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| | Sheet Music at the American Antiquarian Society |
 | | The collection of sheet music at the American Antiquarian Society consists of about 60,000 pieces of instrumental, vocal, secular, and religious music by both American and foreign composers that were printed through 1880 (more than 4,100 compositions were printed in the United States before 1826). |
 | | Wolfe's bibliography Secular Music in America, 1801-1825 (New York, 1964) and A Bibliography of Early Secular Music [18th Century] (Washington, 1945) by Oscar G. Sonneck and William T. Upton, are annotated to reflect the AAS holdings and new acquisitions. |
 | | Consequently, this category of sheet music is in demand not only by scholars, but also by many publishers who wish to use the illustrations for current publications. |
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