Sheet Music Scrappies Vintage Sheet Music

What are Sheet Music Scrappies?  I not only go out and actively pursue buying old sheet music, it also comes to me on occasion from other sources.  Among the old sheet music scores I will find pieces that I want to keep and play, those I want to sell, and also pieces that are not savageable as well.

People didn't used to have television sets, DVD players, and cell phones upon which to text others for hours on end.  They entertained themselves when the day was over, which is often a very novel thought in the 21st century.  People would read books, listen to the radio or phonograph, play games, dance, recite poetry, play musical instruments and sing for themselves and also for others.

And sheet music was used, often well used.  This is why mint, new looking sheet music from 100 years ago plus or minus a few years is hard to find.  Sheet music is nothing more than large paper sheets folded in half.  The spine is often torn and the edges rubbed, chipped or torn.  Music was most often kept in the piano bench piled until there was no room left.  Sheet music had a tough life way back when.

I cut out and keep some of the pieces off of old sheet music for one reason or another. It may be an interesting photo inset or drawing, or something else catches my eye or imagination.  These are the Sheet Music Scrappies.


Southern Hillbilly Folio Successes
I think the S shape is clever, and would look real nifty framed.

 

Photo inset of Abe Lyman (born Abraham Simon Lymon) on the vintage sheet music piece, In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town, words and music by Joe Young, John Siras, and Little Jack Little published by M. Witmark and Sons, New York.

Abe Lyman (1897-1957) sure took a beating on this sheet music cover.
His photo inset must have been handled hundreds of times.

 

Is this heavenly scene laid upon an orange background absolutely angelic??
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