COLLECTION OF SONGS AND MUSIC BY MINNESOTA WOMEN COMPOSERS: Finding Aids : MNHS.ORG


	Title:	Collection of songs and music by Minnesota women composers.
	Dates:	1874-1973.
	Language:	Materials in English, Swedish.
	Abstract:	Contains songs and music written by women composers and published in Minnesota or songs published elsewhere by women composers residing in Minnesota.
	Quantity:	45 scores.
	Location:	Folio M1629.7.M55 C652: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Collection of Songs and Music by Minnesota Women Composers. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Processing Information:

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

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

Catalog ID number: 006913303

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America, my native land / poem by DeWitt Hare ; music by Ida Maria Axness (Mrs. Niels G. Bech). [S.l ; s.n.], 1920. 1 score (5 pages).

Dedicatee: The Indian soldiers, sailors and marines.

First line of text: America, my native land, I love thee!

First line of chorus: America, my native land, I love thee!

Copyright: Ida Maria Axness, 1920.

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When the maples turn to gold / words by Ada Bontecou Robinson ; music by Daisy Marie Barteau. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Robinson and Barteau, 1932. 1 score (5 pages).

First line of text: When the maples turn to gold and the leaves come drifting down

First line of chorus: No one knows how much I miss you and those happy days of old

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Minnesota, land of beauty / words by Ada Bontecou Robinson ; music by Marguerite Barteau. [Minneapolis, Minnesota : s.n.], 1933. 1 score (5 pages).

Dedicatee: To the First Minnesota Regiment G.A. R., 1861-1865.

First line of text: Do you hear Minnesota calling, calling, calling to you and to me

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Flag song / words and music by Grace Updegraff Bergen. Chicago, Illinois : Clayton F. Summy Co., 1917. 1 score (3 pages).

Dedicatee: The Daughters of the American Revolution and all Patriots.

First line of text: Flag of our country, it waves o'er land and sea

First line of chorus: Tis our flag, the free flag, its honor tried and true; liberty! equality! The red, the white, and the blue

Note: Orginally written and published to the poem Your Flag and My Flag by Wilbur D. Nesbit.

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Minneapolis makes good : march song / words by Lousie Birchard ; music by Wm. B. Fassbinder. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Louise Birchard, 1908. 1 score (4 photocopied pages).

First line of text: Minneapolis hail to thee hear us praise you as we should

First line of chorus: Work never shirk, prosper and give

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Ave Maria / words by Sister M. ; music by Grace H. Bremer. New York, New York : The H.W. Gray Co., Inc., 1940. 1 score (3 pages).

Dedicatee: To his excellency John Gregory Murray, Archbishop of Saint Paul.

First line of text: Ave Maria, O maiden and mother

Hymns / by Grace H. Bremer. New York, New York : The H.W. Gray Co., Inc., 1948. 1 score (8 pages).

Copyright: Items copyrighted between 1938 and 1948.

Contents note: 1. Saviour, breathe an evening blessing / words by James Edmeston ; music by Grace H. Bremer.--2. Evening hymn / words by Adelaide A. Proctor ; music by Grace L. Bremer.--3. The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended / words by the Rev. John Ellerton ; music by Grace L. Bremer.--4. Evening / words by John Ellerton ; music by Grace L. Bremer.--5. Evening hymn / words and music by Grace L. Bremer.--6. Now the day is over / words by S. Baring-Gould ; music by Grace H.L. Bremer.

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Exposition waltz / by Gertie Cady. St. Paul, Minnesota : W.J. Dyer and Bro., 1887. 1 score (7 pages).

Dedicatee: To the many patrons of the exposition.

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The Suzanne waltz / composed by K. Maud Clum. St. Paul, Minnesota : W.J. Dyer and Bro., 1899. 1 score (5 pages).

Note: For the pianoforte.

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We're from Thief River / composed by Mary Croteau ; arranged by James Solsten. [Thief River Falls, Minnesota? ; s.n.], 1971. 1 score (1 photocopied page).

First line of text: We're from Thief River that great big busy town

Note: Found in Where Two Rivers Meet: A Diamond Jubilee History of Thief River Falls by Mary Croteau, pp. 73.

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Polly (my own dear Polly) / by Mary J. Dille and Dessie B. Dille. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Dille and Dille, 1923. 1 score (5 pages).

First line of text: A lovely girl is Polly, with her smile and flow'rs so jolly

First line of chorus: Polly, my own dear Polly, you are the one I love so true

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My dixie honey / words by C.L. Dohm ; music by Rose Dohm. St. Paul, Minnesota : Chas. L. Dohm, 1906. 1 score (4 pages).

