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Title
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A. C. Moffat
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Description
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Description of "Dealer in Pianos, Organs and Musical Merchandise," located at 615 Main Street.
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Date
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1879
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Object Type
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Book Section
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Title
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A Song Fit for The King
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Description
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On the 26th anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley, this article recalls the first song recorded by Presley, My Happiness. The lyrics were written by Kansas Citian Betty Peterson Blasco.
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Date
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2003-08-16
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Sheet Music Cover
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Description
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View is of a piece of sheet music entitled "Am I Dreaming?", words and music by Joe Davis, Bobby Gregory and Charles Dornberger. It includes a composite of popular band/orchestra leaders of the day. These include starting at top left: Irving Aaronson, Frances Adair, Zinn Arthur, Gus Arnheim, Bailey Axton, Lou Bring, Nat Brandynne. 2nd row: Bunny Berrigan, Ben Bernie, Henry Biagini, Henry Busse, Jerry Blaine, Ed Ballantine, Ted Black. 3rd row: Don Bestor, Charlie Barnett, Bob Crosby, Bernie Cummins, Xavier Cugat, Alice Cornett, Reggie Childs. 4th row: Del Casino, Jolly Coburn, Charles Dornberger, Jewel Davis, Eddie Duchin, Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey. 5th row: Jeanne Davidson, Vaughn De Leath, Emery Deutsch, Al Donahue, Frank Dailey, Dolly Dawn, Shep Fields. 6th row: Donn Ferdi, Jay Freeman, Benny Goodman, Jan Garber, Glen Gray, Al Goodman, George Griffin. 7th row: George Hall, Johnny Hamp, Frances Hunt, Phil Harris, Stanley Jacobsen, Henry King and Harry Kogen.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Sheet Music Cover
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Description
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View is of sheet music entitled "Am I Dreaming?", words and music by Joe Davis, Bobby Gregory and Charles Dornberger. It contains on the cover a composite of various band/orchestra leaders of the day. These include starting on top left: Ralph Kirbery, Tempo King, Wayne King, Hal Kemp, Guy Lombardo, Little Jack Little, Eddie Lane. 2nd row: Clyde Lucas, Ted Lewis, Ann Leaf, Vincent Lopez, Abe Lyman, Jimmie Lunceford, Arthur Lang. 3rd row: Terri La Franconi, Barry McKinley, Johnny Messner, Freddy Martin, Russ Morgan, Jean Meakin, Rose Marie. 4th row: Edward Matthews, Waldo Mayo, Ozzie Nelson, Will Osborne, George Olsen, Louis Panico, Carl Ravell. 5th row: Freddie Rich, Sammy Robbins, Dave Rubinoff, Dick Stabile, Jerry Sears, Ted Straeter, Shirley Lloyd. 6th row: Joe Sanders, Lee Sullivan, Bert Shefter, Frances Saunders, Anthony Trini, Maxine Tappan, Rudy Vallee. 7th row: Peter Van Steeden, Paul Whiteman, Chick Webb, Ted Weems, Anson Weeks, Fats Waller, Joan Whitney.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Kansas City Southern Railway
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Description
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Folder includes sheet music for song "Southern Belle" by Cecil Taylor plus an advertisement flyer for the railroad which shows the route of the railroad to Texas and Louisiana.
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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Kansas Related Sheet Music
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Description
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Folder contains a piece of sheet music entitled: "I'm a Jayhawk" by George H. Bowles, published by Saunders Music Co., Ottawa, Kan.
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Date
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1920
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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Kansas City Song
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Description
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Folder contains a piece of sheet music entitled "Heart of America, Kansas City Salute". The lyrics are by Ed Nix and the music by Percy Faith and it was published by the Recreation Division of the Welfare Department, Kansas City, Missouri. The cover design is by Jane Hill, Kansas City Art Institute.
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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American Royal
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Description
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Folder 1 includes an American Royal Coronation Ball invitation for 1940 and Coronation Ball programs for 1957, 1960, 1962, and 1964. Folder 2 contains a cassette tape and sheet music for the song "Pride of the Royal".
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Date
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1917/1986
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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Missouri Songs
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Description
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Folder contains 4 pieces of sheet music which were all published in Missouri and mostly are about Missouri. Words and music are by Lizzie Chambers Hull, Cora Gladish, Thomas H. West, Mary Ellis, Julie Stevens Bacon, and Arthur Leiber. Titles include: "Missouri". "Our Dear Wild Rose", "My Pretty Missouri Girl", and "My Missouri".
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Date
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1920/1932
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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SC59 Local Sheet Music Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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This collection of 49 boxes is arranged by imprint and state: Missouri, Kansas, and outside the local area and then by city, with the two largest groupings for Kansas City and St. Louis. Within the Kansas City arrangement is a separate category for Jenkins Music Company and for Charles Johnson. Local composers besides Charles Johnson include Scott Joplin, Carl Hoffman, Charles N. Daniels, and others. The type of music includes traditional music of the time period with emphasis on ragtime selections. The bulk of the music is published but there are some original, handwritten compositions. Also included are songs about Kansas City as well as sheet music covers with illustrations depicting Kansas City.
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Date
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1880/1960~
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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Sheet Music From Musical Farce Little Jessie James
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Description
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In the department's sheet music collection (SC59) can be found a song titled "I Love You!" from L. Lawrence Weber's musical farce called "Little Jessie James" which was a female parody of outlaw Jesse James. A New York City apartment is the setting for the play. The book and lyrics are by Harlan Thompson, music by Harry Archer, and it was staged by Walter Brooks. The lyrics are also in French and the copyright date for the song is 1923. The show opened August 15, 1923, at the Longacre Theater in New York City and closed about a year later.
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Date
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1923
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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Sheet Music Composed in Kansas City for the American Legion Convention
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Description
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Located in the department's sheet music collection (SC59) is a piece of sheet music entitled "America is Proud of You" which is a march song dedicated to the American Legion and introduced by the Arthur Maloney Post, No. 93, at the National Convention of the American Legion held in Kansas City, Missouri, on October 31 - November 2, 1921. The words and music are by Art J. Hiller. The cover of the sheet music includes a soldier and a sailor shaking hands in front of Uncle Sam. Inside of the sheet music cover can be found the American Legion preamble.
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Date
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1921
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Object Type
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Archival Material
