Finding Aid for Helen and Virgil Wikoff Family Sheet Music Collection, 1879-1975 | The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

By William Fisher

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Collection Overview

Title: Helen and Virgil Wikoff Family Sheet Music Collection, 1879-1975

ID: 12/9/111

Primary Creator: Wikoff, Virgil (1927-)

Extent: 1.5 cubic feet

Arrangement: The collection is arranged into two series: Series 1, Sheet Music ca. 1879-1975; and Series 2, Piano Method Books (ca. 1892-1927). Vocal/Piano Songs and Piano Solos are arranged alphabetically by title. Piano Method Books are arranged alphabetically by publisher/author.

Date Acquired: 08/31/2009

Formats/Genres: Newspaper Clippings, Sheet music

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Consists of vocal songs, piano solos, newspaper clippings of songs, dance folios, orchestral music, and piano method books.

Biographical Note

Virgil Wikoff was born February 6, 1927 in Decatur, Illinois and spent most of his childhood on a farm outside of Maroa, Illinois. Upon graduation from Maroa Township High School, he enlisted in the United State Navy and spent the final two years of the Second World War (1944-1945) in the Pacific Theater. Discharged from the Navy in 1946 he enrolled in the University of Illinois the following year and graduated with a B.S. in Architectural Engineering. After being recalled into the Naval Reserves during the Korean War, Wikoff returned in October 1952 and founded Lyman-Wikoff, Inc. General Contractors, a construction company he maintained until his retirement. Wikoff was a City of Champaign Council Member from 1963-1967, and then served as Mayor from 1967-1975. He also served as Representative of the 52nd District in the Illinois State General Assembly from 1977-1982.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Sheet Music, 1879-1975],
[Series 2: Piano Method Books, 1892-1927],
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Series 2: Piano Method Books, 1892-1927

Box 5: Piano Method Books, 1892-1927

Folder 1: Piano Method Books, Composer B-L, 1893-1927

Item 1: Eighteen Charateristic Studies for Piano, 1903

Composer - Freidrich Burgmüller

G. Schirmer, Inc.

Item 2: What to Do First at the Piano, 1927

Composer - Helen Cramm

Oliver Ditson Company

Item 3: The School of Velocity, Vol. 161, Op. 299, 1893

Composer - Carl Czerny

G. Schirmer, Inc.

Item 4: Essential Rudiments, Book 1, 1918

Composer - Edith Hatch

Arthur P. Schmidt Co.

Folder 2: Piano Method Books, Composer K-M, 1892-1899

Item 1: Sonata Album, Fifteen Favorite Sonatas

Theodore Presser Co.

Compiled - Louis Köhler

Composers - Haydn/Mozart/Beethoven

Item 2: L'Agilité, Twenty Five Studies for Piano, Op. 20, Vol. 67, 1899

Composer - Felix Lecouppey

G. Schirmer, Inc.

Item 3: Standard Graded Course of Studies for the Piano Forte, 1892

Compiled - W.S.B. Mathews

Theodore Presser Co.

Folder 3: Piano Method Books, Composer R-S, 1896-1908

Item 1: Rudiments

Pages are missing and are in non-sequential order.

Item 2: Sacred Album of Piano Music, 1896

White-Smith Music Pub. Co.

Item 3: Supplement to Standard Graded Course of Studies, Vol. 3

Item 4: Twenty Progressive Pedal-Studies for the Pianoforte, Op. 24, 1908

Composer - Hannah Smith

G. Schirmer, Inc.

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[Series 1: Sheet Music, 1879-1975],
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