Sheet Music

  • [SHEET MUSIC] Australian songs for young and old

    # 46558

    RENTOUL, Annie R.; RENTOUL [OUTHWAITE], Ida S. (illustrator); PETERSON, Georgette (music)

    [SHEET MUSIC] Australian songs for young and old

    Words by Annie R. Rentoul. Music by Georgette Peterson. Illustrations by Ida S. Rentoul. Melbourne: Allan & Co., [1924]. Imperial edition 335. Oblong quarto (230 x 310 mm), pictorial wrappers (light brown and red version, with early ownership inscription to upper wrapper; paper split to head of spine, lower wrapper with a few marks), staple …

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  • [SHEET MUSIC] Valse d'amour

    # 45640

    MAGRITTE, René (1898-1967) (artist)

    [SHEET MUSIC] Valse d’amour

    / paroles de Fd. Servais; musique de L. Th. Langlois. Bruxelles : Editions Musicales de l’Art Belge, 13 rue du Gentilhomme, [1926]. Folio (330 x 260 mm), illustrated wrappers with front cover design by Magritte (signed by the artist in the image), 2 pages of music notation; the upper wrapper has a strip of surface …

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  • [SHEET MUSIC; ST. KILDA, MELBOURNE] Sea Grove : polka brilliante. Dedicated to his pupils, the Misses M. F. and M. E. Symonds, Sea Grove Villas, St. Kilda, by the composer, George R. G. Pringle.

    # 44595

    PRINGLE, George R. G.

    [SHEET MUSIC; ST. KILDA, MELBOURNE] Sea Grove : polka brilliante. Dedicated to his pupils, the Misses M. F. and M. E. Symonds, Sea Grove Villas, St. Kilda, by the composer, George R. G. Pringle.

    At head of title: Second Edition. Melbourne : Published by Wilkie, Webster, & Co., Collins Street East, and may be had of Mr George R. G. Pringle, 161 Collins Street East, [between 1865 and 1870]. Folio (340 x 240 mm), upper wrapper lettered in decorative fonts (original owner’s name ‘M. Macvean’ to upper margin); [4] pp. …

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  • [SHEET MUSIC; QUEENSLAND] The Pioneer Schottische, or, The Alligator Hop

    # 41287

    BURNE, Hewetson

    [SHEET MUSIC; QUEENSLAND] The Pioneer Schottische, or, The Alligator Hop

    [Cover title: The Pioneer or The Alligator Hop. Dedicated to the pioneers of Australia. Performed by the Band of the Grenadier Guards at the Colonial & Indian Exhibition]. London : Keith, Prowse & Co., [1886]. Quarto, original wrappers with charming and vibrant front cover design, 4 pp. music notation; split along spine, moderate foxing, edge …

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  • [SHEET MUSIC] La pluie de perles : valse brillante

    # 43738

    OSBORNE, G. A. (George Alexander)

    [SHEET MUSIC] La pluie de perles : valse brillante

    Sydney : Published by H. Marsh & Co., 490/2 & 484 George Street, 1853. Folio (340 x 260 mm), front wrapper with lithographed lettering in decorative fonts, with the ownership inscription of J. B. Steel (1853) struck out and inscribed below by the music’s second owner ‘E. J. M. Stewart, Bathurst, 1854’; fully contemporary linen …

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  • [SHEET MUSIC; GLEBE, SYDNEY] Such is life

    # 44370

    ALLEN, Walter (words); MACKENZIE, Harry (music)

    [SHEET MUSIC; GLEBE, SYDNEY] Such is life

    Words by Walter Allen. Music by Harry Mackenzie. Cover: Written by Walter Allen Esqr., composed by Harry Mackenzie. Sydney : J. Reading & Co., Music-sellers & Publishers, 356 George Street, [ ]. Folio (335 x 250 mm), upper wrapper lettered in decorative fonts (faint early music seller’s stamp to upper margin); [6] pp. of music …

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  • The Sunshine State : official theme song of the Queensland Centenary Celebrations.

    # 44286

    COLLINS, Clyde (words and music)

    The Sunshine State : official theme song of the Queensland Centenary Celebrations.

    Words and music by Clyde Collins. Cover: ‘Recorded by Horrie Dargie Quintet on Columbia / Northern Command Band on Festival.’ Brisbane : Clyde Collins Music Co., 1958. Quarto (280 x 220 mm), pictorial wrappers, [3] pp. music notation; a good copy.

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  • [SHEET MUSIC] Don't send the organ man away

    # 43673

    THORNTON, Jas. (words & music)

    [SHEET MUSIC] Don’t send the organ man away

     / words and music by Jas. Thornton … Copyright 1901 by M. Witmark & Sons. Cover: “Descriptive song by the writer of ‘When you were sweet sixteen’” / “Sung by Robert McLeish”. Melbourne, Bendigo & Geelong : Allan & Co, [c.1907]. Allan’s popular sixpenny edition ; no. 207. Folio (350 x 250 mm), original illustrated wrappers with …

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  • [SHEET MUSIC] Won't you come down and open dat door? ("achew").

