Brinley Music Collection
Scope and Contents
Sampling of various popular songs and "light" classical pieces. Contains some duplicates from Alliker (Begin the Beguine, Deep Purple, etc.) and at least one piece is an instrumental version of a song. Among the pieces of this collection: "Dark Eyes" with an interesting guitar tab notation in the front; "Goin' Home" based on Dvorak; "In an Eighteenth Century Drawing Room" based on Mozart piano sonata; and "Liebestraum" based on Lizst, with Hawaiin guitar solo.
Dates
- Creation: 1903 - 1948
Conditions Governing Use
This collection is housed off-site and requires 48-hours notice for retrieval. Please contact Special Collections for more information.
Extent
0.32 Cubic Feet (1 flat box (15.5 x 12 x 3 inches) containing 33 pieces of sheet music)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George L. Brinley III
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
The Sheridan Libraries
Special Collections
3400 N Charles St
Baltimore MD 21218 USA
specialcollections@lists.jhu.edu