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R Rozier, Dora Pelagie, 1855-1928.
237 Sheet music collection,
1828-1890.
Five
volumes.
MICROFILMThis is sheet music for piano and Spanish
guitar collected by Dora Pelagie Rozier (1855-1928) and Emily Pelagie (Janis)
Rozier (1855-1944) of Ste. Genevieve,
The collection consists of five volumes
of published sheet music for piano and Spanish guitar. It was assembled by members of the Janis and
Rozier families of Ste. Genevieve. Many
of the musical scores date from the ante-bellum and Civil War eras.
The earliest volume (Volume 1) includes
four scores which were published in
Volume 2 was collected by Emily Pelagie
(Janis) Rozier and includes works published between 1843 and 1866. Volumes 3 and 4 belonged to Dora Pelagie
Rozier. The scores in Volume 3 were
published between 1837[?] and 1868, while the works in Volume 4 are dated between
1841 and 1872. Notes on some of the
scores indicate they were once owned by Marie Eva Rozier (1854-1921). All three volumes contain many products of
Volume 5 contains material published
between 1855 and 1890. Included here are
four musical periodicals: Kunkel’s
Musical Review (June 1883 and February 1890); Trifet’s Monthly Galaxy of Music (November 1887); and The Musical Record (July 1884). The
A complete list of the scores, including
date of publication, title, composer and/or arranger, lyricist, publisher, and
place of publication, is available for each volume.
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