The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #8825   Message #656671
Posted By: Jerry Rasmussen
24-Feb-02 - 06:21 AM
Thread Name: Turn of the Century Songs
Subject: RE: Turn of the Century Songs
Do I have the book for you! It's called Favorite Songs of the Nineties: complete original sheet music for 89 songs. It's edited by Robert A. Fremont, and published by Dover. I bought the book a few years ago (I haven't chekced to see if it's currently available, but I would bet that it is) To learn some songs from the period to sing when I go to nursing homes and health care centers. It's a wonderful book, with the complete sheet music, including a reproduction of the original covers. It's especially recommended for people who are going in to nursing homes, although as the years go by, it becomes less relevant. Someone who was born in 1899 (and would hardly remember the music,) would be 103 now. But, my Mother used to sing these songs, and I remember them because I heard them as a kid. Player pianos had rolls with many songs from this era, too.

Jerry