American Centennial Sheet Music Book for Piano & Organ Antique 1876

American Centennial Sheet Music Book for Piano & Organ (1876)
This is an original 19th-century sheet music collection published in New York by Moore, Shissler & Co. for the American Centennial (1776–1876). Titled The Preliminary Issue of the American Centennial, the volume contains new and original instrumental and vocal music, adapted for piano and organ, with both sacred and secular compositions.

Much of the music is attributed to Moses LeSears and contemporaries, and several pieces include local dedications, such as “Trenton Waltz," dedicated to Sarah L. Roberts of Trenton, N.J. The collection represents an unusual and historically interesting Centennial-era music production.

Condition:
This book is in well-worn antique condition. The cloth spine is intact, but the pages are detached from the spine. Boards are heavily worn with some text loss to the cover. Page 79 has a tear. Pages are numbered through 89; pagination jumps from 46 to 64, however the index indicates no missing page