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• Excerpts, Arranged
• Orchestral excerpts
• Ballad operas -- Excerpts
• Ballets -- Excerpts
• Cantatas -- Excerpts
• Cantatas, Sacred (Women's voices) -- Excerpts
• Cantatas, Sacred -- Excerpts
• Cantatas, Secular (Men's voices) -- Excerpts
• Cantatas, Secular -- Excerpts
• Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with organ, Arranged -- Excerpts
• Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra -- Excerpts
• Concertos (Violin) -- Excerpts
• Incidental music -- Excerpts
• Masques with music -- Excerpts
• Masses -- Excerpts
• Masses, Unaccompanied -- Excerpts
• Motets -- Excerpts
• Motion picture music -- Excerpts
• Musicals -- Excerpts
• Newspapers -- Sections, columns, etc -- Excerpts
• Operas -- Excerpts
• Oratorios -- Excerpts
• Orchestral music -- Excerpts
• Organ masses -- Excerpts
• Pantomimes with music -- Excerpts
• Quartets (Guitar, violins (2), cello) -- Excerpts
• Revues -- Excerpts
• Sermons, English -- Excerpts
• Solo cantatas, Secular -- Excerpts
• Sonatas (Violin and piano) -- Excerpts
• Song cycles -- Excerpts
• String quartets -- Excerpts
• String quintets -- Excerpts
• Suites (Harp) -- Excerpts
• Suites (Orchestra) -- Excerpts
• Suites (Organ) -- Excerpts
• Suites (Piano) -- Excerpts
• Suites (Piano), Arranged -- Excerpts
• Suites (Pianos (2)), Arranged -- Excerpts
• Suites (Violin and piano) -- Excerpts
• Symphonic poems -- Excerpts
• Symphonies (Organ) -- Excerpts
• Symphonies -- Excerpts
• Waltzes -- Germany -- 19th century -- Excerpts

• L'amour des trois oranges : suite symphonique, op. 33 bis (Boosey & Hawkes, 1981), by Sergey Prokofiev (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The voice of the Negro 1919. (E. P. Dutton, 1920), by Robert Thomas Kerlin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wagner lyrics for soprano (Ditson, 1904), by Richard Wagner and Carl Armbruster (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bardell v. Pickwick; the trial for breach of promise of marriage held at the Guildhall Sittings, on April 1, 1828, before Mr. Justice Stareleigh and a special jury of the city of London. (E. Stock, 1902), by Charles Dickens and Percy Fitzgerald (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ländliche Hochzeit (B. Schott's Söhne, in the 1890s), by Carl Goldmark and Otto Singer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Der Rosenkavalier : Komodie für Musik von Hugo von Hofmannsthal, op. 59 (A. Fürstner, 1911), by Richard Strauss (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Dieux dans l'ombre des cavernes (Paris : A. Durand & Fils, Editeurs, [1912], 1912), by Albert Roussel and Gustave Samazeuilh (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• En bateau (A. Durand & Fils, 1906), by Claude Debussy and Jacques Durand (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sammlung von Gesängen (Breitkopf & Härtel, 1877), by George Frideric Handel and Victorie Gervinus (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wagner lyrics for tenor (Ditson, 1904), by Richard Wagner and Carl Armbruster (page images at HathiTrust)
• Trauermarsch beim Tode Siegfried's : aus dem Musik-Drama Götterdämmerung : für grosses Orchester (Mainz : B. Schott's Söhne, [1876], 1876), by Richard Wagner, Georg Solti, Sir Georg Solti Archive, and Broadcast Music Inc. Haverlin Collection (page images at HathiTrust)
• Three dances from the music to Henry VIII (Novello, 1892), by Edward German (page images at HathiTrust)
• Songs from the operas for alto (O. Ditson, 1909), by Henry Edward Krehbiel, A. Goring Thomas, Léo Delibes, Amilcare Ponchielli, Charles Gounod, Giuseppe Verdi, Friedrich von Flotow, Ambroise Thomas, M. I. Glinka, Gaetano Donizetti, Saverio Mercadante, Gioacchino Rossini, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Etienne Nicolas Méhul, Giuseppe Giordani, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Johann Adolf Hasse, Leonardo Leo, George Frideric Handel, Alessandro Scarlatti, Henry Purcell, Jean-Baptiste Lully, and Francesco Rossi (page images at HathiTrust)
• Maurische Tänze (Breitkopf & Härtel, 1901), by John Knowles Paine (page images at HathiTrust)
• Songs the whole world sings : containing more than two hundred songs which are dear to the hearts of young and old in every nation : arranged for use as songs or piano pieces (D. Appleton, 1915), by Albert E. Wier (page images at HathiTrust)
• Typical tales from Shakespeare (Fords, Howard, and Hulbert, 1892), by William Shakespeare, Robert R. Raymond, John Wilson and Son, and Howard & Hulbert Fords (page images at HathiTrust)
• My ancestors cup (547 & 865 Broadway, New York : Wm. A. Pond & Co., [1867], 1867), by Jacques Offenbach, R. Teller, and Arthur Matthison (page images at HathiTrust)
• Detholion o Straeon y pentan. Selections from Straeon y pentan. (Hughes, 1910), by Daniel Owen and T. Gwynn Jones (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Tapfere Soldat (New York : Jerome H. Remick, ©1908., 1908), by Oscar Straus and Stanislaus Stange (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tricorne : Three dances (London : J. & W. Chester, [1925], 1925), by Manuel de Falla (page images at HathiTrust)
• Modern opera selections the whole world plays (New York : D. Appleton & Co., [1919], 1919), by Albert E. Wier (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ballet music from "Rosamunde" (New York : Carl Fischer, [1923], 1923), by Franz Schubert and Leopold Godowsky (page images at HathiTrust)
• Valse triste : aus der Musik zu Arvid Järnefelt's Drama "Kuolema" (Breitkopf & Härtel, 1904), by Jean Sibelius (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rondo sur un motif de la Sonnambula : op. 17, no. 8 (Paris : chez S. Richault., [1830], 1830), by Vincenzo Bellini and Rudolf Willmers (page images at HathiTrust)

