COLLECTION OF SONGS AND MUSIC ABOUT MINNESOTA PLACES, INSTITUTIONS, BUSINESSES, AND THEMES:

An Inventory of Sheet Music at the Minnesota Historical Society

Music, Notated

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Title:Collection of songs and music about Minnesota places, institutions, businesses, and themes.
Dates:1883-1962.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:These 37 scores include a mix of waltzes, marches, rags, and songs for piano and voice. While some promote summer destinations such as Lake of the Woods, others celebrate the Aquatennial or promote the Minnesota Boat Club. Cover art and advertising enhance the rich, multi-dimensional aspect of the collection.
Quantity: 37 scores.
Location:Folio M1658.M55 C65: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Collection of Songs and Music About Minnesota Places, Institutions, Businesses, and Themes. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Processing Information:

Processed by: Rich Arpi, Dave Ehasz, Sarah Quimby, June-December 2010.

Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported by the generosity of the Bean Family Fund for Business History.

Catalog ID number: 006912765


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Expand/Collapse ABBOTT, N. B.

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Folio M1658.M55 C65 Our Christmas city of Saint Paul / lyric by Cameo Rudge ; music by N.B. Abbott. [S.l. : s.n., n.d.] 1 score (1 page).
First line of text: While heaven's gift of Christmas cheer a blessing brings unto each breast
First line of chorus: O hear the joyous bells that chime the message dear of Christmas time we follow thee, O God of all, our Christmas city of Saint Paul

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Expand/Collapse ARNOLD, ION.

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Folio M1658.M55 C65 The Minneapolis Journal waltzes / composed by Ion Arnold. New York, New York : Ion Arnold, 1890. 1 score (5 pages).
Dedicatee: "Orpheus."
Note: As played by Reeves American Band, at Minneapolis Exposition, 1890.
 The Minneapolis Journal waltzes Digital version

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Expand/Collapse BARTON, JR., GEORGE.

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Folio M1658.M55 C65 Aquatennial swing / music by George Barton, Jr. ; words by Tommy McGovern and Oscar Hirsch. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Minneapolis Tribune, 1940. 1 score (3 pages).
Dedicatee: Written especially for the Aquatennial and the Minneapolis Tribune newspapers.
First line of text: Greet your neighbor with a howdy call him pal but don't be rowdy
First line of chorus: Coast to coast and sea to sea from Oregon to Tennessee all roads lead to Minneapolis
Copyright: Minnesota Tribune Company, 1940.
Note: Theme song for Minneapolis Aquatennial, July 20-28, [1940].

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Expand/Collapse BRAHAM, EDMUND.

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Folio M1658.M55 C65 The Minneapolis Journal march, two-step, or cake walk / composed by Edmund Braham. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Metropolitan Music Co., 1899. 1 score (5 pages).
 The Minneapolis Journal march, two-step, or cake walk Digital version

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Expand/Collapse BUTTERFIELD, HAZEL BERTRAM.

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Folio M1658.M55 C65 Minneapolis / words and music by Hazel Bertram Butterfield. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Hazel Bertram Butterfield, 1940. 1 score (3 pages).
Dedicatee: A song dedicated to beautiful Minneapolis, the city of lakes and parks.
First line of text: Garden of dreams city so fair Minneapolis none can compare

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Folio M1658.M55 C65 Minnie from Minnesota : one step, fox trot, ballad / words, music, and all arrangements by Ed Chenette. Eveleth, Minnesota : Chenette Publishing Co., 1921. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: Where the wild north wind is blowing, and the life is full and free
First line of chorus: Minnie, my Minnie, from Minnesota, Minnie I am coming down the trail to you
 Minnie from Minnesota Digital version

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Expand/Collapse DRIVER, JOHN MERRITTE.

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Folio M1658.M55 C65 There's no place like my own fair Minnesota (Minnesota's favorite club, tallaho, and yachting song) / by John Merritte Driver. Mankato, Minnesota : Driver and Co., 1901. 1 score (5 pages).
 There's no place like my own fair Minnesota Digital version

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Expand/Collapse GARZON, GABRIEL.

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Folio M1658.M55 C65 The fair Minneapolitan grand waltz for piano / composed by Gabriel Garzon. Minneapolis, Minnesota : W.J. Dyer and Bro., 1886. 1 score (5 pages).
 The fair Minneapolitan grand waltz for piano Digital version

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Folio M1658.M55 C65 Min-min-Minnesota / words and music by Jimsaks ; arr. Lou Halmy. Hollywood, California : Renown Music Inc., 1946. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: One hundred years calls for cheers and a special song to boot
First line of chorus: What a State to be in Gee, it's great to be in Minnesota

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Expand/Collapse KIRKENDAHL, ROBERT.

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Folio M1658.M55 C65 Summers in Minneapolis / words and music by Robert Kirkendahl. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Dahl Publishing Co., 1962. 1 score (4 pages).
First line of text: A lone white cloud in a clear blue sky
Copyright: Robert Kirkendahl, 1959.

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Expand/Collapse LARUSSON, HARRY.

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Folio M1658.M55 C65 Hurrah! Zuhrah Hurrah! march / words and music by Harry Larusson. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Zuhrah Temple, 1928. 1 score (5 pages).
Dedicatee: Zuhrah Temple, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
First line of text: Men of valor, men of might, men of true example, men of honor, men of light
Note: March written for band, drum and bugle corps, and chanters.

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Expand/Collapse LIEURANCE, THURLOW.

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Folio M1658.M55 C65 By the waters of Minnetonka : an Indian love song / by Thurlow Lieurance. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Theodore Presser Co., 1925. 1 score (5 pages).
By the waters of Minnetonka : an Indian love song / by Thurlow Lieurance. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Theodore Presser Co., 1921. 1 score (7 pages).
Dedicatee: George Oscar Bowen and the Mendelssohn Club.
First line of text: Deer, how near, your soul divine
Note: For violin, soprano, and alto.
 By the waters of Minnetonka : an Indian love song Digital version

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Expand/Collapse LINEHAN, EDWARD.

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Folio M1658.M55 C65 Squaw Point medley march : piano solo / arrangement by Ed Linehan. Hillman, Minnesota : Squaw Point Resort, 1952. 1 score (4 pages).
Copyright: Edward Linehan, 1952.

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Expand/Collapse LUKE, LOU MALLORY.

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Folio M1658.M55 C65 Mille Lac (a song of woods and waters) / words and music by Lou Mallory Luke. Hampton, Iowa : Lou Mallory Luke, 1924. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: One night in June, when the roses bloomed, we parted by the shore
First line of chorus: Carry me back to the shores of Mille Lac, that's where I long to be

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Expand/Collapse MACK, PERRY.

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Folio M1658.M55 C65 Playground of my dreams (where ten thousand lakes are calling) / by Perry Mack and Ward Roye. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Cooperative Music Publishing Co., 1925. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: Land of lakes where summer's breeze softly murmurs thru the trees
First line of chorus: Take me back to Minnesota, wondrous state

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Expand/Collapse MARTIN, PERRY.

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Folio M1658.M55 C65 Minnesota polka / words and music by Perry Martin. Chicago, Illinois : M.M. Cole Pub. Co., c1948. 1 score (4 pages).
First line of text: The Minnesota polka floating on the breeze
Note: Performance rights controlled by B.M.I.

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Expand/Collapse MILLS, KERRY.

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Folio M1658.M55 C65 Red Wing : an Indian fable / words by Thurland Chattaway ; music by Kerry Mills. New York, New York : F.A. Mills, 1907. 1 score (7 pages).
First line of text: There once lived an Indian maid, a shy little prairie maid
Note: Pages 5 and 6 of score appear to be missing.

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Expand/Collapse MISTACHKIN, I. S.

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Folio M1658.M55 C65 Duluth / words and music by I.S. Mistachkin. Duluth, Minnesota : I.S. Mistachkin, c1911. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: If you want a good time, fall into line, and come to Duluth with me
First line of chorus: Be sure to come to Duluth, boys, to Duluth
 Duluth Digital version

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Folio M1658.M55 C65 The Minneapolis song / words and melody by Monssini ; acc. by L.O. Shibley. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Mons Samuel Baker, c1903. 1 score (3 pages).
First line of text: On the banks of the Mississippi river, where the waters by St. Anthony are blest
First line of chorus: Minneap'lis, oh fair city of bright waters
 Minneapolis song Digital version

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Expand/Collapse MORRISON JR., JAMES H.

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Folio M1658.M55 C65 Minneapolis Times two-step / composed by Janes H. Morrison, Jr. [S.l. : s.n. : n.d.]. 1 score (2 pages).
Dedicatee: W.E. Haskell.
University two step / composed by James H. Morrison, Jr. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Metropolitan Music Co., 1897. 1 score (5 pages).
Dedicatee: To the faculty and students.
Note: Fight song for the University of Minnesota football fans.
 University two step Digital version

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Expand/Collapse NELSON, WILLIAM WARVELLE.

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Folio M1658.M55 C65 Underneath the Minnesota moon / poem by K.M. Fields ; melody by Wm. Warvelle Nelson. Minneapolis, Minnesota : State Publishing Co., 1930. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: In dreams ev'ry night in all my thoughts of the day the land of Hiawatha always calls me
First line of chorus: Minnesota moon is shining hight above tonight thru stately pines the evening shadows fall

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Expand/Collapse OBERHOFFER, EMILE.

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Folio M1658.M55 C65 The Minnesota Boat Club march / composed for the piano-forte by Emile Oberhoffer. New York, New York : Wm. E. Ashmall and Co., 1893. 1 score (7 pages).
Dedicatee: To the "Minnesota Boat Club" of St. Paul, Minnesota.
 Minnesota Boat Club march Digital version

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Expand/Collapse PARKER, DR. LAWRENCE.

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Folio M1658.M55 C65 Lake of the Woods / words and music by Dr. Laurence Parker. Warroad, Minnesota : Dr. Lawrence Parker, 1921. 1 score (3 pages).
Dedicatee: Alexander Fosmark and Stephen H. Withey.
First line of text: Lake of the Woods with its thousand isles stretched like a chain for miles on miles
First line of chorus: Roll, roll, see how they travel roll, roll, wave over wave
 Lake of the Woods Digital version

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Expand/Collapse PATTON, WILLARD.

