Sheet Music Collection
The Templeton sheet music collection is part of a larger collection amassed by Charles Templeton, Sr. The collection contains over 22,000 pieces of sheet music representing all stages in the development of music reproduction. Digitization of the collection is part of an ongoing effort to provide broader access to titles. A large portion of these pieces are in the public domain (not copyrighted) and are available for download directly from the repository, some restricted titles are available upon request.
To ask a question or request a title, please email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.
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3,121 Miles Away
Reidy Reid, Ed G. Nelson, and Harry Pease
Illustration of a map with a womans face in U.S.A and a mans fance in Ireland and an envelope
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A Baby In Love
Ralph Benatzky and Alfred Goodman
Illustration of a woman in a white dress and black mask in front of a black and red background.
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A Black Smoke
Charles Kassell Harris
Portrait of a child smoking in a frame with flowers on the top and bottom; Background is fire with a podium of fire on each side
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A Bluebird Singing In My Heart (The La, La, La, La, Song)
Michel Emer
Illustration of blue bird sitting on branch
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About a Quarter to Nine
Harry Warren
Photograph of Al Jolson and Ruby Keeler in center of circle of men wearing tuxedos on orange background
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Abraham
Irving Berlin
Photo of two men in tuxes and two women in gowns set in red circle surrounded by photos of performers
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A Breeze From Alabama
Scott Joplin
Photo of two men, one pointing; illustration of blue text and leaves
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A Breezy Time
Samuel H. Speck
Photo of man and woman leaning on him with black and white illustrations bordering
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Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder
Herbert Dillea
Photograph of man in suit; Roses surrounding title
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Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder (For Somebody Else)
Harry Warren
Illustration of man and woman looking at each other with leaves around them
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A Bungalow, A Piccolo, And You
Al Lewis, Lee David, and Al Sherman
Black and yellow cover with illustrations of house, man playing instrument, and couple kissing
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A Bungalow, A Radio And You
Fred Dempsey and Dick Leibert
Illustration of man and woman sitting in house listening to radio
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A Bushel And A Peck
Frank Loesser
Illustration of paper doll style people in three rows against a red background.
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Accent on Youth
Vee Lawnhurst
Photograph of Sylvia Sidney and Herbert Marshall set in heart with illustration of cupid
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Accent On Youth
Vee Lawnhurst
Photograph of man and woman looking at each other with illustration of cupid above them and heart around them
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Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive
Harold Arlen
Photos of Bing Crosby, Betty Hutton, and Sonny Tufts with photos of rows of sailors set in blocks of red, white and blue
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According to the Moonlight
Joseph Meyer
Photograph of Alice Faye and James Dunn waving; small illustrations of dancers
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(A) Certain Party
Tom Kelly
Title along the top of the cover with a light blue background and a checkerboard design through the center
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A Chicken Patty : A Little Rag Pie for Piano : Good Enough to Eat
Theodore F. Morse
Illustration of man holding pie in hand
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A Coon Band Contest
Arthur Pryor
Illustration of man playing trombone with little men on instrument and conducting
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Across The Alley From The Alamo
Joe Greene
Illustration of train near Native American riding small horse
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Across The Border
Kirby A. Tallmadge
Illustration of men playing lutes and banjoes around camp fire; Trees, water, and moon in background
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Across The Bridge Of Dreams
Joseph A. Burke
Illustration of bridge crossing over clouds and leading to castle
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Across the Wide Missouri
Ervin Drake and Jimmy Shirl
Illustration of Clark Gable with woman and fighting warriors in background
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A Cup Of Coffee, A Sandwich And You
Joseph Meyer
Illustration of a man and woman seated at a table with coffee and a sandwich.
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Acushla! I'm Calling Thee (An Irish Serenade)
Josephine Branta Ihmsen
Photograph of man; Green clovers
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A Dear John Letter
Billy Barton, Lewis Talley, and Fuzzy Owen
Illustration of blue music notes and paper
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Adieu, Beloved, Adieu
Johann C. von Schmid
Woman standing on top of castle tower holding cloth in wind
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Adorable
Richard A. Whiting
Photograph of Henry Garat hugging Janet Gaynor; two illustrations of man kissing woman
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Afghanistan
William Wilander and Harry Donnelly
Illustration of woman in turban and jewelry with elephants in background
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A Florida Cracker
Ellis Brooks
Portrait of Ellis Brooks; Photograph of people standing and smiling with their bicycles
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A Foggy Day
George Gershwin
Photograph of Fred Astaire holding sword with illustrations of various people in background
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Afraid to Dream
Mack Gordon and Harry Revel
Photographs of the various people singing the songs with illustrations of stars
