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My Own Iona (Moi-One-Ionae), L. Wolfe Gilbert, Anatol Friedland, Carey Morgan, Hos. W. Stern & Co

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Front cover: A picture of a woman wearing a bejeweled head band. Also two circular pictures. One with a man wearing a hat with the words Charles King and another of a woman wearing a hat with the words Elizabeth Brice.

First line of song: I long to be, long to see, you and me down among the Hula Hula hills

First line of chorus: My own Iona, from old Halona, your dark and dreamy eyes they speak of paradise

Moderato

Introduced by Brice and King

Lyric by L. Wolfe Gilbert

Music by Anatol Friedland and Carey Morgan

Hawaii's Favorite …

I'M Going Over The Hills To Virginia, Clyde Hager, Walter Goodwin, Forster Music Publishers Inc.

Popular Sheet Music of the 1900s-Archive

Front cover: A girl standing on a hill grazing over a town with a portrait of man with a top hat on in the left bottom corner with the words "Marshall Montgomery".

First line of song: Every body listen to me, I'm leaving your good town,

First line of chorus: Over the hills to Virginia, back to an old sweetheart of mine;

Marcia Modto

Words by Clyde Hager

Music by Walter Goodwin

Includes sheet music sample from the song "Golden Hours"

1 score, (4p.), 34x27 cm

Published by Forster Music Publishers Inc., Chicago

Yaddie Kaddie Kiddie Kaddie Koo, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young, George W. Meyer, Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.

Popular Sheet Music of the 1900s-Archive

Front Cover: In the center of the cover is a women sitting, playing a piano. Behind her is a man sitting with his arm around her. An orange Hawaiian lei is draped over the photo. On each side of the sketch are angels sitting, playing an instrument. Below each of the angels is a string of purple flowers.

First Line of Song: Every night I hear my neighbors sighing, "If you lika me like I like you, "Yaddie Kaddie Kiddie Kaddie Koo"

First Line of Chorus: Please tell me, why do they sing that silly thing?

Words by Sam M. …

The Hour Of Memory, J. Will Callahan, Anton Dvortak, Henry S. Sawyer, Frank K. Root & Co.

Popular Sheet Music of the 1900s-Archive

Front cover: A picture of flowers on a branch

First line of song: Now the peaceful day is ending, shine and shadow softly blending

Poco Lento e Grazioso

Humoreske Song

Song for medium voice

Adapted to Dvoraks Humoreske

English lyrics by J. Will Callahan

Music by Anton Dvorak

Adapted by Henry S. Sawyer

I score, (6p.), 35x26 cm

Published by Frank K. Root & Co., New York

Any Place Is Heaven If You Are Near Me, Edward Lockton, Hermann Lohr, Chappelle & Co

Popular Sheet Music of the 1900s-Archive

Front cover: no cover art

First line of song: When I am glad and all the world seems fair

Includes sheet music sample from the song "Land Of The Long Ago"

Moderato con moto

Words by Edward Lockton

Music by Hermann Lohr

1 score, (8p.), 33x26 cm

Published by Chappelle & Co, New York

Deep River, S. Coleridge-Taylor, Maud Powell, William Arms Fisher, Oliver Ditson Company

Popular Sheet Music of the 1900s-Archive

Front cover: A braided rectangular border

First line of song: Deep river, my home is over Jordan, Deep river, Lord, I want to cross over into campground

Lento

American Negro Melody

Transcribed by S. Coleridge-Taylor for piano

Transcribed by Maud Powell for Violin and Piano

Arranged by William Arms Fisher as a Song

Played in Medium, In F

1 score, (6p.), 33x26 cm

Published by Oliver Ditson Company, Boston

What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For? (When They Don't Mean What They Say), Joe Mccarthy, Howard Johnson, Jimmie Monaco, Leo Feist, Inc

Popular Sheet Music of the 1900s-Archive

Front cover: A portrait of a couple in the middle whose names are Anna Held and Henry Lewis

First line of song: Funniest pair of eyes I've ever seen,

First line of chorus: So, what do you want to make those eyes at me for,

Moderato

Words & Music by Joe McCarthy, Howard Johnson, Jimmie Monaco

The song hit of "Follow Me" Anna Held's new show sung by Henry Lewis

1 score, (4p.), 34c27 cm

Published by Leo Feist Inc., New York

Down Honolulu Way, J. E. Dempsey, Earl Burtnett, Joseph A. Burke, Jerome H. Remick & Co

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Front cover: A picture of trees on the shore with water in the horizon.

First line of song: I can see two eyes where in the love light gleams, in my dreams, in my dreams

First line of chorus: Come where the moon is always shining, down Honolulu way

Includes sheet music samples from the song "Whose Pretty Baby Are You Now?"

