Champaign, Illinois Community Bands Collection, circa 1885-1910

By Kelly A. Carlson, Rene Mueller, Molly Sauder

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Collection Overview

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Biographical Note

Subject/Index Terms

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Unbound Sheet Music, 1885-1935

Consists of unbound octavos and loose  sheet music.  The octavos are arranged alphabetically by composer's and/or arranger's last name and individual music titles are listed separately within each folder description.  The loose sheet music has been placed physically at the end of the series but is listed intellectually within the arrangement of the octavos.  Unidentified music has been placed at the end of the series.

Box 1

Folder 1: Adams, Alexander, Allen, Althouse, 1900-1905

Oh, Shining Light, The Cantonians March, The Dixie Rube, MARCH "COSMOS"

Folder 2: Arnstein, Arthur, Ascher, 1904-1911

The Clock Polka, In the Jungle, Asher's German Medley, "La Rose"

Folder 3: Ashton, Hall, Ball, 1900-1922

Gay Tally Ho, The Creole Queen, If It Takes a Thousand Years - Waltz, For the Sake of Auld Lang Syne, Let The Res of The World Go By

Folder 4: Bagley, King, Barnard, Barnhouse, Lieberfeld, 1897-1914

March "National Emblem", Alcazor, The Old Warrior March, Idaho March, The Jersey Carnival

Folder 5: Baston, Berlin, Berliner, Beyer, Rollinson, 1890-1928

Los Angeles, Mexican Waltz, Coquette, In Nature's Garden, Four In Hand, Diabolus Galop.

Folder 6: Blanke, Blaufuss, Boscolli, Briegel, 1899-1929

When The Mocking Birds Are Singing In The Wildwood, My Isle of Golden Dreams, "Sancta Lucia" Waltz, Pagan Love Song

Folder 7: Browne, Russell, Bout, Burrell, Carroll and 'Z', 1892-1914

Ireland I Love You Acushla Machree, Where the River Shannon Flows, Galop "The Night Express", Galop "At The Fair", Do You Remember?

Folder 8: Chambers, 1895-1901

"Giraldi" March, Hail Columbia March, "Revelation" March, Serenata Cubana

Folder 9: Chaminade, Clark, Clappe, Sousa, Code, Woods, 1892-1916

Scarf Dance, Marche Aux Flambeaux, Christopher Columbus, The Belle of Chicago, City of Ballarat, The Path of Glory March

Box 2

Folder 1: Copeland, Corey, Cox, Crosby, 1891-1916

Whistle, Pan American, Call Me Thine Own, Eternal Hope

Folder 2: Dalbey, Daniels, de Koven, 1902-1906

"Giant's Frolic" Polka, March - "Dreadnaught", Sanitol, Entr'acte - Chole I'm Waitin' from "The Little Duchess"

Folder 3: de Koven, de Ville, de Witt, 1902-1908

The Little Duchess, "The Irish Dragoons", "Faugh a Ballagh", "The Irish Regiment"

Folder 4: de Witt, Dixon and Woods, English, Taylor, 1891-1935

"Pride of America", River Stay 'Way from My Door, Just Like a Butterfly, "Salute to Alexander", "Liberty Hall" March

Folder 5: Doring, Liberati, Earl, Egan and Olman, Lake, Ellis-Paul, 1911-1918

Distant Greeting, The Belle of Kentucky, Beautiful Ohio, "At Seven, Seventeen, and Seventy Daddy Loved the Same Sweet Girl", Good Old Pals, Napoleon's Last Charge

Folder 6: Eno, Fanciulli, Farrar, Fenton, 1899-1902

The White Crow, The Gallant 71st, Columbian March, Golden Days

Folder 7: Fiala, Pesiri, Friedman, Fulton, Gardner and Hamilton, 1902

Marien - Galop., Polka "La Belle Italia", Sun Dance, Tipperary March, Bye-Bye Pretty Baby

Folder 8: Gardner, Handel, Gaston, Dalbey, Goble, Zamecnik, Gounod, 1891-1912

The Last Degree, Dead March in Saul, Sambo's Wedding, March - "Cabaletta", Elks on Parade, All America, Faust Waltz

Folder 9: Gounod, Gruenwald, Hager, 1902-1919

"The King of Love My Shepard Is", Selection "Faust", Brown Eyes, The Boy And The Birds

Box 3

Folder 1: Hall, M. H., Hall R. B., Weldon, Morris, 1898-1901

Si. Haskin's Ball, Charge of the Battalion March, Tenth Regiment March, First Brigade I.N.G. March, Officer of the Day March, The Kilties March

Folder 2: Harris, Henry, Herbert, 1899-1905

"Would You Care", By Heck, Gypsy Love Song, The Ameer

Folder 3: Holmes, Sousa, Holt, Howard, Hughes, 1888-1926

The Promotor, Semper Fidelis March, A Long Farewell, March of the Eagles, Del Rio

