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Polley Music Library Archive: Canadian Boat Song
- Thursday, 29 January 2015 10:51
Title Canadian Boat Song
Alternate Title Songs of the Sea
Composer Mrs. H.H.A. Beach (Amy Cheney Beach)
Lyricist Thomas Moore
Original Publication Boston: Arthur P. Schmidt Co., 1890
Subjects Songs with piano; Vocal duets with piano; Beach, H. H. A., Mrs., 1867 – 1944
Digital Publication Polley Music Library [Lincoln (Nebraska) City Libraries],2006. Sheet music pages were scanned at 300 dpi and saved as uncompressed TIFF images using an Epson Expression 1640 XL scanner and Silverfast AI scanning software. Score pages were converted to Gray Scale to enhance legibility. Covers and scores were saved as PDFs for web presentation.
First Line Faintly as tolls the evening chime
Rights This score is in public domain and may be freely downloaded, printed, and performed.
For more information see https://lincolnlibraries.info/polley-music-library/
Polley Music Library Archive
- Thursday, 29 January 2015 10:15
This digital archive has been designed to make available to the public certain items from the Polley Music Library that are difficult to find because they are out of print, or do not freely circulate from the other libraries that still have them in their collections, or because Polley Music in the only library that owns them. In addition, certain sound files with historical importance have been archived here.
This project was supported in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the Nebraska Library Commission. Additional funding has been provided by the Lincoln City Libraries. Any future additions to this collection will require new funding sources.
All of the items included here are either reproduced here by permission, or are believed to be in the public domain in the United States, in which case they may be freely downloaded for your personal use. You will need the free Adobe Reader (version 7 or higher) to access the printed material. The sound files are in MP3 format.
The catalog of printed material is arranged alphabetically by the composer, arranger, or author’s name. The sound files appear under the name of the performer or group.
Printed Materials
Beach, Mrs. H.H.A. (Amy Cheney Beach)
Canadian Boat Song
Bond, Carrie Jacobs
Little Kitten Songs and Stories
Bullock, Flora
Lullaby for Low Voice
Search, The
To an Oriole Southward Bound
Capps, Stanley M.
Andrusia
Black Keys
Fantasy in Minor
Glide Flight
Melody I Dreamed Of
Setting Sun
Travels
Trick-ee Fingers
Valse Impetuoso
Dietze, August
Love Divine
Dworzak, Lieut. E.M.C.
Omaha Guards Waltz
Gaubert, Philippe
Medailles Antiques
Haggh, Raymond H.
Gradual for Easter Sunday
Gradual for Palm Sunday
Gradual for the First Sunday in Lent
Gradual for the Second Sunday in Lent
Statehouse Inscriptions
Hanson, Howard
Symphonic Rhapsody
Kirkpatrick, Howard
Applied Vocalization
Heavenly Shepherd
I Made a Song
Lieurance, Thurlow
Red Birds
Mills, Chas. F.H.
Beware
Molzer, August
Menuet Bohemienne
Rondo
Moyer, Will D.
National Self Teacher for Hawaiian Ukulele
Rangeler, Hugh
Ask a Nebraska Co-ed
Gradual for Easter Sunday
Gradual for Palm Sunday
Gradual for the First Sunday in Lent
Gradual for the Second Sunday in Lent
Hail! To the Sons of Freedom
Statehouse Inscriptions
There Was an Old Woman
To a Wood Thrush
Shirley, Paul
Right Hand Culture
Singer, Rabbi Jacob
Jewish Music Historically Considered
Valisi, G.
Salute to Omaha
Voss, Orville
Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight
Mister Sandman
Muskat Ramble
Williams, Guy Bevier
Autumn Leaves
Gem
Sonnet
Two in Arcadie
Sound Files
Lincoln Boys Choir
This performance of the “Statehouse Inscriptions” was given on Mar. 22, 1965 at the Murat Theatre in Indianapolis, Indiana for the 1965 Biennial Meeting of MENC North Central Division. The choir sang under the direction of Hugh Rangeler and was accompanied by Joel Thorson.
