Keywords: popular music
Item 23033
Reno sheet music, Mapleton, 1910
Contributed by: Alice Shepard through Haystack Historical Society Date: 1910 Location: Mapleton; New York Media: Ink on paper
Item 42025
'Silv'ry Moon' sheet music, 1931
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1931 Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
Of Note: Maine Sheet Music features captivating covers of original sheet music along with stories about Maine connections to the songs. Before people had easy access to popular music from records, radios, and the internet, they played songs of the day on instruments at home, using sheet music purchased at music stores. Iconic Maine subjects like lobsters, pine trees, and winter were perfect for lyrics sung by luminaries like Rudy Vallée of Westbrook, and intricate artwork of Maine’s landscape graced the sheet music covers.
Exhibit
Music in Maine - Music Education
"… Music Camp Click to learn more about the Eastern Music Camp Music teacher Dorothy Harlow Marden of Waterville and other educators formed an…"
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Dance
"Randal White was one of many islanders to have music lessons. Mrs. Elizabeth Stanley Heming, wife of an island minister, was his music teacher."
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Playing at the pond
"This water froze over to create a popular skating destination for islanders. After the quarry shut down entirely, its water level remained high…"
Story
Maine Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum
by Ken Brooks
How the Maine Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum began
Story
Bull Moose
by Chris Brown
The history of Bull Moose Music, one of Maine's favorite music stores
