Sheet music collection Mary Sommerfeld July 11, 2013

Not too many done today.
Finished 9 entries and added in 3 to the spreadsheet. A total of 12.
Two interesting scores were from the early 1900's, music to be played to
accompany silent movies.

Sheet Music Collection- M. Sommerfeld July 2, 2013

Working with the sheet music cabinets on the 5th floor I was able to complete a total of 25 entries.
Twelve were completing item already on the spread sheet and three were complete new entries.
There were two entries where the music was actually filed under the name of a co-composer. I made note of this occurrence in the "Mary's note's" field.
Today's covers feature men hair styles that make a bold statement, and one that is a more cleaned up image. Can you remember the Hudson Brothers and their shinny clean pop tunes?

Sheet Music Collection Mary Sommerfeld June 5, 2013

I am on-loan from HMRC today.
Working on the 5th floor with the sheet music turned out to be rather productive.
Starting with row 227 I was able to get through 23 entries (ending at row 250).
With the add ins there were 8 that  plopped into the spread sheet (rows 1288 to 1296).
That ended up with a grand total of 31.
The only real challenge was getting through the Michael Bolton music.

Sheet music collection - Mary Sommerfeld May 30.2013

A few more hours today on the 5th floor.
Got a total of 10 entries completed (including add-ins).
Some in very bad shape dating back to early 1900's.
Two covers to share:
This one reminds me of my recent job at David's Bridal. Think this could be a bridezilla?

The second cover just has a lovely design.

 



 

Sheet music collection, Mary Sommerfeld May 29, 2013

Today I came over to the 5th floor wearing my new archivist hat.
This week due to the current HMRC staff schedule I will be doing some pick-up work with the sheet music collection.
Today I started at row #207 and went to row # 221 for a total 14 entries.
Add ins went from row #1277 to row #1283, a total of 6.
Grand total was 20 entries.
One of the more successful actions was finding the birth/death dates for a number of composers.
In a few cases I was able to get these from the New Grove Dictionary of Music... found in the stacks on the 5th floor. Others I located using websites such as allmusic.com

Sheet music collection - Mary Sommerfeld May 9, 2013

There were a  few challenges along the way today.

But it was fairly productive, rows 192 to 206 were dealt with and 6 new entries added.
That gave a grand total of 20 entries.

I left my USB cable at home so I will be adding some cover art in the next few days.

Sheet Music Collection, Mary Sommerfeld May 1, 2013

Working with the sheet music found on the 5th floor.
I worked through 19 entries (row 172 to row 191).
I also added in 3 new entries to the spread sheet.

One of the folders contained two different covers for the same music.
What was interesting was that each were published in the same year and stated the song was featured in two different shows.

The other cover that stood out has a very pleasant picture. The song title "The Children of the Clouds" refers to raindrops.

 

 



 

Sheet Music collection Mary sommerfeld - April 17,2013

Working on the 5th floor with the cabinets containing the sheet music I was able to work through  a total of 20 entries.
The excitement of the day was  tracking down the sheet music which should have been in the folder for  "The Lords of Discipline". When first opened I found the song "My First Taste of Texas" inside. In tracking that folder down I was greeted by a copy of Tanya Tucker's "Feel Right" instead. After retrieving Tanya's two folders labelled for this song, inside one was the "Lords of Discipline" - finally.

Two covers to share today, both have different but nice art work.

 

Sheet Nusic Collection, Mary Sommerfeld Aplril10,2013

Back after nissing a week.

Completed 18 entries (140 to 158) & added in two addtional rows.

This made a grand total of 20 rows for the day.

Of note - there were a few "Not in cabinet" items today.

Sheet music collection - Mary Sommerfeld March 27,2013

Working with the collection on the 5th floor, I was able to complete a total of 22 entries.
I started on row # 119 and ended at row # 139. I also added in two additional entries (#1257 to #1259).
I took photos of several covers but I will have to add these as a separate post since I did not have my cable to connect the ipod.

Sheet Music Collection - M. Sommerfeld March 20, 2013

I got through quite a few today.
Startingat row #106 I worked through to row #118 (12).
What really added up was the additional entreies from row #1236 to row #1356 (20).
The grand total was 32. Nothing really notable with the covers, lots of county star at various ages, hair style and assorted icons such as boots, trucks, & dogs.

