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THE CENTER FOR POPULAR MUSIC, MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY,
MURFREESBORO, TN
The
Douglas Moore Collection
Douglas Moore 10-029
Sheet Music Collection
Physical Description:
51 sheet music,
1 songbook
Dates:
1884-1912
Abstract (Descriptive Summary): 51 pieces of sheet music and 1
songbook belonging to composer Douglas Moore and family.
RESTRICTIONS:
All materials in
this collection are subject to standard national and international copyright
laws.
Provenance and Acquisition
Information: Gift from R. & A. Petrilla
of Roosevelt, NJ, February 2011.
Subjects/Index Terms:
Subjects:
Marching Songs and music, Seasons --
Songs and music, Love
-- Songs and music, Comic
songs, Lullabies
Songs and music, Religious
poetry, Lovesickness
Songs and music, Marches,
War songs -- United States,
Railroads -- Songs and music,
Women in music, Marches (Piano), Musical theater -- Songs and music,
Comedy
Names:
Moore, Douglas, 1893-1969
Agency History/biographical
sketch: Douglas Moore was born on August
10, 1893. He is best known for his operas The
Devil and Daniel Webster and The
Ballad of Baby Doe. Moore was born in the village of Cutchogue, on Long
Island, where he lived for his entire life until his death at age 75 on July
25, 1969.
Scope and content: Collection of 51 pieces of sheet
music and one book. Some pieces belonged to Mr. Moore’s mother or grandmother.
Some bear his signature or his name stamped on. The pieces encompass a wide
variety of genres, from religious music (such as the “Heaven’s Artillery
March”) to comic songs (such as “Good-Night, Nurse”). Some pieces of sheet
music are selections from various shows, such as “Mollie Malone” and “Hiram Green
Good-bye,” both from the show Kafoozelum, or “Rhoda and her Pagoda” from the show San Toy.
Materials Cataloged Separately: All sheet music catalogued in
Center’s database.
Arrangement: Original order has not been
maintained; materials have been processed according to the Center for Popular
Music’s cataloging procedures. The items in this collection are individually
catalogued in the Center’s InMagic
database.
Location: The majority of the sheet music
is stored in the Center for Popular Music-Large collection, box 95.
Item List
Sheet
Music Pieces and Songbook, Arranged Alphabetically
As we swing
sweetheart--061906-SHOW
Biddle's Piano
Waltz--007772-CPMLG
Bon voyage. mouvement de Gavotte--007749-CPMLG
Echoes at
eventide--007768-CPMLG
Faithful I'll be
to you--007767-CPMLG
Good-a-bye,
John!--060716-SHOW
Good-night,
nurse--007750-CPMLG
Graded course of
studies for the piano forte in ten grades: grade five--SP-090761
Heaven's artillery
march--007743-CPMLG
Hiram Green
good-bye--116902-SHOW
I love, and the
world is mine--007748-CPMLG
I love, and the
world is mine--007759-CPMLG
Jim Jim I always knew that you'd win--007771-CPMLG
Les deux alouettes = The two larks--007745-CPMLG
Liebeslied.
an old-world serenade--007758-CPMLG
The man that broke
the bank at Monte Carlo--007780-CPMLG
The man with three
wives--007779-CPMLG
Merry hearts
dance--007769-CPMLG
The Merry Widow
Waltz--045126-SHOW
My god and father,
while I stray--007756-CPMLG
My sweet wild
rose--007760-CPMLG
Oh! that we two were maying--007762-CPMLG
Pumping the pump,
pump, pump--007763-CPMLG
Rhoda and her
pagoda--064306-SHOW
She borrowed my
only husband (and forgot to bring him back)--007764-CPMLG
Sounds from the
ringing rocks--007770-CPMLG
Till the sands of
the desert grow cold--007752-CPMLG
The Washington
post--007783-CPMLG
When I think on
the happy days--007757-CPMLG
You're just the
girl I'm looking for--007777-CPMLG
Related Materials:
The Center holds
a number of other pieces of sheet music by the composers listed. All pieces are
searchable by accession number or title in the Center’s InMagic database on the CPM Website http://popmusic.mtsu.edu/collections/default.aspx.
A.O.,
3/21/12