{"id":110,"date":"2016-11-22T19:34:16","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T19:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mux\/?page_id=110"},"modified":"2025-12-01T20:34:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T20:34:55","slug":"uiucsheetmusic","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mux\/about\/collections\/specialcollections\/collections_descriptions\/uiucsheetmusic\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic US Sheet Music Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"ShortcodeDocumentation-&lt;div class=&quot;shortcode sh-grid sh-grid-cols-1 md:sh-grid-cols-12 sh-gap-3&quot;&gt;[columnnumber=3]Column1contentoccupying25%oftherow.&lt;\/div&gt;[columnnumber=3]Column2contentoccupying25%oftherow.&lt;\/div&gt;[columnnumber=3]Column3contentoccupying25%oftherow.&lt;\/div&gt;[columnnumber=3]Column4contentoccupying25\">About the Collection<\/h2>\n<div class=\"shortcode sh-grid sh-grid-cols-1 md:sh-grid-cols-12 sh-gap-3\"><div class=\"shortcode sh-col-span-6 sh-pb-3\"><\/p>\n<p>The MPAL Historic US Sheet Music Collection is comprised of over 90,000 pieces of music, including popular songs and art songs dating from the early 1800s to the mid-1990s. The collection is divided into two parts\u2014music for piano solo or for voice and piano. In many cases there are duplicate copies of pieces when there are differences in the content or the cover art. This collection is the largest represented in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/digital2.library.ucla.edu\/sheetmusic\/browse.html#browseBy=Repositories&amp;callBack=repositories\">Sheet Music Consortium<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Location\/Access<\/h2>\n<h3>Music and Performing Arts Library<\/h3>\n<div class=\"ui-lib-list__no-bullets ui-lib-list__zero-left-pad\" >\n<ul>\n<li>Items are largely not represented on the Library\u2019s online catalog. Patrons must <a href=\"https:\/\/bibleaves.library.illinois.edu\/?f%5Bcollection_ssi%5D%5B%5D=Music+and+Performing+Arts+Library%3A+Historic+US+Sheet+Music+%28MUXCAT_HUSSM%29\"><em><strong>search the Online Sheet Music Database<\/strong><\/em><\/a> for information about holdings.<\/li>\n<li>Local patrons can bring the call number to the\u00a0<strong>service desk in MPAL<\/strong>\u00a0(1300 Music Building) to request that the items be paged from Special Collections.<\/li>\n<li>Patrons outside of the Champaign-Urbana area can request reproductions for items in the public domain by\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:mpal@library.illiois.edu\">emailing us<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Donations<\/h2>\n<p>For information about donating items to the collection, please\u00a0visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.illinois.edu\/mpal\/about\/collections\/specialcollections\/policies\/\">Special Collections Policies<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<p>Previous donations that contributed greatly to the HUSSM collection include those from Radcliffe, <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mux\/about\/collections\/specialcollections\/collections_descriptions\/young\">Young<\/a>, and the American Antiquarian Society.<\/p>\n<p><\/div><div class=\"shortcode sh-col-span-6 sh-pb-3\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-114 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mux\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2016\/11\/sheet2-221x300.jpg\" alt=\"Illustrated cover of historic sheet music: several men holding firearms, a sword, and a large American flag. Text reads, &quot;Union, God and Liberty, Our National Flag&quot;.\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mux\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2016\/11\/sheet2-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mux\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2016\/11\/sheet2.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the Collection The MPAL Historic US Sheet Music Collection is comprised of over 90,000 pieces of music, including popular songs and art songs dating from the early 1800s to the mid-1990s. The collection is divided into two parts\u2014music for piano solo or for voice and piano. 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