The IN Harmony website features sheet music “by Indiana composers, arrangers, lyricists or publishers as well as sheet music about the state.” Though the scope is narrow, the collection is significant. Most of the material would be termed “popular”, but there are some “serious” works. While the collection spans a wide range of publication dates, works published before 1923 are downloadable in PDF form.
Several noted composers are featured prominently, including Stephen Foster, Irving Berlin, George M. Cohan and Carrie Jacobs-Bond. Here are links to some specific songs:
Stephen Foster:
- Beautiful Dreamer in E♭
- Ellen Bayne in C
- Eulalie in G
- Farewell my Lilly dear in C
- I see her still in my dreamsin F
- Linger in blissful repose
- Lula is gone
- Maggie by my side
- My Old Kentucky Home
- Nelly Bly
- Old Black Joe
- Old Dog Tray
- Old Folks at Home
Carrie Jacobs-Bond:
- A Cottage In God’s Garden
- The Dear Auf Wiedersehn
- Do You Remember
- God Remembers When the World Forgets
- The Hand of You
- His Buttons Are Marked “U.S.”
- His Lullaby
- A Hundred Years From Now
- I Love You Truly
- Just Awearyin’ for You
- Just by Laughing
- Life’s Garden
- A Little Pink Rose
- My Son
- Nothin’ but Love
- Old Friend of Mine
- O Time Take Me Back
- A Perfect Day
- A Song Of The Hills
- Through the Years
- To-Day
Irving Berlin:
- Alexander’s Ragtime Band
- You’d Be Surprised
- Many, many more…
H. T. Burleigh: