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.
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| 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. |
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
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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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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. |
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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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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). |
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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 |
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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). |
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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). |
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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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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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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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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). |
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| | 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. |
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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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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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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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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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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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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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| | 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. |
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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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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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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. |
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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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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 |
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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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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. |
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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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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 |
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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). |
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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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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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