Calendar, Time, and Weather
Series 14, Calendar, Time, and Weather, 1811-1980, undated, contains approximately 1,800 pieces of sheet music, documenting attitudes toward and consequences of natural events. The four seasons comprise the larger part. The materials are grouped by subject, with titles arranged alphabetically within each folder. The dates of the sheet music refer to copyright of the music, and not to the subject on the cover, songwriter's life, or other events.
Subseries 1, Years, 1880-1945, undated, is in one folder of only thirteen items, most of which have to do with Leap Year. New Year's Eve items are in Series 15, Folder V.
Subseries 2, Seasons, 1850-1978, undated, contains songs and instrumentals directly pertaining to Autumn, Spring, Summer, and Winter. Note that Thanksgiving and Harvest are in Series 15, Holidays and Celebrations. Beach and Swimming music is with the Summer section of this subseries. Music about Snow is included in the Winter section.
Subseries 3, Months, 1855-1978, undated; four months (April, May, June, and September) have their own folders. A fifth category is "Other Months." Some titles have more than one month mentioned so always check the Other Months folder.
Subseries 4, Days of the Week, 1853-1965. Sunday is the only day with its own folder; other days of the week are in the third folder. Also see Series 10, Sacred Music and Religious Themes.
Subseries 5, Clocks and Time, 1844-1967, undated. Most items have Clock or Time in the title, but some sheets are included because the cover illustration includes a clock. Note that "Father Time" items that are specific to the aging process are in Series 9, Domestic and Community Life, suberies 8.
Subseries 6, Weather, 1811-1980, undated. Sun and Rain are the largest part of this subseries. Songs about three specific floods are in Folder L, but one should also look in Series 8, Geography under specific states. Note that "snow" subjects are in subseries 2 with "winter."
Ephemera, 1952-1982, undated, consists of one folder. There are a number of DeVincent's notes referencing other parts of the collection, as well as several articles, some undated, regarding various floods, and other items relating to the subjects in the Series.
Material related to this series within the DeVincent Collection may be found in Series 2, Armed Forces; Series 5, Politics and Political Movements; Series 8, Geography; Series 12, Plants and Animals; and Series 15, Holidays and Celebrations.
Arranged in 7 subseries.
This collection was purchased by the Smithsonian Institution in 1988 from Sam and Nancy Lee DeVincent.
The Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Collection is open for research.
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
This collection contains duplicates of materials in the Smithsonian collection, as well as materials acquired by Mr. DeVincent after the donation to the Smithsonian. The phonograph records described above were transferred to the University of Missouri at Kansas City.
Donald J. Stubblebine Collection of Musical Theater and Motion Picture Sheet Music and Reference Material, 1843-2010 (AC1211)
Series 14: Calendar, Time and Weather forms part of the
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Subseries 1, Years, 1880-1945, undated, is in one folder of only thirteen items, most of which have to do with Leap Year. New Year's Eve items are in Series 15, Folder V.
The majority of these titles have to do with Leap Year. Note that items about the New Year are in Series 15, Subseries 7.
Includes: "I'm Gonna Getcha, I Betcha," "Last Year's Girl," and "Leap for a Man, Girls, It's Leap Year."
Subseries 2, Seasons, 1850-1978, undated, contains songs and instrumentals directly pertaining to Autumn, Spring, Summer, and Winter. Note that Thanksgiving and Harvest are in Series 15, Holidays and Celebrations. Beach and Swimming music is with the Summer section of this subseries. Music about Snow is included in the Winter section.
Contains songs and instrumental compositions directly pertaining to Autumn, Spring, Summer, and Winter. Beach and Swimming subjects are included with Summer.
Note that Thanksgiving and Harvest items are in Series 15.
Includes: ten different "Autumn Leaves" titles.
Includes: "Londonderry Air" (also known as "In Autumn Time") and "When the Leaves Begin to Turn."
Contains: "Falling Leaves" and Autumn Sketches (six compositions about autumn).
Includes: "Come Next Spring" from Next Spring, "Ho Hum!," and "Howdy Do, Mis' Springtime."
Includes: "In Springtime" (three different compositions, one published by the Art Publication Society), "In the Springtime" from The Royal Rogue, "It Must Be Spring" from Three Wishes for Jamie," and "Le Printemps."
