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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Peek-A-Boo
Charles Leslie Johnson
Illustration looking through mesh/screen at bushes and pool with fountain
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Peggy
Clarence Senna
Illustration of woman with rose in hair; Roses surrounding frame of illustration
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Peggy Malone
AL Plantadosi
Photograph of Burrell Rhoades; Illustration of woman's face in frame with harp, shamrocks, and leaves outside of frame
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Penny Serenade
Melle Weersma
Illustration of man playing guitar in street; Photograph of Guy Lombardo
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Pepper-Sauce
H. A. Fischler
Man, with an injured foot, sitting at a table, holding a bottle of sauce over a bowl of food
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Perhaps
Fred C. Swain and Anna J. Leary
Photograph of Fred C. Swain; Illustration of flowers to right and left of frame
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Peter Cottontail
Steve Nelson and Jack Rollins
Illustration of rabbit holding Easter basket and Easter eggs while walking down winding path
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Peter Piper
S. R. Henry
Illustration of young boy ressed up in yellow, black, and white suit holding string attached to card of young girl and large yellow ball with title
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Peter Piper's
M. Hazel Browning
Illustration of man picking peaches from tree with homes and cobblestone road in background
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Phantom Isle
Mamie E. Williams
Woman standing by large brazier; Man with instrument hiding behind tree watching woman; Bird flying toward woman with birds and sun in background
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Piano Folio of Rags
Published with five other rags in 1927 (?) by Walter Jacobs, Inc., as ''A loose leaf collection of American compositions primarily designed for the use of photoplay pianists and organists''
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Piano-Mania
William Fazioli
Cover information surrounded by an artistic border, with a small silhouette of a man playing the piano at the top
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Piccolo Pete
Phil Baxter
Photograph of Ted Weems; Illustration of boy playing piccolo with birds singing and men dancing with women
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Pickinniny Capers
Theron C. Bennett
Illustration of African American children; photos of four African American children
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Pickled Beets Rag
Ed Kuhn
Illustration of two pickles leaning on beets with feet, with a city line in the background
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Pickles and Peppers
Adaline Shepherd
Illustration of two pickles forming a ""T"" and peppers on both sides of the pickles.
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Pick Me Up And Lay Me Down
Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby
Illustration of steam boat in water; Cotton to left and right of frame
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Pick, Pick, Pick, Pick on the Mandolin, Antonio
Irving Berlin
Mandolin and flowers over woman looking out window
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Pictures From Life's Other Side
Charles E. Baer
Illustration of man and woman sitting together, two men fighting over a woman on ground, man reading newspaper while child looks at woman ironing clothing, and general on horse commanding soldiers; Illustrations of individual men and women's faces below varied illustrations
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Pictures Of The Ones We Love
James F. Robinson
Photograph of James J. Meehan; Blue background with frame around portrait and swirls coming from letters of title
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Pigeon Walk
James V. Monaco
Illustration of pigeons in vertical frame in center of cover; Illustration of gargoyle plant pot with flowers coming out and extending to right side of vertical illustration of pigeons
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Pig Latin Love
Louis Wolfe Gilbert and Anatol Friedland
Elderly man with pointer teaching children Pig Latin
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Pilot Of Galilee
Jay Arthur Ford
Lyricist and composer names within diamond; Illustration of flowers outside of diamond
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Piney Ridge
Halsey K. Mohr
Woman holding flowers and bonnet with trees in background; Illustration of pine cones and needles around illustration of woman
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Pining
Ben Russell, James Kendis, and I. Borovsky
Woman sitting next to roses in vase watching sunset behind hill
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Pining
Frederick Seymour and Fred W. Pike
Woman with water and trees in background; flowers surrounding frame
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Pink Elephants
Mort Dixon and Harry Woods
Photograph of Guy Lombardo; Illustration of pink elephants in background
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Pioneers March
Glenn W. Ashleigh
Illustration of men sitting and cooking at campfire with trees, river, and moon in background
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Pio = Pio = Pio
Caridad Garcia
Illustration of guitar, maracas, accordion, and sombrero inside design of South America
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Plain Mamie O'Hooley
Ludwig Englander
Illustration of woman sitting at desk leaning over to kiss man
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Plant A Little Garden In Your Own Back Yard
J. Walter Leopold
Photograph of Bert Lewis and J. Walter Leipold; Man smoking pipe and using hoe in garden in back yard; Woman leaning over fence with rake and woman in background watering plants
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Plantation Lullaby
Gladys Gillette, Vernon T. Stevens, and Albert Holmer
Illustration of birds and flowers
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Play Days
Will Rossiter
Illustration of boy dressed like pilot and girl in pink dress with doll by red play car
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Play for me those Juarez blues
Bert Beyerstedt
Man rides a camel to Juarez / Benj Tipton ; inset photo of the Beyerstedt Bros orchestra
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Playground Of My Dreams
Mack Perry and Ward Roye
Birds flying in sky with lake in background; Flowers in frame around illustration