Moderato

Lyric by J.E. Dempsey

Music by Earl Burtnett and Joseph A. Burke

1 score, (4p.), 34x27 cm

Published by Jerome H. Remick & CO., New York

Mister Tosti, Why Did You Write "Good Bye"?, Jean C. Havez, Jerome H. Remick & Co.

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Front cover: A head of a man with his hand looking like he's playing piano.

First line of song: There's an air sweet and rare, still it grieves my heart to hear them play it anywhere.

First line of chorus: Oh! Mister Tosti, why did you write "Good bye?"

Maestoso

Moderato (Slowly)

Lyric & Music by Jean C. Havez

1 score, (6p.), 33x25 cm

Published by Jerome H. Remick & Co., New York

Roses Of Picardy, Fred E. Weaterhly, Haydn Wood, Chappell & Co. Ltd

Popular Sheet Music of the 1900s-Archive

Tempo primo

Front cover: Three roses and leaves and thrones

Front cover: Three roses and leaves and thrones

First line of song: She is watching by the populars, colinette with the sea blue eyes,

Words by Fred E. Weatherly

Music by Haydn Wood

Played in Medium

Includes sheet music samples from the songs "A Night of Love"

1 score, (8p.), 30x23 cm

Published by Chappell & Co. Ltd, Melbourne

Lieder Kranz, Lena Stein-Schneider

Musical Performances

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Volume 33, Number 12 (December 1915), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

To Avoid Inaccuracy

Beethoven

Sense of Touch in Music

Opportunities and Limitations in Pianoforte Playing (interview with Rudolph Ganz)

Teaching Backward Children

Nervousness and the Pedal

When and How to Memorize

Music a Human Necessity in Modern Life: Not a Needless Accomplishment

Let the Mind Rule the Memory

Many Music Teachers Retire in Comfort

Lines of Improvement in Modern Pianoforte Playing and Teaching

Scales, Scales, Scales, Every Day

Pianist's Vocabulary

First Steps in Sight-Reading

Gloria's Great Chance: A Story of Music and Christmas

Giving Greater Value

Popular Musical Mis-conceptions: Some Musical Conventions Which Should be Exploded

Why Study Harmony

Relation …

Volume 33, Number 11 (November 1915), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Boy Who Would Not Practice

Beethoven Piano in America

Four Essentials of Daily Practice

Power of Suggestion in Music

First Performance of Handel's Messiah, The

Franz Liszt—The Last Word in Piano Playing: Some Unpublished Aphorisms

Fingering the Minor Scales

At What Age Should the Pupil Start

Beginnings of Modern Instrumentation

MacDowell's Distinguished Career: A Collection of Interesting Personal Recollections and Comments Throwing New Light Upon Phases of the Activity of MacDowell as a Composer Pianist and as a Teacher

Edvard Grieg and His Own Compositions

Artistic Musical Temperament: And What a Few Kings Did in the Tonal Art

Beautiful Folk …

Volume 33, Number 10 (October 1915), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Student Days with Edvard Grieg

Modern University-Trained Composer

Peer Gynt: A Dramatic Prose Reading Arranged from the Famous Drama by Henrik Ibsen, with Musical Accompaniment by Edvard Grieg

Development of the Romantic Folk-Songs of Scandinavia

Full Hour Lesson

Concise Biographical Dictionary of Scandinavian Musicians

Use of Finger Exercises in the Early Grades

Foundations in Touch for the Beginner

Ferdinand Hiller's Tribute to Robert Schumann

Blossom Time in Pianoforte Literature (interview with Percy Grainger)

Selecting the Pupil's Music

Some Occult Aspects of Music

How Liszt Encouraged Saint-Saëns

Scandinavian Musical Activities in the United States

Getting the Right Kind of a Start …

Volume 33, Number 09 (September 1915), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Modernism in Pianoforte Study (interview with Percy Grainger)

Better Understanding of Crescendo

Musical Obligation to the Child

Right Studio Equipment

Dramatic Scenes from the Operas

Passing of Paul Wachs

How to Introduce Scales to the Tiny Tot

Music a Human Necessity in Modern Life

Be the Architect of Your Own Technic

Sensible Practice Hints

Value of Scales

Music from the Cradle to the Grave

Piano Study as an Aid to Good Health

Tonal Technical Practice

Straightening Out the Strausses

How to Start a Musical Kindergarten

Mothers, Do You Need These Don’t's?

Deeds Not Words!

When Is a Piano in Tune?

Volume 33, Number 08 (August 1915), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

What the Great War Will Mean to Music in America

Doing Away with the Useless in Piano Playing

How to Get Established in a New Town

Are Teachers Careless in Details?

Easy Scale Memorizing

Music Teaching and Common Sense

Interesting Musical Facts

Musical Tendencies which Must be Observed

Remedies for Musical People Who Are Nervous (interview with Alberto Jonás)

Saint-Saëns on Gounod's Faust

Must the Teacher Also be a Fine Pianist?