Includes: "Melody in F" (or "Voices in the Woods"), "Paris in the Spring," and "Rustle of Spring."
Includes: "Spring Came Back to Vienna" from Luxury Liner, "Spring Cleaning," five "Spring Flowers" compositions, and "Spring for Flowers." (See Folder J for Mendelssohn's "Spring Song.")
Includes: "Spring Time Is Coming," four "Spring's Awakening" titles, and "The Springtime" (or "Le Printemps").
Includes: "(Katie Emmett's) Springtime Song," "Suddenly It's Spring" from Lady in the Dark, and "When It's Springtime in the Rockies."
undated; a few compositions include lyrics.
"I Would Not Die in Springtime," "O Let Me Die in Springtime," and "O! Let Me Die Tho' Spring Has Come."
Includes songs about the beach and swimming in folders Q and R. Note that spelling varies, as in "summer time" and "summertime."
"Any Girl Looks Good in Summer," "Betsy's the Belle of the Bathers" from Mary's Lamb, and "Break of Day" (or "A Summer Morning's Reverie").
Includes: "If You Can't Get a Girl in the Summertime," "The Last Rose of Summer," and "Loafin' Time."
from The Defenders.
Includes: "Oh You Summertime Romeo" from The Summer Widowers, "Over the Summer Sea" from Verdi's Rigoletto, and "Softly Thro' the Summer Night" from Sari.
Includes: three "Summer Nights" compositions and "Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer."
Includes: "Bathing," "Come on in, the Water's Fine" from Let's Beat It, "Don't Go into the Water, Daughter," "I'd Like to Go Bathing with Someone" from A Fool, His Money, and a Girl, and "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini."
Includes: "Mother, May I Go in to Swim?" "On the Beach," "30 Mile Beach" with photo of the Galveston Beach Hotel, and "You're Not the Only Pebble on the Beach."
Note that spelling varies on "snow man" and "snowman."
Includes: "Dance, Little Snowflake" from The Dancing Mistress, two "Footprints in the Snow" compositions, and "It's Always Nice Weather Indoors." Note that "Dashing Through the Snow" is also titled "Jingle Bells" in Folder T.
Includes: "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" "Little Jack Frost Get Lost," and "Put on Your Red Flannels."
Includes: "Snow, Snow, Beautiful Snow," five "Snowflakes" compositions, and "There's Frost on the Moon."
Includes: two "Winter Nights" compositions, multiple editions of "Winter Wonderland," and "Winter's Night Polka."
Subseries 3, Months, 1855-1978, undated; four months (April, May, June, and September) have their own folders. A fifth category is "Other Months." Some titles have more than one month mentioned so always check the Other Months folder.
Includes: "April in Paris" from Walk a Little Faster, "April Showers" from Bombo, and "Lost April" from The Bishop's Wife.
Note spelling variations for May Time and Maytime.
Includes: two "In May Time" compositions, two "In the Merry Month of May" compositions, and "Love in May."
Includes: "May-pole Dance," "'Twas in the Month of May" from Balieff's Chauve-Souris, and "You're As Welcome As the Flowers in May."
Includes: "Give Me a Night in June," four "June" compositions, and "June Is Bustin' Out All Over" from Carousel.
Includes: two "A Night in June" compositions, "One Day in June," "Swingin' in a Hammock," and "Yep! Long about June."
Includes: two "In Sweet September" compositions, "September Song" from September Affair, and two "Thirty Days Hath September" compositions.
Includes: "A Girl for Each Month of the Year" from Ziegfeld Follies of 1913, "Jingle Bells in January (Wedding Bells in June),"and "The Last Two Weeks of July."
Subseries 4, Days of the Week, 1853-1965. Sunday is the only day with its own folder; other days of the week are in the third folder. Also see Series 10, Sacred Music and Religious Themes.
Includes: "Breakfast in My Bed on Sunday Mornin'," "He Goes to Church on Sunday" from The Orchid, and "My Little Sunday Girl."
Includes: "Some Sunday Morning" from San Antonio, "Sparking Sunday Night, "Sunday in the Park" from Pins and Needles, "Sunday, Monday, or Always" from Dixie, and "A Zoot Suit for My Sunday Gal."
Includes: "I Was Born on a Friday" from Sergeant Brue, [sic], "I Loved You Wednesday" from I Loved You Wednesday, and "Seven Lonely Days."