• Orchesterstudien aus Richard Strauss' Bühnenwerken für Trompete und Basstrompete. (A. Fürstner, 1912), by Richard Strauss and Alfred Matthes (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Daphnis & Chloé. ballet en un acte : fragments symphoniques, 2e série (Durand ;, 1913), by Maurice Ravel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Der faule Hans, ballet suite. Op. 18. (Bosworth, 1907), by Oskar Nedbal (page images at HathiTrust)
• Castor et Pollux (Durand, 1890), by Jean Philippe Rameau and F. A. Gevaert (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Daphnis et Chloé : ballet en un acte : fragments symphoniques, 2e série (Durand ;, in the 2000s), by Maurice Ravel (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Ausgewählte Arien für Alt : mit obligaten Instrumenten und Klavier oder Orgel (Breitkopf & Härtel, 1905), by Johann Sebastian Bach and Eusebius Mandyczewski (page images at HathiTrust)

• Come and trip it : dance song (Enoch, 1894), by George Frideric Handel and M. G. Carmichael (page images at HathiTrust)
• Alte Meister des Bel canto : Arien für eine Singstimme, eine obligates Streichinstrument und Basso continuo (Klavier) (C.F. Peters, 1915), by Ludwig Landshoff (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Rosa and Henry : the much admired song in the new comedy of The Secret (Printed by Longman, Clementi & Compy., 1799), by Lady of fashion and Edward Morris (page images at HathiTrust)
• I'm a long way from home (Waterson, Berlin & Snyder, 1918), by Monte Carlo, Alma M. Sanders, and Richard W. Pascoe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Castles in the air : ballad with waltz refrain (Jos. W. Stern & Co., 1900), by Paul Lincke and Joseph Herbert (page images at HathiTrust)

• Lux aeterna, 4 Stimmig (Schlesinger, in the 19th century), by Nicolò Jommelli (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Composizioni sacre e profane a più voci, Secoli XIV, XV e XVI. (Ricordi, 1897), by Annibale Zoilo, Gioseffo Zarlino, Pietro Vinci, Nicola Vicentino, Bartolomeo Tromboncino, Ascanio Trombetti, Alessandro Striggio, Giovanni Spataro, Vincenzo Ruffo, Andrea Rota, Costanzo Porta, Gian Domenico del Giovane da Nola, Claudio Merulo, da Bologna Jacopo, Ihan Gero, Costanzo Festa, Baldassare Donato, Alexander Demophon, Francesco Corteccia, Vincenzo Bell'Haver, Padovano Annibale, Giovanni Animuccia, and Francesco d' Ana (page images at HathiTrust)

