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The Library of Congress classification number M1.A1 includes music printed or 'copied in manuscript' in the United States or the colonies through 1820. As an early record of musical life in America and the colonies, this classification number holds many interesting popular and topical pieces. Contemporary English composers such as Samuel Arnold, Charles Dibdin, and William Shield are well-represented as one would expect. There are also songs and arias of Mozart, Gluck, Schubert, and other European composers published in English translation. Perhaps most importantly, this classification number documents early American compositions such as the piano pieces of Alexander Reinagle (piano teacher to George Washington's step-granddaughter at Mount Vernon), the songs of Benjamin Carr (an important music publisher and composer), the music of Francis Hopkinson (signer of the Declaration of Independence), topical pieces such as "Battle of Trenton: a favorite historical sonata for the piano-forte" by James Hewitt, and collections of social dance music such as "Admired cotillions for balls and private parties: with new figures" published by G.E. Blake of Philadelphia.
Early American Suite: 1st Violin by Merle J. Isaac - String
Fantasy on an Early American Marching Tune: 1st B-flat Trumpet
Early American Music - Ben Franklin's World
Wisconsin's Historic American Sheet Music Collection
Halleluiah - Brad Holmes Music
About this Collection, Early American Sheet Music
Favorite waltz - early American sheet music - PICRYL - Public
A BOUND COLLECTION OF TWENTY EARLY 19th- CENTURY AMERICAN
Fare thee well! - early American sheet music - PICRYL - Public
Four Marches from Early America (score & parts) - - Trevco Music
Buonoparte's march - early American sheet music - LOC's Public
