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XII. SONGS, MUSIC, AND LYRICS
A. OBERLIN COLLEGE SONGS
"The Oberlin Song" Oversize Box 1
Words by Seth L. Strong (c.1909), music by R. Nathaniel Dett
(con.1908).
Sweet Alma Oberlin (song) Oversize Box 1
Words and music for "Sweet-Alma Oberlin," George
Baker and Era L. Emery [removed from Emery's student file].
"Oberlin" (Song), 1923
Oversize Box 1
Words and music for "Oberlin: Hymn to Oberlin College," an
entry in the Oberlin Alumnae Song Contest, June 1923.
Burr, Willard "Alumni Reunion
Song," n.d. Oversize Box 1
Manuscript music of song, with four additional copies of refrain.
Box 1
Dolliver, Mary, 1953-54
Songs collected by Dolliver, Dean of Women 1948-53, for her
informal performances around campus. Includes Oberlin College
Songs. Received
from Elizabeth Rumics
(Special Collections volunteer), June 2001.
Oberlin Songs and Lyrics
Individual Oberlin Songs (alphabetical)
Oberlin Songs and College Yells (2f)
Songs for Commencement, Reunions, & Alumni Dinner,
1906-08, n.d.
Songs for Football and Basketball Games, Debates, and Other
Intercollegiate Events, 1905, 1915, n.d.
Songs for Specific Occasions or Groups, 1887, 1914, n.d.
(2f)
includes songs for Oberlin Volunteers to the Michigan Amendment
Campaign, 1887 (prohibition), songs in honor of the George
Durand Wilders,
and songs for the
New York Oberlin Alumni Association
Oberlin Songs - other
Oberlin College Songs (Alma Mater, Ten Thousand Strong
and other songs); Oberlin Pep Song, by Rob Roy Peery,
1923; Pie
Night at
Oberlin College,
1923 [from
Phyllis Hanes].
B. NON-COLLEGE SONGS
Box 1
Bradbury, William B., 1863
Gold Medal Piano-Fortes, 1863, by William B. Bradbury has
a piece entitled “Oberlin,
L.M.” on page 11.
Cherry, James E., "Ohio's Underground Railroad," 1958
Oversize Box 1
An operetta for the fifth and sixth grades submitted to the
Faculty of Oberlin College as partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the Degree
of Master
of Music Education. [acc. 2001/94]
Hymnal, c.1844
The title page is missing, but this appears to be a copy
of T. H. Smead's A new collection of the most approved social
hymns: now in common use;
designed for
all social religious meetings (Cleveland: T. H. Smead, 1844)
The beginning of the hymnal contains "recommendations" and reviews,
including a piece written by Asa Mahan, President of Oberlin College, 1835-1850.
Folk Dances, ca. 1930
Printed scores of dance music used by the Women's P.E. Department
at Oberlin College. Acc. 135.
Scott, John Prindle, 1925-27
See II. Letters, A. By Oberlin Students for musical score
for “Love is
a Riddle” (words by Reginald Vivian Darow, music by John Prindle Scott).
"Songs for the Commemoration Meeting," 1849
"Songs in honor of the Repeal of a Portion of the Black Laws of Ohio. Oberlin,
February 21st, 1849." (1 page; words for two songs.) [A bill to repeal the
Black Laws passed in the Ohio Senate and House, January 30, 1849. Dr. Norton
S. Townsend, a trustee of Oberlin College, was an instrumental figure in efforts
leading to repeal.] Acc. 1983/7.
Van Iderstine, A. Prentice, Musical scores, n.d. Oversize
Box 2
This folder contains several manuscript scores: “Songs from Cyprus I”, “God
Bless the Little Things”, “We Would Be Building”, “Jesse
James”, “Snow Toward Evening”, “Homesick Blues”,
and “Vendor’s Song”. Most of the pieces are written for piano
and voice. [Acc. 1988/064]
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