Sheet Music collection -Mary Sommerfeld March 12, 2013

I worked with the sheet music files on the 5th floor.
Starting with row #93 I completed entris for 10 items, ending at row # 103.
In addition 2 new items where added in (rows 1234 &1235). For a grand total of 12 entries completed.

Sheet music collection Mary Sommerfeld 2/27/2013

Today work on the 5th floor started at row 62 & finished on row 92  (30entries).
Only 2 add ins ( row  1231 & 1232.
A grand total of 32 entries.
There were some notable covers.
First up a very striking patriotic item around WWI

Next a romantic musical interlude.



Finally a as a nod to recent red carpet events a fashion statement. Note the bling.

Feb. 6, 2013 Sheet Music collection, Mary Sommerfeld

Time to catch up on what I have done over the last few weeks on the 5th floor.

Wednesday Jan. 23, 2013
Started on drawer 2 excel file. Begin at row 2 finished at row 19 (18 entries). Add-ins began at row 1209 and went to row 1218 (10 entries). A grand total of 28 entries.
I also inserted three columns for barcodes, and call number subfields.

Wednesday Jan. 30, 2013
Begin at row 20 finished at row 40 (20 entries). Add-ins began at row 1219 and went to row 1226 (8 entries). A grand total of 28 entries.

Wednesday Fe. 6, 2013
Begin at row 41 finished at row 61 (20 entries). Add-ins began at row 1227 and went to row 1231 (5 entries). A grand total of 25 entries. 

And now for a few unique covers:
Marketing tricks started early. Same song revamped cover art

 

 

Even in the past there was a choice of music platforms:

 

 

A catchy piece of art won't hurt sales:

 

One last thing. What do librarians do when not at a library? They go to book signings!

 



 



Sheet music collection Dec. 12, 2012 - Mary Sommerfeld

Working on the 5th floor, I worked on 25 records.

This included 20 (#865 to #885) entries found on the database, and five new entries added.

None of the items had bar codes assigned to them. My time sheet will need ajusting, taking away a

 

half hour.

 

There was one very striking cover:

Sheet Music Collection December 3, 2012 Mary Sommerfeld

 

Back downtown with my left arm out of the cast.

Working on the 5th floor, I worked on 25 records.

This included 23 (#841 to #864) entries found on the database, and two new entries added.

Only one record had a bar code assigned to it.  Some of the music had very nice covers.

 Two very art deco in style         

                                             

And one includes a sock knitter



















Finally tis the season to count your blessings

Sheet Music Collection Oct. 8, 2012 -Mary Sommerfeld

My work location was again the 5th floor at the sheet music cabinets.
Starting at entry # 805 I completed 35 entries (#840).
In addition there were 9 folders added to the database.
Today's grand total was 44.
Still having trouble getting the elevator to read my ID badge.

Sheet music collection - Mary Sommerfeld 10/01/2012

Finally back on the 5th floor.
Due to repeatedly  having to check for music in multiple drawers, the final numbers are not very high.
Starting at Row # 785 I got to row #804 (19) and added in 6 new entries.
Total was 25.
Some lovely cover art. One from 1911 has an Art Deco feel to it.

A fun one was Walla-Walla Man. It's a spooky type of lyric. The bonus is on the back it has "Simple Instructions For Doing the One-Step."

Sheet Music Collection Sept. 18,2012 / Mary Sommerfeld

 

My work today was done from the collection housed on the 5th floor.
I added information to 30 data base entries (#754 to #784).
There were 3 items that were added to the data base.
Grand total of records for the day was 33.
The pattern of no bar codes on most of the items continues.

Housekeeping note, there was a wad of paper towels stuffed in the the women's toilet. I removed them, but maybe a notice should be posted about htis not being a good idea.

Some covers of interest. Even in 1923 New Yorkers had pocket doggies.





Here's one to make you either smile or cringe (depending on your tastes for bad movies.



 

Finally since tomorrow is "Talk Like A Pirate Day":

 

ARRRRRG MATEY!



Sheet Music Collection 09/11/2012 - Mary Sommerfeld

My work today was done from the collection housed on the 5th floor.
I added information to 47 data base entries (#706 to #753).
There were 5 items that were added to the data base.
Grand total of records for the day was 52.
Once again a large precentage of the items had no bar codes.

For those popular music buffs, can you recognize the this guy?
Photos taken long before he was hailed as a "Sir".