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Up for sale is an exceptional estate collection of 24 pieces of vintage piano, vocal, and choral sheet music dating primarily from the late 1930s through the 1950s. This collector's lot offers a wonderful cross-section of mid-century American popular music, jazz standards, classic Hollywood movie tie-ins, and wartime hits.This lot is absolutely ideal for musicians, music history collectors, retro frame decor, or paper crafting and upcycling projects.Complete Itemized Inventory List:Mid-Century Pop & Big Band Standards
"Always" – Irving Berlin Music Company (Standard Edition)
“Day by Day" – Barton Music Corp. (Features Frank Sinatra cover portrait)
“Deep in the Heart of Texas" – Melody Lane Publications, Inc.
“Don't Get Around Much Anymore" – Robbins Music Corporation (Duke Ellington composition, features Glen Gray cover portrait)
“Dream" – Capitol Songs, Inc. (Johnny Mercer standard, features The Pied Pipers cover portrait)
“How Many Hearts Have You Broken" – Advanced Music Corporation (Features Alvino Rey cover portrait)
“Little Sir Echo" – Bregman, Vocco and Conn, Inc. (Features Horace Heidt cover portrait)
“May You Always" – Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell, Inc. (Features The McGuire Sisters cover portrait)
“Moonlight and Roses" – Robbins Music Corporation (Edwin H. Lemare / Ben Black / Neil Moret)
“Serenade of the Bells" – Melrose Music Corp. (Classic Art Deco illustrated cover)
“Star Dust" – Mills Music, Inc. (Hoagy Carmichael standard, illustrated night-sky cover)
“Smoke Gets In Your Eyes” - The PlattersWartime Patriotic, Stage & Screen Productions
"Bell Bottom Trousers" – Santly-Joy, Inc. (Famous WWII naval novelty anthem by Moe Jaffe)
“Golden Earrings" – Paramount Music Corporation (From the 1947 film starring Ray Milland & Marlene Dietrich)
“Good News" – Crawford Music Corporation (From the MGM Technicolor film starring June Allyson & Peter Lawford)
“I'll Buy That Dream" / "Sing Your Way Home" – Burke and Van Heusen, Inc. (From the RKO Radio picture starring Jack Haley & Marcy McGuire)
“Right This Way" ("I Can Dream, Can't I?") – Marlo Music Corp. (Broadway stage play edition featuring a stylized pink Art Deco gown illustration)
“Sing Out the News" – Chappell & Co., Inc. (From the 1938 Max Gordon stage revue, features newspaper-clipping stylized artwork)Songbooks, Choral Editions & Classical Solos
“Etude in C Minor" (The Revolutionary) – The Willis Music Co. (Frederic Chopin Op. 10, No. 12 piano solo sheet)
“Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet" – Famous Music Corporation (Dan Coates Popular Music Made Easy for Piano arrangement)
“One" – Hal Leonard Publishing / MPL Communications (Anita Kerr Pop Choral Series)
“Popular Favorites for the Pianoforte" – Theodore Presser Co. (Classical repertoire list-style anthology sheet)
“Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" – Leo Feist, Inc. (Simplified mid-century holiday arrangement with words and chords)
“The Butterfly" (Papillon) – Belwin, Inc. (Edvard Grieg Op. 43, No. 1 classical piano solo sheet)
“Thanks for the Memory" – Paramount Music Corporation (Modernized choral arrangement standard)Condition Notes:
These pieces are in authentic vintage condition. They show typical signs of handling over the decades, including light edge wear, minor corner creasing, a few small pencil marks on select pieces, small tears on a few of the spines, (significant tear on spine of “Memories”) and natural paper toning that adds to their historic charm. No major structural damage or heavy liquid staining is present; all musical notation and lyric sections remain perfectly crisp, intact, and legible. Please review all photos for a closer look at the exact covers.Willing to sell pieces separately. Please feel free to reach out about any specific pieces.