Folder 4: Hughes, Hyde, Laurendeau, Jewell, Skaggs, 1907-1911

Waltz "A Maiden Fair", St. Valentine Waltz, Advance Guard March, "The Coast Defenders", The Director General, The "Loyal American"

Folder 5: Jewell, St. Clair, Keeble, Vandercook, 1906-1931

The Freshman March, The "Guy" March, Luna Park March, Scand'lus Duin's, The Mandator March, Scand'lus Duin's, The Mandator March

Folder 6: Keiser, Kiefer, Scouton, King, K.L., 1914

An Afternoon Tea, "Last Rest" Funeral March, Our Hallowed Dead, Monte Carlo, Nightfall

Folder 7: Kline, King, R.A., Lack, Lake, 1898-1914

Peacock Stride Gavotte, Beyond the Gates of Paradise, Cabaletta, Lakesonian March, Le Siffler Coquet

Folder 8: Lambert, Lampe, Laurendeau, Laurent, 1897-1903

The Choirboy's Dream, Dixie Girl, National Melodies No. I and II, Andante and Waltz, "Mamie"

Folder 9: Le Brunn, Leigh, Lincoln, Lindsay, 1902-1905

Sadie, A Marionette's Romance, Zenith, Aisha: Indian Intermezzo

Box 4

Folder 1: Lithgow, Lockhart, Lodge, Loraine, 1898-1921

Invercargill, The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise, Geraldine, Salome

Folder 2: Losey, Stimson, Losey, Lumbye, 1897-1910

Daddy's Delight, Yarney's Ideal, Danse of the Fireflies, Muttering Fritz, Andante and Waltz

Folder 3: Mackie, Mackie-Bayer, Macklin, 1906-1913

Because, The Old Folks Are Longing For You, May, Onward Christian Soldiers and Adeste Fidelis, Sobra Las Olas Waltz, Tres Movtarde

Folder 4: Maywood, McKinley, Sousa, Meissler, Mills, 1896-1916

My Soldier Boy, Golden Rod, On To Victory, In Old Madrid, The Owls Cotillion

Folder 5: Missud, Mora, Chambers, Mullot, 1893-1904

"Always Forward" March, Marion Scottische, Editha Gavotte, Leila, The Muleteer of Madsid

Folder 6: Myers, Nelson, O'Hara, Openshaw, 1917-1918

Serenade "The Twilight Hour", After the Storm, Over the Top, The Perfect Melody, Love Sends a Little Gift of Roses

Folder 7: Panella, Seltzer, Parlow, Paull, Penn, 1904-1919

Flag of Freedom, The "Royal Trumpeters" March, Anvil Polka, The Romany Rye, Smilin Through

Folder 8: Pettee, Powell, Prendiville, Price, 1891-1904

Gen. Grant's Funeral March, The Troubadour, "Anvil Chorus" from Il Trovatore, The Lion's Bride March

Folder 9: Pryor, 1899-1901

An Arkansaw Huskin Been, Arms of America, A Coon Band Contest, The White Rats

Folder 10: Reinkendorff, Ripley, Robledo, Rodman, 1885-1921

Across the Rockies, Serenade - Evantide, Three O'Clock In The Morning, John Harvard March

Box 5

Folder 1: Rollinson, Thomas, Voelker, Rosas, Undated

Boanerges March, Nahant March, A Little Bit of "Essence", "King of the Road" Galop, Dress Parade March, Carmen Waltz

Folder 2: Rosnar, Sargent, Savasta, Schramm, Sousa, 1904-1915

Tinkle Bell Waltz, American Songs, Oscaleeta, Flag Day, The Lambs' March

Folder 3: Schuckel, Sherman, Skaggs, Smith, 1891

Hoschzeits Marsch, Yubilaums Marsch, Chariot Race Galop, The "Loyal American", Love and Glory

Folder 4: Sousa, Southwell, Beebe, Sniffen, 1897-1902

Imperial Edward March, The Loyal Legion March, "Peerless", March - The Giant, The Stars and Stripes Forever, The Mirror Dance

Folder 5: St. Clair, Stahl, 1902-1906

The Plumed Knight, The Steel King, "The Bachelor Maids", Greater Pittsburgh, "Love's Serenade"

Folder 6: Stanford, Stein, Stimson, Stone, 1903-1913

Japonica, "Diantha" Intermezzo, March "The Grand Review", "La Albacete" Waltz

Folder 7: Story, Strauss, Stuart, Stults, 1901-1909

Tonkawa, Pizzicato Polka, Florodora March, The Birds and the Brook

Folder 8: Sullivan, Taylor, Weldon, Thayer, 1900-1906

"The lost Chord", "The New Annapolis" March, Symposium - March, With Trumpet and Drum, American Victory March

Folder 9: Thiele, Barnard, Trinkaus, Vandercook, Verdi, 1891-1910

American Republic March, Gavotte - Christmas Chimes, "Marceline" - (Dance of the Clowns), March - Grande Entree, Aida

