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The contents range in chronology from the Texas Revolutionary period (1836) to 1979 with some undated pieces. Series I. Compositions is the only series found in this collection. It is comprised of songs and sheet music pertaining to life in Texas.
Sheet music is printed music consisting of a single sheet up to folios of 10 pages, The Texas sheet music collection contains 351 pieces of American sheet music (including some duplicates) covering over a century of American and Texan history, dating 1836-1962, and undated, bulk 1896-1912.
9 Μαρ 2019 · El Degüello – “Give No Quarter”. Santa Anna, the little bantam rooster Mexican General, had this song played to the The men defending the Alamo, in 1836. It is the cut throat or slit throat song. It meant no quarter, every soldier would be killed, no surrenders taken. And all were killed.
12 Οκτ 2021 · The Texas war of independence 1835-1836 : from outbreak to the Alamo to San Jacinto : Huffines, Alan C : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive. by. Huffines, Alan C. Publication date. 2005. Topics. Texas -- History -- Revolution, 1835-1836, Texas. Publisher. Oxford : Osprey. Collection. internetarchivebooks; printdisabled.
As the American Civil War began, it was adopted as a marching song by soldiers everywhere - most often, as you might expect, by those soldiers from Texas. But since it referred to (and was to be sung by) a black American soldier, the song's lyrics were changed.
The tune became a popular Confederate marching song during the Civil War and with the U.S. Cavalry on western outposts and along the cattle trails following the Civil War. The song is based on a Texas legend from the days of the Texas War of Independence.
pre-War items of Texas-inspired sheet music in the collection are rare. Texian Gallopade [Streeter #1248] for example, published by E. Riley and Co., 29 Chatham Street, New York (ca. 1836), can be found in only two other locations according to Streeter: the New York Historical Society and the New York Public Library.
