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THB17 pcs Sheet Music; 19th C., Civil War, Black Interest, Minstrel, Nashville
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4310 Papermill Dr. NW
Knoxville, TN 37909
United States
Case Auctions is based in Knoxville, Tennessee, where our gallery is located, with satellite offices in Nashville, Tennessee and Kingsport, TN – but our reach is worldwide. Established in 2005, we conduct cataloged auctions of investment-quality art and antiques under the stewardship of knowledgeabl...Read more
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About Auction
LiveJan 25, 2025
Live Auction at our Knoxville Gallery featuring 1,200+ lots from fine Southern estates and private and museum collections. Sale begins Sat. Jan. 25 at 9 AM with lots #1-783 and continues Sun. Jan. 26 at 1 PM with lots #784-1261 (separate catalog). Estates represented include Gertrude S. Caldwell, Nashville; John Z. C. Thomas, Knoxville; Dr. Larry Wolfe, Nashville; Norman Luboff; plus the collection of Jon E. Jones, Cookeville, and deaccessioned art from the Hunter Museum, Vanderbilt University Museum, the Memphis-Brooks Museum, and more. Case Auctions bid@caseantiques.com
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- Lot Description
17 pieces of 19th Century sheet music, most with decorative lithographed covers, ranging from 1824 - 1896. Subjects include Black Americana / Minstrel Songs, The Civil War, early-mid 19th C. France / US relations, and Nashville-related subjects and publishers. Titles are:
LITTLE SAM, by Will. S. Hays, New York: J.L. Peters, 1867.
I CANT HELP DAT, TAINT MY FAULT. TO ANYBODY, WRITTEN BY SOMEBODY, SUNG BY EVERYBODY, COMPOSED BY NOBODY, Louisville : D.P. Faulds, 1862.
WE ARE COMING SISTER MARY, by Henry C. Work, Christy, E. P. arranger, Christy's Minstrels. New York: Firth, Pond & Co., 1853.
MARCH OF THE YEARS REUNION SONG, 1860 - 1890, DEDICATED TO THE VETERANS OF THE BLUE AND THE GRAY, Nashville, Tenn: H. A. French.
LUCILLA, THE MAID OF SHILOH! by C. D. Benson, Nashville TN, 1864.
THE VOLUNTEER WALTZ by Charles Young, New Orleans: Blackmar & Co., 1864. Pro-Confederate recruitment song.
TRAMP! TRAMP! TRAMP! (THE PRISONER'S HOPE) by George F. Root. Chicago: Root & Cady, 1864. Very popular Civil War song that led to George Root's fame.
JUST BEFORE THE BATTLE, MOTHER by George F. Root, Chicago: Root & Cady, 1864.
OH! I WISH THE WAR WERE OVER! by John K. Holmes and Charles Manvers, Cleveland: S. Brainard & Co. , 1862.
WOODMAN! SPARE THAT TREE by Henry Russell and George P. Morris. New York: Firth and Hall, 1837. With stamp of Nashville retailer J. B. West.
LE DERNIER AMOUR VALSE BRILLIANTE POUR LE PIANO PAR CHARLES JARVIS Philadelphia : Lee and Walker, 1851. With stamp from distributer E. Morton, Nashville, Tenn.
VIVE LA REPUBLIQUE, AN OFFERING FROM THE UNITED STATES TO THE NATIONAL REPUBLIC OF FRANCE, by Herrman S. Saroni, New York: Wm Hall & Son, 1848. Cover features color lithograph of Washington and Lafayette shaking hands.
LA FAYETTE'S WELCOME TO THE UNITED STATES IN 1824, A GRAND MARCH AND QUICK STEP FOR THE PIANO FORTE, by A. Clifton, Philadelphia: 1824.
THE STORM, AN IMITATION OF NATURE COMPOSED FOR THE PIANO by Henry Weber, published by C. D. Benson & Bro., Nashville, Ten. 1858.
CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION MARCH TENNESSEE 1896 by Gustave Fischer, Nashville, TN. "As Played by the U.S. Marine Band and John P.H. Sousa's Band".
MAMMOTH CAVE WALTZ, COMPOSED AND ARRANGED FOR THE PIANO FORTE BY J.C. COOK, Published by Peters & Webb, Louisville, KY., 1850.
NASHVILLE GALLOPADE QUICK STEP, COMPOSED FOR THE PIANO FORTE AND DEDICATED TO HIS FRIEND ALBERT STEIN, ESQ. by J. C. Viereck. Published Philadelphia : A. Fiot, 1842.
Condition
All pieces in good condition with expected small tears, folds, foxing and toning. Pencil and pen notations on each.
- Provenance
Estate of Judge John Nixon, Nashville, Tennessee.
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