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Valentine’s Day: sugary sweet pop songs from the 1910s
In recognition of the high-sucrose holiday of St. Valentine’s Day, here are a selection of some of the more fluffy pieces of sheet music from the John Arpin Sheet Music Collection.
All Alone: a tenacious telephone technology tune
All Alone, “Harry Von … Continue reading
Posted in News, Sheetmusic, Special Collections
Tagged broadway, courtship, jazz, love, lyrics, pop culture, popular music, ragtime, sheet music, twentieth century
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Hitting milestone with the John Arpin Sheet Music Collection: 1000 down, 139,000 more to go!
Today was an exciting milestone for two of our student assistants working on inventorying sheet music from the John Arpin Archives. In collaboration with librarians and staff from Bibliographic Services, the 1000th piece of sheet music was entered into the … Continue reading
Posted in News, Sheetmusic
Tagged female composers, jazz, Kathryn L. Widmer, Maxixe, music, one step, rag, ragtime, sheet music, Spanish Flu
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John Arpin Collection Launch and Celebration
This Sunday afternoon the Clara Thomas Archives & Special Collections participated in a celebration marking the official launch of the John Arpin Archives and Sheet Music Collection and the naming of a practice room in the Music Department in Accolade … Continue reading
Posted in Family papers, News
Tagged celebration, donor recognition, jazz, John Arpin, music, ragtime, sheet music
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