Subseries 5, Clocks and Time, 1844-1967, undated. Most items have Clock or Time in the title, but some sheets are included because the cover illustration includes a clock. Note that "Father Time" items that are specific to the aging process are in Series 9, Domestic and Community Life, suberies 8.
Note that grandfather/grandmother clocks are in Folder G. Note that some items are in this category due to the cover image, not title. Note: "Father Time" items referring to aging are in Series 9.
Includes: "Ain't You Ashamed," "As the Cuckoo Struck Two Two," "The Chimes Polka," and the "Eight-thirty Blues."
Includes: two "Five O'clock in the Morning" compositions, "The Girl with the Clocks" from The Belle of Brittany, "Got No Time," and "I'm a Twelve O'clock Guy in a Nine O'clock Town."
Includes: "Moonlight Saving Time," "The Naughty Little Clock Song," and "The Old Cottage Clock."
Includes: two "Three O'clock in the Morning" compositions and two "Till the End of Time" compositions.
Includes: "Twelve O'clock and All Is Well" from Follow the Girls, "We Get Up at 8 a.m." from Florodora, and "The Witching Hour."
Includes "The Clockwork Man" and six other titles from the show.
Includes Henry Work's "Grandfather's Clock," and its answer song, "You Will Keep the Old Clock, My Grandfather Said." Also, two "Grandmother's Clock" compositions.
Subseries 6, Weather, 1811-1980, undated. Sun and Rain are the largest part of this subseries. Songs about three specific floods are in Folder L, but one should also look in Series 8, Geography under specific states. Note that "snow" subjects are in subseries 2 with "winter."
Note that in this subseries subjects are intermixed; for example, a title may contain both "rain" and "storm" but the single edition would show up in only one category.
Includes: "East of the Sun" from Stags at Bay, "I'd Give Anything under the Sun to Get You under the Moon," "On the Corner of Sunshine and Main" from Shantytown.
Includes: "Sunnyside Sal" and "Sunshine Sally."
Includes: "Take in the Sun, Hang out the Moon," "That Lucky Old Sun," and "When Will the Sun Shine for Me."
(19 items)
Note that some items are included for the cover images and do not have "rain" in the title.
Includes: "All for This Chilly Driving Rain," "And It Rained, Rained, Rained" from Countess Coquette, and "The Golden Drop Waltz."
Includes: "I Get the Blues When It Rains," "Just Walking in the Rain," and "Man in a Raincoat."
Includes: "Oh! Didn't It Rain," "Open the Door, Richard," "Rain Drops," and "Rainy Day Pal" from A Night in Spain.
Includes: "Save Up Your Kisses for a Rainy Day," "That's What a Rainy Day Is For" from Easy to Love, and "There's Just Two Things to Do on a Rainy Night (and I Don't Want to Play Cards)."
Includes: "Along the Rainbow Trail," "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" from The Dolly Sisters and Oh Look! and "I'm Skipping Rope with a Rainbow."
Includes: "Rainbow Ball" from Gaieties of 1919, "The Rainbow Dance," "She's a Rainbow," and "You're the Rainbow" from Riding High.
Note that umbrellas and parasols are either in the title or the cover image. Also, there are more umbrella images in Folders E-H, Rain. Includes: "In a Shelter from a Shower," "Parasol Parade," and "Who Is That Fella That Stole My Umbrella."
These items deal specifically with the Johnstown Floods (including "Lost in the Flood"), the Mississippi River flood of 1927, and the Ohio River floods of 1913 and 1927. Also see: Series 8: Geography for floods in specific states, and songs about specific rivers.
Includes: "Button Up Your Overcoat" from Follow Thru, "Charming Weather" from The Arcadians, and "Laughin' at the Weather Man" from Millions in the Air.
Includes: "Stormy Weather" from Cotton Club Parade, "The Weather Man Was Wrong," "The Whirlwind," and "The Wind Is a Woman."
Ephemera, 1952-1982, undated, consists of one folder. There are a number of DeVincent's notes referencing other parts of the collection, as well as several articles, some undated, regarding various floods, and other items relating to the subjects in the Series.
Note that 'see notes' refer to DeVincent's references to other parts of the Collection. Ephemera boxes are numbered differently from the music section.
One page of 'see' notes