "The Circus Parade" features an interesting menagerie of animals and big-top performers.

Pompeii takes a beating as the great Vesuvius blows its top on this marvelous piece of lithography from E.T. Paull. Roaring Volcano by E.T. Paull, 1912. Lithography by A. Hoen, Richmond, Virginia.

Sheet music covers by E.T. Paull seldom fail to please - their lithography was so colorful and vibrant, and the subject matter was as varied from storm kings to circus parades, and beyond. Obviously the term "united nations" enjoyed moderate usage well before the League of Nations and its subsequent reboot, the United Nations, many years later. United Nations by E.T. Paull, 1900. Lithography by A. Hoen, Richmond, Virginia.

Antique sheet music giveaway entitled "My Florida Home" - dated 1891, courtesy of the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad. The back cover of this terrific piece of Floridiana espouses the then-unknown peninsula's great many virtues, such as its teeming rivers and lakes, its phosphate mines, and of course tobacco plantations.

Antique sheet music giveaway entitled "My Florida Home" - back cover, dated 1891, courtesy of the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad. This terrific old piece of Floridiana espouses the then-unknown peninsula's great many virtues, such as its teeming rivers and lakes, its phosphate mines, and of course tobacco plantations.

It's interesting to note how, many years ago already, someone patiently hand-sewed and reinforced the spine of this antique piece of sheet music in order to preserve and hold the contents together. When you also note the hefty 75 cent cover price, it's no wonder they did so! That was quite an outlay in the 1880's. "My Love's A Rover" by C.A. White, published by White, Smith & Company, 1881.

Lavish piece of antique sheet music for "Cradle's Empty, Baby's Gone" by Harry Kennedy, dated 1880.

This antique piece of sheet music commemorates the centennial of the Ohio Valley states.

Antique copy of Demorest's Illustrated Monthly including Mme. Demorest's Mirror of Fashions from June 1865. This issue contains "The Nation In Tears," a tribute in music to the recently slain President Abraham Lincoln, along with engravings of his funeral procession and this fantastic portrait, which shows the imprint in striking relief of the music on the reverse. Happy Presidents Day!

Oh! You Tease - antique sheet music published in 1910.

Who Are You With Tonight? - antique sheet music published in 1910.

All Alone - antique sheet music published in 1911.

Happy Independence Day! A vintage piece of sheet music featuring Uncle Sam - and he means business! Copyright 1940 by Paull Pioneer, New York.

Certainly that's Chaplin middle right, and I'd guess Fatty Arbuckle and Mary Pickford lower left, but who are the others? Is that Buster Keaton with the hat? And which one's Clara Bow? Or would she not even be on a piece from 1920? At The Moving Picture Ball by Leo. Feist, 1920.

Cleopatra Had A Jazz Band - vintage sheet music dated 1917.