Music a Human Necessity in Modern Life

Why Memorizing is Always Desirable

From the Professor's Standpoint

Passing of a Great Pianist

Studying Tone Values in Piano Playing

Strengthening Weak …

Volume 33, Number 07 (July 1915), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Developing Automatic Muscular Sense

Let Money Making be Secondary

Nervousness in Piano Playing (interview with Alberto Jonás)

Musical Recollections of Four Score Years

Thinking Practice

Getting the Right Viewpoint in Teaching Music

Needed Reforms in the Essentials of Piano Technic

Question of Pianos

Aim of Productive Practice

Paths of Reform in Musical Education

Interesting Civic Movement in Music

Enriching the Means of Tone Production

Aim Above the Mark!

Present Day Pianist's Goal

Danger of Short Cuts in Music

Music a Numan Necessity in Modern Life (symposium)

Elements of Beauty in Rhythm

How to Acquire Rapidity?

Romance of Our National Anthem: …

Volume 33, Number 06 (June 1915), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Hand Cramp and How It May Be Remedied

Real Vacation for the Music Worker

Music a Human Necessity in Modern Life (symposium)

Why the Musician Should Develop the Gift of Making Friends

Special Practice in Staccato

American Pageant

What the Composers Are Doing

Profitable Practice versus Wasted Practice (interview with Alexander Lambuert)

Benefits of Ensemble Playing

Dramatic Scenes from the Operas

Function of Piano Studies

Emotional and Picturesque in Music

May Drumming Be of Some Value?

Principles for Fingering the Major and Minor Scales

Etude Master Study Page—Richard Strauss

Well Known Composers of To-day—Elmer S. Hosmer

C Sharp Minor Waltz …

Volume 33, Number 05 (May 1915), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Vagaries of Modern Harmony

Instead of Recitals

Little Problems in Human Nature Connected with Music Teaching

After the Musicale

Is Music Always Inspired?

Uniformly Well-Trained Pupils

Insuring Progress in Music Study (interview with Mark Hambourg)

Time for Practice

Some Pitfalls in Sight-Reading

Music Standardization in Missouri

Dramatic Scenes from the Operas

Defense of Classic Forms in Music

Playing Before One's Friends

Musician's Beginnings

Why Is It I Do Not Get Pupils?

What the Father Should Realize About Music Study

Practical Suggestion for Pupil Efficiency

What to Look for in Scale Playing

Characteristics of Polish Music

Musical Genius and Insanity: Great …

Volume 33, Number 04 (April 1915), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Practical Ideas for Busy Music Workers

Music a Human Necessity in Modern Life: Not a Needless Accomplishment (symposium)

Making Music the Language of the Child

How Schumann and Mendelssohn Regarded Poverty

How Long Should We Practice?

Don't Evade the Difficult Tasks

Practice Materials Leading to a Complete Technic

Influence of Music on the Body

Simplicity of Success

Rotary Arm Movement in Piano Playing: A Widely Accepted Technical Discovery of Dr. William Mason

Brahms as a Pianist and as a Conductor

Forgotten Belgian Composer

Better Understanding of Tempo Rubato

Musical Girl and The Vision, The

Manifestations of the Composers' Characters in …

Volume 33, Number 03 (March 1915), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

John Milton, Composer

Your List of Memorized Pieces

Study of Studies Old and New: Observations upon Technical Elements of Style in Piano Playing

Keep the Emotions Alive with Music

New Educational System Attracting Wide Attention: Emile Jacques-Dalcroze and His Method of Rhythmic Development

Musical Education in Poland Yesterday and To-day

Making Play of Music Study

What Music in the Public Schools Is Accomplishing!

Architecture in Music: An Instructive Analogy between Music Building and House Building

Gentle Art of Composition

Once-in-a-While Lesson

Short Cuts to Sight Reading

Haydn and Marionette Music

Etude Master Study Page—Weber

Music in Wartime

Power of Encouragement …

Volume 33, Number 02 (February 1915), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Instructive One Minute Paragraphs for Busy Music Workers

Facts About Musical Belgium

To Develop Pearly Runs

Mendelssohn's Interested Listener

Haydn, Dvorak and the Anglican Chant

Masonic Symbolism in the Magic Flute

Pair of Devices for Maintaining Interest

How the Chinese Sang to their Ancestors

Soul of Robert Schumann

Breadth in Musical Art Work (interview with Ignace Jan Paderewski)

Maintaining a High Standard of Efficiency

Music of Proud and Chivalrous Poland: With Special Contributions from Mme. Marcella Sembrich and Leopold Stowski