    # 43674

    FORD, Percy (words); MOORE, J. Chas. (music)

    [SHEET MUSIC] Won’t you come down and open dat door? (“achew”).

    Written by Percy Ford. Composed by J. Chas. Moore. Cover: “The great sneezing song” / “Sung with immense success by J. M. Campbell in J. C. Williamson’s pantomime ‘Jack & Jill’” / “Copyright in all countries 1907”. Melbourne, Bendigo & Geelong : Allan & Co, [c.1907]. Allan’s popular sixpenny edition ; no. 241. Folio (350 x 250 …

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  • [SHEET MUSIC] Nobody lied (when they said that I cried over you)

    # 42724

    NORMAN, Karyl [performer and lyricist]; WEBER, Edwin J. [music]; BERRY, Hyatt (lyrics)

    [SHEET MUSIC] Nobody lied (when they said that I cried over you)

    New York : Jerome H. Remick & Co., 1922. Sheet music, cover illustration of Karyl Norman (aka George Francis Peduzzi) ‘The Creole Fashion Plate’ in full drag, pp. 6, owner’s name to upper panel, a fine copy. ‘Karyl Norman’ (1897 – 1947) was born in Baltimore, leaving home at the age of 16 and performing …

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  • [SHEET MUSIC] Light & shade patrol : for pianoforte

    # 14498

    GORDON, Gladys

    [SHEET MUSIC] Light & shade patrol : for pianoforte

    Sydney : Nicholson &​ Co., 1913. “Op. 56” (caption). Folio, illustrated wrappers (mild foxing, split along spine), 6 pp of music notation; internally clean. One of the most striking Australian-themed sheet music covers from the Federation period we have seen. The illustration is signed at lower right 'W. George'. The composer, Gladys Gordon, also performed …

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  • Wesley College songs (Fourteenth edition)

    # 42521

    WESLEY COLLEGE

    Wesley College songs (Fourteenth edition)

    Fourteenth edition, 2009.  Melbourne : Wesley College, 2009. Fourteenth edition. Small quarto, gilt-decorated purple cloth, light edge wear, pp. 117, sheet music and songs, photographic illustrations. A scarce Wesley College song book. Includes favourites such as ‘Grey Towers’, ‘The Wesley chorus’, and ‘The best school of all’. Loosely enclosed : the eight page printed program …

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  • [SHEET MUSIC] You taught me how to love you (now teach me to forget.)

    # 41143

    DRISLANE, Jack (words); MEYER, George W. (music)

    [SHEET MUSIC] You taught me how to love you (now teach me to forget.)

    Melbourne, Bendigo & Geelong : Allan & Co., [ca. 1910]. Series: Allan’s Popular Sixpenny Edition, no. 403. Folio (355 x 250 mm), upper wrapper with portrait of Australian vaudeville singer Miss Maud Bletsoe by Punchinello Co., Manly, inscribed by original owner ‘R. Thomas 1912’; [3] pp music notation (arrangement for voice and piano); a fine …

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  • [SHEET MUSIC] She was a girl in white.

    # 41146

    MILLS, A. J. (words); SCOTT, Bennett (music)

    [SHEET MUSIC] She was a girl in white.

    Cover: Artistically sung by England’s dainty song artist Miss Florence Cromer Challis. Also now being sung with great success by Miss Ida Berridge. Melbourne : A.M. Dinsdale, [ca.1911]. Series: Dinsdale’s Popular sixpenny edition, no. 160. Folio, illustrated wrappers with vignette portrait of Miss Florence Cromer Challis by Talma (taken during her Australian tour in 1911), …

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  • [SHEET MUSIC] Leonora, or, That dreamy Honolulu rag.

    # 41147

    ARMSTRONG, Tom (words & music)

    [SHEET MUSIC] Leonora, or, That dreamy Honolulu rag.

    Cover: Tome Armstrong’s very latest bewitching rag song. Also sung with great success by Les Warton at Rickards’ Tivoli Theatres. Melbourne : A.M. Dinsdale, [ca.1911]. Series: Dinsdale’s Popular sixpenny edition, no. 169. Folio, illustrated wrappers with vignette portrait of Australian vaudeville star Tom Armstrong, [3] pp of music notation; a fine copy. Trove locates only the NLA …

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  • [SHEET MUSIC] Have you got another girl at home like Mary.

    # 41144

    LAWRENCE, Alf. J. and GODFREY, Fred (words & music)

    [SHEET MUSIC] Have you got another girl at home like Mary.

    Cover: The latest song craze. / Miss Cissie Curlette’s great success. Melbourne, Bendigo & Geelong : Allan & Co., [ca. 1908]. Series: Allan’s Popular Sixpenny Edition, no. 269. Folio (355 x 250 mm), upper wrapper with inset portrait of English vaudeville singer Cissie Curette by Talma (taken during her 1909 Australian tour), inscribed by original …

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