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Folio M1658.M55 C65 Minnesota mine / words by Margaret Landor ; music by Willard Patton. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Fifth District Minnesota Federation of Women's Clubs, 1918. 1 score (5 pages).
Dedicatee: Presented to the Minnesota Federation of Women's Clubs by the Fifth District.
First line of text: When the continent uprose from the deep, the vast receding floods in their sweep
 Minnesota mine Digital version

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Expand/Collapse ROSENBERGER, LOUIS.

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Folio M1658.M55 C65 Ski-u-mah : an Indian intermezzo / words by Peter Fandel ; composed by Louis Rosenberger. St. Paul, Minnesota : Rosenberger Pub. Co., 1908. 1 score (5 pages).
Dedicatee: U of M's [University of Minnesota] Football team.
First line of chorus: Maroon and gold on every side is streaming
 Ski-u-mah : an Indian intermezzo Digital version

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Folio M1658.M55 C65 Mighty Minnesota / lyric and music by Cliff Sakry ; arranged by Harvey Waugh. [S.l. : s.n.], c1947. 1 score (1 page).
First line of text: Mighty Minnesota, golden wonderland

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Expand/Collapse SCHAICH, LAWRENCE.

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Folio M1658.M55 C65 Minnesota cadet lancers / music by Lawrence Schaich. Milwaukee, Wisconsin : Milwaukee Music Co., c1883. 1 score (7 pages).
Dedicatee: Respectfully dedicated to Gov. L.P. Hubbard, St. Paul, Minn.
Copyright: P.M. Wolsieffer, 1883.
Note: By Prof. R.H. Evans, with figures in full for dancing, as taught at his academy, Sherman Hall, St. Paul, Minnesota.
 Minnesota cadet lancers Digital version

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Expand/Collapse SHANNON, J. R. (JAMES ROYCE).

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Folio M1658.M55 C65 Down on the old Zumbro / lyric by W.S. Clay ; music by J.P. [i.e. J.R.] Shannon and Hans M. Peterson. Hutchinson, Minnesota : W.S. Clay, 1940. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: I want to go back to the valley where flows the old Zumbro
First line of chorus: Down on the old Zumbro, where the sweet wild flowers grow

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Expand/Collapse SIZEMORE, ARTHUR.

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Folio M1658.M55 C65 Mississippi shore / composed by Arthur Sizemore and Egbert Van Alstyne. Chicago, Illinois : Van Alstyne and Curtis, 1919. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: Night time in June, silvery moon, guiding my way to the shore
First line of chorus: Drifting down the Mississippi you and I, underneath the summer moon and starlit sky
 Mississippi shore Digital version

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Expand/Collapse SWANSON, FRED.

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Folio M1658.M55 C65 Minnesota street rag / composed by Fred Swanson. St. Paul, Minnesota : American Music Publishing Co., 1903. 1 score (5 photocopied pages).

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Expand/Collapse WASSHAUSEN, ARTHUR.

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Folio M1658.M55 C65 Crossing the desert : march and two-step / composed by Arthur Wasshausen. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Ivy M. Wasshausen, 1914. 1 score (5 pages).
Dedicatee: Respectfully dedicated to "Zuhrah Temple" Minneapolis, Minnesota, Nov. 12, 1914.
Note: For pianoforte.
 Crossing the desert : march and two-step Digital version

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Expand/Collapse WEIR, WILLIAM A.

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Folio M1658.M55 C65 "The Appeal" : grand triumphal march / composed by William A. Weir. St. Paul, Minnesota : W.J. Dyer and Bro., 1892. 1 score (8 photocopied pages).
Dedicatee: Respectfully dedicated to J.Q. Adams, editor of The Appeal, the leading Afro-American journal of the U.S.

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Expand/Collapse WENRICH, PERCY.

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Folio M1658.M55 C65 Shores of Minnetonka : song / lyric by Gus Kahn ; music by Percy Wenrich. New York, New York : Jerome H. Remick and Co., 1921. 1 score (5 pages).
First line of text: The shy light of twilight is fading dear
First line of chorus: Drift with me, along the shores of Minnetonka where I first made love to you
 Shores of Minnetonka : song Digital version

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Expand/Collapse WERNER, SCHÜRER.

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Folio M1658.M55 C65 Snelling : march and two-step / composed by Schürer Werner. St. Paul, Minnesota : Schürer Werner, 1904. 1 score (4 pages).
 Snelling : march and two-step Digital version

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Expand/Collapse WILHITE, ALICE E.

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Folio M1658.M55 C65 Beautiful "land of to-be" / words by Nathan R. Wilcox ; music by Alice E. Wilhite. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Tracy Publishing Co., [n.d.] 1 score (4 pages).
First line of text: There's a land full of sunshine and flowers
First line of chorus: Beautiful "Land of to-be," dear, beautiful "Land of to-be"

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Expand/CollapseCATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:
Songs with piano.
Popular music--Minnesota.
Minnesota--songs and music.
Piano music--Minnesota.

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