• Thirteen chorales : from the church cantatas and motets of J. S. Bach (Novello ;, 1925), by Johann Sebastian Bach (page images at HathiTrust)

• Sing song, sing song, so Hop Toy (G. Schirmer, 1919), by Robert Hood Bowers (page images at HathiTrust)
• The gingerbread man (Chas. K. Harris, 1906), by A. Baldwin Sloane and Frederic Ranken (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lo! shines on high Diana, merrily laughs each star (New York : W.A. Pond & Co., [between 1863 and 1877], 1863), by Michael Connelly, Jacques Offenbach, Lydia Thompson, A. H. Oakes, and Wallack's Theatre (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jossakeed the mighty prophet (Jos. W. Stern, 1908), by J. Rosamond Johnson, Bob Cole, and Jos. W. Stern & Co (page images at HathiTrust)
• You have seen a girl that you'd like to know (Chas. K. Harris, 1906), by Joseph E. Howard, Frank R. Adams, Will M. Hough, and Chas. K. Harris (Firm) (page images at HathiTrust)
• For years I've waited, exasperated, to see a bluebird fly my way (Leo Feist Inc., 1922), by Werner Janssen, John V. Ranck, Irving Bibo, Leo Wood, and Inc Leo Feist (page images at HathiTrust)
• When I was a tiny pick (Gotham-Attucks Music Co., 1907), by Will Marion Cook, E. H. Pfeiffer, Alex Rogers, and Gotham-Attucks Music Co (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oh, Mary was a country maid who'd never heard of love (Joe M. Harris ..., 1912), by Benjamin M. Jerome, Joe M. Harris, Will M. Hough, and F. J. A. Forster Music Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Come with me, come to the ball (Chappell & Co., 1910), by Lionel Monckton, Frank M. Rapton, Adrian Ross, and Chappell and Co (page images at HathiTrust)
• When a chap would utter words that make him stutter (T.B. Harms Co., 1921), by Jerome Kern, Anne Caldwell, and T.B. Harms & Co (page images at HathiTrust)
• I'm always feeling so dejected these blues of mine were unexpected (Robbins Music Corp., 1928), by Louis Alter, Hank Linet, Raymond Klages, and Robbins Music Corporation (page images at HathiTrust)
• I’m Always Chasing Rainbows. (New York : McCarthy & Fisher Inc., 1918., 1918), by Harry Carroll, Joseph McCarthy, and Andre De Takacs (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ma! : (He’s Making Eyes at Me). (New York : Fred Fisher, Inc., 1921., 1921), by Con Conrad, Sidney Clare, and Wohlman Studios (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mister Gallagher and Mister Shean. (New York : Jack Mills Inc., 1922., 1922), by Ed Gallagher and Al Shean (page images at HathiTrust)
• My Mammy. (New York : Irving Berlin Inc. Music Publishers, 1921., 1921), by Walter Donaldson, Joe Young, and Sam M. Lewis (page images at HathiTrust)
• My Mammy : the Sun Shines East -- the Sun Shines West. (New York : Irving Berlin Inc. Music Publishers, 1921., 1921), by Walter Donaldson, Joe Young, and Sam M. Lewis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oh By Jingo! Oh By Gee! : You’re the Only Girl for Me. (New York : Broadway Music Corporation, 1919., 1919), by Albert Von Tilzer, E. E. Walton, and Lew Brown (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Love Nest : (Jack and Mary). (New York : Victoria Pub. Corp., 1920., 1920), by Louis Achille Hirsch and Otto Abels Harbach (page images at HathiTrust)
• Toot, Toot, Tootsie : (Goo’Bye). (New York : Leo. Feist, Inc., 1922., 1922), by Gus Kahn, Ernie Erdman, and Dan Russo (page images at HathiTrust)

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