Beauty of Poland's National Music

Chopin—Poland's National Poet

Popular Fallacies Regarding Tone

Concentration, the Secret of Progress in Music Study …

Volume 33, Number 01 (January 1915), James Francis Cooke

The Etude Magazine: 1883-1957

Human Need for Music in Daily Life (interview with Walter Damrosch)

Appreciation of Tone Quality

When to Use the Pedal

Mastering Irregular Rhythmic Groups

Outlook for the Young American Composers (interview with Mrs. H.H.A. Beach)

Stimulating Questions for Teachers

Recent Notable Progress in American Music

How Breadth of Training Helps the Teacher

Ten Lesson Preliminaries

Respect for Music Teachers

Effect of the Great War on Music Here and Abroad

What is a Practical Lesson

How Classification Helps in Music Study

Get the Musical Alphabet Down Pat

Sir Charles Villiers Stanford's Recollections of Famous Musicians and Teachers

Common Parental Mistake

How …

Practical Versification, Or The Art Of Verse Writing, N. W. Allphin

Stone-Campbell Books

A plain and practical treatise on the rules of versification and the elementary principles of verse writing.

I'M A Lonesome Melody, Joe Young, George W. Meyer, Jewell Sisters, Kalmar & Puck Music Co. Inc

Popular Sheet Music of the 1900s-Archive

Front cover: A picture of two girls in a rectangular picture frame. One girl is standing and one is sitting down. The words Jewell Sisters are at the bottom of the photo. With flower vines on both sides of the picture frame.

First line of song: Last night when I came home downhearted and alone

First line of chorus: I'm a lonesome melody

Includes sample sheet music from the song "I'm Looking For A Warm Spot"

Words by Joe Young

Music By George W. Meyer

Jewell Sisters

Moderato

1 score, (6p.), 35x27 cm

Published by Kalmar & Puck Music Co. …

Song Of The Islands (Na Lei O Hawaii), Charles E. King

Popular Sheet Music of the 1900s-Archive

Front Cover: a palm tree and ocean

First line of song: Lovely is Hawaii - the island of Ke-a we Adorned with brilliant lehu a and fragrant maile of panaewa.

Tune Ukulele G C E A

Andante Moderato

As Sung "In the Woods of Hawaii"

Words & Music by Charles E. King

1 score, (4p), 31x24 cm

Published by Charles E. King, Honolulu, Hawaii

Copyright 1915 by Bergstrom Music Co. Copyright transferred to Charles E. King, 1917

To Lou, Jeff Branen, Arthur Lange, Joe Morris Co.

Popular Sheet Music of the 1900s-Archive

Front cover: A picture of a man in a suit sitting down with his hands crossed with a slight smile.

First line of song: The time has come to say goodbye to you

First line of chorus: To Lou I gave my heart to my lady

Moderato

Chorus slowly

Words by Jeff Branen

Music by Arthur Lange

A feature in Vaudeville with Al. Herman

By the writers of Virginia Lee and In the Valley of the Moon.

1 score, (6p), 36x27 cm

Published by Joe Morris Music Co, New York

Jane, Halsey K. Mohr, Shapiro, Bernstein, & Co.

Popular Sheet Music of the 1900s-Archive

Front cover: A picture of a woman holding flowers with a big bonnet hat on her head. The words Pearl Winthrop are at the top.

First line of song: On a balmy summer's day stood a couple old and grey, They've been sweethearts now for forty years

First line of chorus: Jane, dear, let's go again, dear, Down to the lane, dear

Moderato

Words and Music by Halsey K. Mohr

1 score, (6p.), 35x26 cm

Published by Shapiro, Bernstein & Co, New York

M-O-T-H-E-R A Word That Means The World To Me, Howard Johnson, Theodore Morse, Leo Feist Inc

Popular Sheet Music of the 1900s-Archive

Front cover: A man in a tux looking to the right with the words "Johnny Scott" written across the bottom center of the man.

First Line of Song: I've been around the world, you bet, but never went to school.

First Line of Chorus: "M" is for the million things she gave me.

Andante moderato

Popular Edition

Eva Tanguay's Great "Mother" Song

Words by Howard Johnson

Music by Theodore Morse

1 score, (6p.), 35x27 cm

Published by Leo Feist, New York

In Italy, Scharmel Iris, Gamble Hinged Music Co.

Popular Sheet Music of the 1900s-Archive

Front cover: A picture of tied off gondolas and sailboats in the sea just off shore from a town.

First line of song: Italy, the oranges hang on the tree, as lanterns bright, a glow with light

Includes sheet music sample from the song "Coo"

Allegro brillante (d=100)

Jeanne M. Boyd

Song with Piano Accompaniment

Words by Scharmel Iris

High in E (Original key)

Orchestration of this Song may be had in Eb only

Reprinted from "Lyrics of a Lad"

1 score, (8p.), 30x23 cm

Published by Gamble Hinged Music Co, Chicago