Steve Schmidt Sheet Music Collection, 1874-2010 | The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

Organized in two series, Series 1, Published Sheet Music, 1874-1966; and Series 2, Personal Papers, 1906-ca.1940.  Music is arranged alphabetically by composer's last name.

Stephen George Schmidt (1946-2018) was born in the Bronx, New York on August 24, 1946. The son of Virginia Betka Schmidt and Albert Schmidt, he graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in chemistry. While a student, Schmidt performed in the Northwestern University Marching Band and numerous rock and roll bands. From 1973 to 1976, he was the keyboardist for the band Ginger, which played in Champaign, IL. He married Trisha Crowly on June 26, 1976 in Summit, New Jersey. Between 1976 and 1979, he taught himself to repair pianos. In 1979, Schmidt opened a piano repair shop in Champaign called The Piano People. Between 1979 and his death in 2018, Schmidt rebuilt over 500 pianos. In the 1980s, he also played synthesizers with the Tons O' Fun Band. Schmidt gave reunion shows with Ginger in 2003, 2006, and 2016. He died in Urbana on May 4, 2018.

Sources:

Stephen George Schmidt Obituary (2018): https://www.renner-wikoffchapel.com/notices/Stephen-Schmidt

Classical: BTS Stephen Schmidt, Season 1, Episode 5, PBS, Illinois Public Media (May 10, 2018): https://www.pbs.org/video/classicalbts-stephen-schmidt-ze2sd4/

Berlin, Irving (1888-1989)
Minstrel music
Music
Music - United States
Piano
Songs
Teaching Methods
Vaudeville
Vaudeville songs -- United States
Von Tilzer, Albert (1878-1956)
Von Tilzer, Harry (1872-1946)

Librettos
Methods--Self Instruction
Newspaper Clippings
Sheet music