Folder 10: Vogel, Miller, Von Hagen, Von Tilzer, Wacek, 1915

Jasper Jenkins "De Cake Walk Coon", The "James Park" March, Rosemary, The Alcoholic Blues, Thundering Cannons

Box 6

Folder 1: Wagner, J.F., Miller, Walter, Sousa, Warren, Wayne, 1895-1927

"Under the Double Eagle", March "American Forever Victorious", Gavotte "The Queen's Favorite", The Beau Ideal March, "Chicago Belles" March, Ramona

Folder 2: Weber, Weldon, 1901-1903

"The Eagles" March, March, Gate City, Col. Stuart March, From Mexico to Buffalo

Folder 3: Whiting, Williams, Linden, Wright, Unidentified Composer, 1886-1918

Till We Meet Again, Larboard Watch, Turkish Dance "Sultana", Violets, Unidentified Title

Folder 4: Herbert/Fulton, 1911

Dream Melody

Folder 5: Hermann, Newmann, Undated

Hohensollen March, Ins Treffen

Folder 6: Neibig, Hermann, Undated

Bismarck Marsch, Vorwarts Marsch

Folder 7: Neibig, Bohne, Undated

Molke Marsch, August Marsch

Folder 8: Neibig, Burgshaller, Undated

Treu Der Fahne, Carneval March

Folder 9: Reinhardt, Undated

Melodienkranz

Folder 10: Wagner, A., Hafselmann, Undated

Parade Marsch, Fubilaums Marsch

Folder 11: Unidentified, Crosby, Denni, Undated

Heaven's Artillery March, Peace with Honor, The United States Navy, Starlight Love

Series 2: Bound Sheet Music

Consists of seven different sets of unidentified partbooks containing marches and dances dating from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.  Each set of partbooks are arranged in score order by instrument.

Box 6

Folder 12: Set of Conductor/Solo B flat Cornet Parts, ca. 1885-1915

NOTE: Set contains Conductor/Solo B flat Cornet parts to several pieces that are in Series 1 of this collection.

Box 7

Item 1: Partbooks Set 1, Undated

Piccolo, 1st Bb Clarionet, 2nd Bb Clarionet, Eb Clarionet, 1st or Solo Alto, 2nd Alto, 3rd Eb Alto, Eb Cornet, Solo Bb Cornet, 1st Bb Cornet, 2nd Bb Cornet, 1st Bb Tenor, 2nd Bb Tenor, Bb Barition, 1st Eb Tuba, Bass Drum, Extra parts

Item 2: Partbooks Set 2, ca. 1900

Solo Bb Cornet, Piccolo, Solo Bb Clarinet, 1st Bb Clarinet, 2nd Bb Clarinet, 3rd Bb Clarinet, Eb Cornet, Solo Bb Cornet, 2nd Bb Cornet, 3rd Bb Cornet, 1st and 2nd Eb Alto, 3rd Eb Alto, 2nd Eb Alto, 1st Tenor, 2nd Bb Tenor, 1st Trombone, 2nd Trombone, Baritone, Baritone, Bb Bass, Bb Bass, Eb Bass, Extra parts

Item 3: Partbooks Set 3, Undated

Covers only- Piccolo, 1st Bb Clarinet, Alto Saxaphone, Eb Clarinet, Ten. Saxaphone, Eb Cornet, Baritone

Item 4: Partbooks Set 4, ca. 1885

Solo Bb Cornet, 1st Bb Cornet, 2nd Bb Tenor, 1st Trombone, Baritone, Basses, 2nd Bb Cornet, Drums, Eb Alto Solo, 1st Eb Cornet, 1st and 2nd Altos, 1st and 2nd Altos

Box 8

Item 1: Partbooks Set 5, Undated

Piccolo, Eb Clarinet, 1st Bb Clarinet, 2nd Bb Clarinet, 1st Eb Alto, 2nd Eb Cornet, 2nd Trombone, 1st Trombone, 2nd Eb Alto, 2nd and 3rd Cornets, 1st Bb Cornet, Eb Cornet, 1st and 2nd Trombones, 1st and 2nd Trombones, Basses, Drums, Extra parts

Item 2: Partbooks Set 6, ca. 1895

Solo Bb Cornet, Piccolo, Eb Clarinet, 1st Bb Clarinet, 2nd Bb Clarinet, 1st Bb Cornet, 2nd and 3rd Bb Cornets, 1st and 2nd Eb Alto Horns, 3rd and 4th Eb Alto Horns, 1st and 2nd Tenor Horns, Baritone Treble Clef, Basses

Item 3: Partbooks Set 7, ca. 1898

Solo Bb Cornet, 1st Trombone, 1st Bb Cornet, 2nd Bb Clarinets, Piccolo, Eb Bass, 3rd Eb Alto, Eb Cornet, Baritone Treble Clef, 1st Eb Alto, Drums, 2nd Eb Alto, 3rd/Bass Trombone, 2nd and 3rd Cornets, Baritone Bass Clef, 1st Bb Tenor, Eb Clarinet, 2nd Bb Tenor, 1st Bb Clarinet