First line of text: Pick-a-nin-nies eyes are blinking, and the evening sun is sinking

First line of chorus: My dixie honey my charming gal I've always loved you and always shall

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You are love / words by Homer Cloud ; music by Mary Downey. New York, New York : J. Fischer and Bro., 1931. 1 score (4 pages).

Dedicatee: Josephine and Graham McNamee.

First line of text: Life was wintry and grey, hopes had vanished away

First line of chorus: Thru loney years I've longed for you, and longed for the day of dreams come true

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Mother mine waltz / words and music by Marie Edmunds ; arranged by Odgard C. Stemland. Minneapolis, Minnesota : The Northern Publishing Co., 1931. 1 score (3 pages).

Dedicatee: To our mothers.

First line of text: Frail and wistful mother of mine, day and night I have you on my mind

First line of chorus: I love to see her in all her glory, her sweet charm will tell the story

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Topsy : two-step / by Libbie Erickson ; arr. by Wm. B. Fassbinder. St. Paul, Minnesota : Royal Music Co., 1903. 1 score (5 pages).

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The old sandman / words by Frederick W. Freeman ; music by Clara Gregg Freeman. Minneapolis, Minnesota : F.W. Freeman, 1908. 1 score (5 pages).

First line of text: When evening shades are falling, birds their mates are calling

First line of chorus: Thru the darkness, now he softly steals, to your little bed he quickly feels

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A Hiawatha melody / words and melody by Helen B. Fryberger ; arr. by Luella Morrison. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Geo. E. Morrison, publisher, 1928. 1 score (7 pages).

First line of text: Oh we are warriors of the forest

First line of chorus: Lone through the forest I wander, king of the forest am I

Copyright: Helen B. Fryberger, 1928.

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Harpotoner : sånger af Annie Gorans / ord med musik komponerad af Annie Gorans ; reviderad af Millie Westberg. Murdock, Minnesota : Annie Gorans, 1909. 1 score (2 pages).

First line of text: Ack jag är så glad ty jag vet en stad

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Minnesota's calling you / music by Myrtle Greenwood ; lyric by Audrey Saxton. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Myrtle Greenwood, 1925. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Come on Legion men, join up once again

Note: Featured by Hennepin County American Legion Auxiliary Glee Club.

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Autumn leaves mazourka [i.e. mazurka] / composed by Miss Mary Gridley. Northfield, Minnesota : O.T. McClaughry, 1874. 1 score (5 pages).

Dedicatee: Miss Julia H. Thayer.

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Slumber my baby / composed by Margaret Ball Hicks. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Paul A. Schmitt Music Company, 1940. 1 score (5 pages).

First line of text: Slumber, my baby, my darling thou art

Note: Song for medium voice with obligato.

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Beta two step / written by Alice Gertrude Jones. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Nathan Ford Music Co., [n.d.] 1 score (3 pages).

Dedicatee: To my brother Frank.

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Minnesota's flower : the Pink Lady Slipper / words by Mrs. Frank Kidd ; music by Patience Kidd ; arranged by Alfred Damm. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Mrs. Frank Kidd, 1919. 1 score (5 pages).

First line of text: Minnesota, beautiful Minnesota, how dear you are to me!

First line of chorus: Our pink lady slipper, our pink lady slipper

Minnesota's flower : the Pink Lady Slipper

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Juan ; Enjoy ; Pure waters ; Dance to romance / words and music by Janet Warburton Larva. Burnsville, Minnesota : Janet Warburton Larva, 1973. 1 score (7 pages).

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Memories / words by Peyton Van Rensselaer ; music by Constance Locke-Valisi. St. Paul, Minnesota : Am. Music Pub. Co., 1904. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: The roses of yesteryear were all of white and red

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Love me / words by Sara Teasdale ; music by Anna Costello Luetke. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Anna C. Luetke, 1928. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Brown thrush singing all day long in the leaves above me

Night song at Amalfi / words by Sara Teasdale ; music by Anna Costello Luetke. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Anna C. Luetke, 1928. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: I asked the heaven of stars what I should give my love

Over the sea wall / [words] by Edwin J. Moles / [music] by Anna Costello Luetke. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Anna Costello Luetke, c1934. 1 score (5 pages).

Dedicatee: Lora Lulsdorff McCartney.

First line of text: The gulls fly out to sea at night

Copyright: Edwin J. Moles, Minneapolis, 1934.

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What would we do without memories? / words and music by Ella M. Moffatt. Washington, D.C. : The H. Kirkus Dugale Co., c1914. 1 score (5 pages).

First line of text: Sometimes when the day is over, and the shadows lengthen fast

First line of chorus: O what would we do without mem'ries, to cheer us along our way

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It wouldn't do / words and music by Clarice Nelson. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Clarice Nelson Music Publisher, 1929. 1 score (5 pages).

