Beautiful Dreamer
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"Beautiful Dreamer" is a parlor song by American songwriter Stephen Foster. It was published posthumously in March 1864, by Wm. A. Pond & Co. of New York. The first edition states on its title page th
Sheet music, 1st edition
"Beautiful Dreamer" by Currier and Ives
Parlour music
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Parlour music is a type of popular music which, as the name suggests, is intended to be performed in the parlours of houses, usually by amateur singers and pianists. Disseminated as sheet music, its h
Beautiful Dreamer
…Beautiful Dreamer" is a parlor song by American songwriter Stephen Foster. It was published posthumously in March 1864, by Wm. A. Pond & Co. of New York. The first edition states on its…
Image of Charles K. Harris, A well regarded composer and song writer of many popular tunes of the time of Parlour music
Front cover of "Just Awearyin' for You" (1901), a widely selling parlor song. The lyrics were by Frank Lebby Stanton. Composer Carrie Jacobs-Bond thought they were anonymous but later provided royalties to Stanton. The song typifies the sentimentality of the Victorian and post-Victorian era.
The Great Wahoo Polka, by J.N. Pattison (1864), a dance inspired by the patent remedy "Wahoo Bitters".