Research Catalog
AM2 collection : American sheet music
- Title
- AM2 collection : American sheet music, 1830 to 1870.
- Publication
- [1830-1870]
- Supplementary Content
- Inventory (scan of card file - 14,051 cards, 246 mb PDF file)
Details
- Description
- 192.75 linear feet (771 boxes)
- Alternative Title
- A M 2 collection
- A M two collection
- AM two collection
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Popular music.
- Scores.
- Songs.
- Marches (Music)
- Dance music.
- Note
- Contains approximately 30,000 pieces of instrumental and vocal sheet music published in the United States between 1830 and 1870.
- The card file has merged the two series to make a continuous alphabet. Works lacking an author are filed at the beginning of the card file with the author "Anon."
- Access (note)
- Collection is open to the public. Supervision required.
- Biography (note)
- The AM2 collection was assembled by Elliott Shapiro, nephew of Louis Bernstein. Together with his uncle (as Shapiro, Bernstein Inc.) they were one of the major publishers of American popular sheet music in the mid-20th century. With Harry Dichter, he authored "Early American sheet music: it's lure and lore (1941, reprinted and retitled "Handbook of early American sheet music, 1768-1889"), based (in part) on this collection. Elliott Shapiro died February 2, 1956. Upon receipt, the collection was merged with the Music Division's existing collection of sheet music.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Card file inventory available on site and on the Internet as a PDF file.
- Call Number
- AM2
- OCLC
- 1031851736
- Title
- AM2 collection : American sheet music, 1830 to 1870.
- Publisher
- [1830-1870]
- Type of Content
- notated music
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Access
- Collection is open to the public. Supervision required.
- Biography
- The AM2 collection was assembled by Elliott Shapiro, nephew of Louis Bernstein. Together with his uncle (as Shapiro, Bernstein Inc.) they were one of the major publishers of American popular sheet music in the mid-20th century. With Harry Dichter, he authored "Early American sheet music: it's lure and lore (1941, reprinted and retitled "Handbook of early American sheet music, 1768-1889"), based (in part) on this collection. Elliott Shapiro died February 2, 1956. Upon receipt, the collection was merged with the Music Division's existing collection of sheet music.
- Indexes
- Card file inventory available on site and on the Internet as a PDF file.
- Language
- Staff notation.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- AM2