First line of text: Wonder if you're like all of the rest

First line of chorus: It wouldn't do to let you know now much I love you

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Home, sweet home : variations / by Mrs. Rev. William Rasmussen. Mable, Minnesota : Mrs. William Rasmussen, 1913. 1 score (7 pages).

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Goin' home to Dixie / words and music by Jane Harris Rogers. St. Paul, Minnesota : Jane Harris Rogers, 1922. 1 score (5 pages).

First line of text: Did you ever hear in Dixie the bird that sings at night

First line of chorus: Oh, I'm goin' home to Dixie, oh, I'm goin' back today

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"Fyra små grisar gingo ut på vift." / by Anna M. Roos. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Musiktidnings Förlag, [n.d.]. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Fyra små grisar gingo ut på vift

Note: Fru Anna Lundbergs Triumfer I Amerika = for Anna Lunberg's Triumph in America.

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Bonny May : Scotch song / by Gertrude Sans-Souci. New York, New York : G.S. Toomey, 1908. 1 score (5 pages).

First line of text: Look up, look up, my Bonny May, and cheer me wi' your winsome e'e

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When song is sweet / music by Gertrude Sans Souci. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Paul A. Schmitt, 1910. 1 score (5 pages).

Dedicatee: Maud Ulmer Jones.

First line of text: Skies are only bright and fair in your eyes of blue

Copyright: Metropolitan Music Co., Minneapolis, 1902; assignment 1910, to Gertrude Sans Souci Toomey.

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Minneapolis makes good / words and music by Cora Belle Schnee. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Schnee Music Company, 1908. 1 score (4 photocopied pages).

Dedicatee: Repectfully dedicated to the promoters of the city of Minneapolis.

First line of text: There's a saying you will hear, and for it we have no fear, Minneapolis makes good

First line of chorus: For there's none can say its nay…some may think a trifle gay…but we all will have our say…Minneapolis makes good

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So! So! Lullaby So! / words by Eugene Field ; music by Wilhelmine C. Sheldon. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Paul A. Schmitt, 1920. 1 score (7 pages).

Dedicatee: Thomas Albert Sheldon.

First line of text: So so rock-a-by so off to the garden where dream-i-kins grow

Copyright: Ralph M. Sheldon, 1920.

Note: From "Poems of Eugene Field," published by Charles Scribner's Sons.

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In absence / words by A.E.A. ; music by Mary Southwick. Minneapolis, Minnesota : J.E. Frank Music Co., 1911. 1 score (5 pages).

First line of text: God lead thee dear, the sunrise light steals softly through the gray

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The presence / words by Bishop Ralph S. Cushman ; music by Leah Reeves Stephens. St. Paul, Minnesota : Leah Reeves Stephens, 1948. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: There is a peace that passeth understanding

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Kiss, love and hold me / words and music by Maud Miller Stevenson. Minneapolis, Minnesota : C.O. Mortrud, Jr. Musigrapher, 1933. 1 score (4 pages).

First line of text: A kiss from your lips makes me happy

First line of chorus: Kiss me my little darling press lips and kiss me right

When the roses bloom again / words and music by Maud Miller Stevenson. Minneapolis, Minnesota : C.O. Mortrud, Jr. Musigrapher, 1933. 1 score (4 pages).

First line of text: I've loved you forever and ever it seems

First line of chorus: When ther roses bloom again, and the summer days are here

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Some day you'll remember dear, you asked me to forget : waltz / words and music by Christine Stockland ; arranged by Homer Cholvin. West Duluth, Minnesota : Christine Stockland, 1933. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: Some day, some way, I'll meet you, I don't know when or where

First line of chorus: You asked me to forget you dear, the love that we once knew

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It would be a heaven to me / words and music by Senora Bell Tallakson. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Mid-West Music Publishers, 1931. 1 score (5 pages).

Dedicatee: To my mother.

First line of text: It's an old and oft repeated story of a child-hood home tho' far away

First line of chorus: I get so blue and lonesome too for dear old mother

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Minneapolis grand march / by Mrs. O.O. Whited. Rochester, Minnesota : Porter and Patterson, 1883. 1 score (5 pages).

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Let every day be your mother's day / words by Alan Wilcox ; music by Mary Wilcox. Harris, Minnesota : Peaceful Valley Music Publishers, 1951. 1 score (3 pages).

First line of text: There's no other one forgiving, there's no one so loving and true

First line of chorus: Remember, remember your mother

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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.; Music by women composers--Minnesota.

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COLLECTION OF SONGS AND MUSIC BY MINNESOTA WOMEN COMPOSERS:

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