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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Red Fern
Leroy Stover
Illustration of Native American man sitting by fire and teepee smoking peace pipe; Illustration of Native American man's face and tomahawk, spear, and arrow coming from smoke; Portrait of Chas. Ledegar in lower left corner
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Red Head
Jonny Bond
Illustration of music note with title at flag of note; Solid red and red dotted stripes
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Red Headed Music Maker
Wendell Woods Hall
Photograph of Wendell Hall; Illustration of record players to right and left of photograph
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Redhead Rag
Burton Green
Photo illustration of a redheaded woman wearing a large brimmed hat and red checkered blouse.l
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Red hot Henry Brown
Fred Rose
silhouette of a man striking a pose / JVP ; inset photo of 'Rube' Wolf.
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Red Lips Kiss My Blues Away
Alfred Bryan, James V. Monaco, and Pete Wendling
Photograph of Meryl Sisters; Illustration of woman with lips puckered
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Red Moon
Henri De Martini and Max Kortlander
Rabbits around river bank with red moon beyond horizon of mountain
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Red Raven Rag
Charley Straight
Illustration of a red raven and it's green shadow walking on a green and white checkerboard.
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Red River
Carlo and Sanders
Illustration of book with story characters coming from pages; Photograph of Blanche Ring on left page of book; Flames at bottom of cover
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Red River Valley
Vic Meyers and Harold Weeks
Photograph of Elmore Vincent; Illustration of stream flowing through mountain valley with sun setting in horizon
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Red Rose
Josephine Clark
Small portrait of man; Small portrait of woman; Illustration of rose between portraits
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Red Roses For A Blue Lady
Sid Tepper and Roy Brodsky
Photograph of Eddie Ballantine; Illustration of rose near photograph
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Red Rose Waltz
J. De Lancey
Portrait of young girls holding small books; Illustration of roses and stems surrounding portrait
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Red Sails In The Sunset
Hugh Williams
Photograph of Bing Crosby; Illustration of boat sailing in ocean
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Reflection Rag
Scott Joplin
Illustration of Egyptian woman in boat looking at water with sphynx and reeds in background
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Reflections Of You
Lew Pollack
Palm trees reflecting off ocean; Illustration of woman's face in palm trees
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Remember Me
Jack O'Brien
Photograph of Morton Downey; Illustration of diamonds and elbow shaped designs around photograph
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Remember Me To All The Folks At Home
Lester Bodine and Geo. Scheleiffarth Maywood
A child with wings holding hearts pierced by an arrow
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Remember Pearl Harbor
Don Reid and Sammy Kaye
Purple silhouette of soldier blowing horn and birds flying
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Repasz Band
Chas. C. Sweeley
Photograph of Repasz Band; Illustration of notebooks with composer and publisher names
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Repasz Band
Chas. C. Sweeley
Photograph of band on staircase outside of building; Illustration of instruments, books, and laughing head surrounding photograph
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Returned
Will Marion Cook
African American man playing a banjo on left side of cover, an older African American man leaning on a cane in front of a burned mansion on the right side of cover, and a photo of Miss Abbie Mitchell in the center.
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Rhapsody Rag
Budd L. Cross
Photo illustration of a man playing a piano with music notes flying around him. His head is a photograph while everything else is an illustration.
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Rhythm Is Our Business
Jimmie Lunceford, Samuel Cahn, and Saul Kaplan
White diagonal line below hatched bar
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Rialto Ripples Rag
Will Donaldson
Illustration of the silhouettes of couples dancing in front of the silhouettes of buildings.
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Rice's Surprise Party
Edward E. Rice, Thekla Badarzewska, and C. C. Lockwood
Illustration of woman surrounded by text
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Rickety Stairs
Roy Bargy and Charley Straight
Child walking up stairs; Child hugging a woman in a bedroom
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Ricochet
Norman Gimbel, Larry Coleman, and Joe Darion
Photograph of Teresa Brewer; Illustration of various musical instruments in stripes of background
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Riders in the Sky
Stan Jones
Photograph of Burl Ives; Illustration of cowboy on horse at top of hill
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Riding in Love's Limousine
Joseph E. Blake
Illustration of back of car with couple inside it and cupid on back
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Riding O'er the Pampas
Manuel Barajas
Illustration of angels playing woodwinds on each side of castle; Vines extending from castle around bordered frame of various song titles and composers
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Rigamarole Rag
Edwin F. Kendall
Several adults on what seems to be some sort of a theme park attraction, with the title being the name of the ride
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Right or Wrong
Arthur Sizemore
Photograph of Irene Frederick and Al Mason; Woman sitting on sofa with flowers around blue border
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Ringtail Blues
Spencer Williams and J. Russel Robinson
Ringtailed lemurs playing music for other animals
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Rio Grande Valley Home
Forty and Eight Quartette and Pauline Landrum Goode
Woman on balcony overlooking courtyard; Illustrated map of Texas and Mexico