Robert Manley
Mr. Manley, a faculty member at the University of Nebraska, is heard here singing “Beautiful Nebraska“, the official state song. It was written by Jim Fras and Guy G. Miller. This file was digitized from a cassette recording entitled “Beautiful Nebraska: with songs of the trail and historical narrations”. To view a copy of the sheet music for this song, go to https://sos.nebraska.gov/sites/sos.nebraska.gov/files/doc/state_song.pdf , on the web page for the Nebraska Secretary of State.
Lillian Helms Polley
In 1967, 86-year-old Lillian Helms Polley wrote an essay entitled “The Story of the University School of Music.” It was presented to the Lotus Club of Lincoln, and was also published in the Lincoln Journal Star newspaper. Here is Mrs. Polley reading excerpts from that essay. A copy of the written essay is available here, and for more information about Lillian Polley see the Polley Music Library web page.
Winner, South Dakota Girls Quartet
This girls quartet was directed by Orville “Scad” Voss when he was teaching in Winner, South Dakota. He brought the girls to station KUON-TV in 1955 to perform several songs he arranged for them including “Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight“, “Mister Sandman“, and “Muskat Ramble“. Later Mr. Voss came to Lincoln as a music teacher and was, for many years, a part of the Lincoln Public Schools System. He is also a professional performing musician here in Lincoln.
A picture of the four girls performing at the station can be viewed here. They are, L to R, Marlene Engel, Myrna Mills, Lavonne Klima, and Sharon Cooper.
Music of Old Nebraska: April First
- Thursday, 29 January 2015 09:38
Title April First
Alternate Title Encore Songs
Composer Thurlow Lieurance
Lyricist Thurlow Lieurance
Original Publication Philadelphia: Theodore Presser, 1915
Subjects Songs with piano; Composers – Nebraska
Digital Publication Polley Music Library [Lincoln (Nebraska) City Libraries],2004. Sheet music pages were scanned at 300 dpi and saved as uncompressed TIFF images using an Epson Expression 1640 XL scanner and Silverfast AI scanning software. The thumbnail and access images of the covers were converted to JPEGs at 144 pixels high and 350 pixels high respectively. Score pages were converted to Gray Scale to enhance legibility. Covers and scores were saved as PDFs for web presentation.
First Line I do not jeer the April fool
Rights This score is in public domain and may be freely downloaded, printed, and performed.
For more information see https://lincolnlibraries.info/polley-music-library/
Music of Old Nebraska: America My Country
- Wednesday, 28 January 2015 16:52
Title America My Country
Alternate Title National Hymn
Composer Edouard Hesselberg
Lyricist Lena S. Hesselberg
Original Publication Lincoln, Nebraska: Edouard Hesselberg, 1918
Subjects Songs with piano; Composers – Nebraska; Lyricists – Nebraska; Publishers and publishing – Nebraska; Patriotic music
Digital Publication Polley Music Library [Lincoln (Nebraska) City Libraries],2004. Sheet music pages were scanned at 300 dpi and saved as uncompressed TIFF images using an Epson Expression 1640 XL scanner and Silverfast AI scanning software. The thumbnail and access images of the covers were converted to JPEGs at 144 pixels high and 350 pixels high respectively. Score pages were converted to Gray Scale to enhance legibility. Covers and scores were saved as PDFs for web presentation.
First Line America my country with all thy vales and hills
Rights This score is in public domain and may be freely downloaded, printed, and performed.
For more information see https://lincolnlibraries.info/polley-music-library/
Music of Old Nebraska: At Eventide
- Wednesday, 28 January 2015 16:52
Title At Eventide
Composer Jas. A. Fairfield
Lyricist Geo. W. Crofts, D.D.
Original Publication Omaha, Nebraska: A. Hospe Co., 1908
Subjects sacred song; songs with piano
Digital Publication Polley Music Library [Lincoln (Nebraska) City Libraries],2004. Sheet music pages were scanned at 300 dpi and saved as uncompressed TIFF images using an Epson Expression 1640 XL scanner and Silverfast AI scanning software. The thumbnail and access images of the covers were converted to JPEGs at 144 pixels high and 350 pixels high respectively. Score pages were converted to Gray Scale to enhance legibility. Covers and scores were saved as PDFs for web presentation.
First Line When day is done with all its clamor
Rights This score is in public domain and may be freely downloaded, printed, and performed.
For more information see https://lincolnlibraries.info/polley-music-library/