Collection Information
Collection
Bly Corning sheet music
Location
Interfiled with American sheet music collections in Music and Performing Arts Library’s Special Collections unit
Provenance
Selected titles from the collections of Ely Corning and, possibly, John H. Reitsma.
When acquired
Spring 1971
Description
Total of 229 Items purchased:
7 – vocal music pre-1870
77 – vocal music post-1870
17 – piano music pre-1870
37 – piano music post-1870
91 – minstrel sheet music of all periods
Arrangement
Interfiled by date within appropriate sections of American sheet music collections in Music and Performing Arts Library Special Collections unit. Sheet music can be found by searching the online sheet music database.
Access/Finding Aids/Bibliography
Unfortunately, no lists of individual titles. See Collections File (“Corning, Bly”) for copies of correspondence.
Index terms
Sheet music; Corning, Bly; Reitsma, John H.