TITLES
OWNED |
İYR. |
PUBLISHER |
NOTES |
Lilliputian's
Bazaar
 |
1905 |
H.H.
Sparks, Canada
Note that, on some
of these early sheets, Lamb's name first is spelled:
"Josef." |
Our
copy is a bit brittle, but it's a really tough-to-find sheet!
Download the
music:
|
The
Lost Letter
 |
1908 |
H.H.
Sparks, Canada
(same publisher
as many of his early publications)
|
Few Lamb
collectors know about this sheet. We believe there are no more
than a few copies in existence.
Download the
music:
|
Sensation
 |
1908 |
Stark |
This sheet lists
Scott Joplin as "arranger,"
which surely helped sales of the piece.
|
Champagne
Rag
 |
1910 |
Stark |
Here's a variation cover that we don't
have -- with the title running vertically:

And here's a really strange
"variation" (really, a mistake) crediting James Scott with this
rag!

(Thanks to Ryan Wishner for sending this to me.) |
American
Beauty Rag
 |
1913 |
Stark |
Interesting comparisons... Some
earlier sheets of the same name:

American Beauty Two Step
by Kathleen Whitlock, 1901.

American Beauty Waltz,
by Allen F. Wilson, 1903.

[sorry, bad pic... composer
unknown, from 1908]
|
Nightingale
Rag
 |
1915 |
Stark |
|
Contentment
Rag
 |
1915 |
Stark |
|
Topliner
Rag
 |
1916 |
Stark |
|
TITLES
WE'RE SEEKING |
İYR. |
PUBLISHER |
NOTES |
Celestine
Waltzes

|
1905 |
H.H.
Sparks, Canada |
Thanks to Ted Tjaden for the image. View his excellent Lamb site
here. |
Florentine
Waltzes

|
1906 |
H.H.
Sparks, Canada |
Thanks to Ted Tjaden for the info & image. View his excellent
Lamb site
here.
|
Gee,
Kid! But I Like You
 |
1908 |
Maurice
Shapiro |
|
Dear Blue Eyes:
True Eyes
 |
1908 |
H.H.
Sparks, Canada
words by Llyn Wood |
|
If
Love is a Dream Let Me Never Awake
|
1908 |
H.H.
Sparks, Canada
words by Llyn Wood |
|
Love's Ebb Tide
 |
1908 |
H.H.
Sparks, Canada
words by Samuel A. White |
Thanks to Ted Tjaden for the info & image. View his excellent
Lamb site
here.
|
Three
Leaves of the Shamrock on the Watermelon Vine
 |
1908 |
H.H.
Sparks, Canada
words by Harry Moore |
Thanks to Ted Tjaden for the info & image. View his excellent
Lamb site
here.
|
Love
in Absence
 |
1909 |
Gordon Hurst
Music, NY |
Never
heard of this tune before but thanks to John Endries for sending
the pic my way. The sheet clearly says Poem by Mary A. O'Reilly,
Melody by Joseph F. Lamb. I'd be interested in any info on the
piece anyone has out there... |
Ethiopia
Rag
 |
1909 |
Stark |
|
Excelsior
Rag
 |
1909 |
Stark |
|
I
Want to Be a Birdman
|
1913 |
G.
Satterlee |
Anyone out there have a picture of this?
|
I'll
Follow the Crowd to Coney
|
1913 |
G.
Satterlee |
Anyone out there
have a picture of this?
|
Reindeer
Rag
 |
1915 |
Stark |
A
rather common Lamb, I know... But somehow we still do not own a
copy. |
Cleopatra
Rag
 |
1915 |
Stark |
See
my notes under Reflection Rag on our Scott
Joplin page for other pieces with this same cover. |
Happy-Go-Lucky
|
1916 |
McKinley
Music |
Anyone out there
have a picture of this?
|
Patricia
Rag
 |
1916 |
Stark |
|
Bohemia
Rag
 |
1919 |
Stark |
|