The Dee Family Joseph Lamb Sheet Music Collection

The Dee Family's
Joseph Lamb Sheet Music Collection
(an ongoing project)

About this project: I don't think there is an easy way to list the publications of Joe Lamb. Our focus here is his early published works (i.e., those published from about 1905-1919). Lamb wrote quite a lot of music in his lifetime. Besides the early stuff, there's a rare folio from the 1960s (published after his death) as well as a newer collection of previously unpublished rarities that came out around 2005! This page is still very much under construction. If any visitors can help out with photos, we would really appreciate it! For a much more complete roster of Lamb tunes, visit Ted Tjaden's site.

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TITLES OWNED	©YR.	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: Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Midi file Sequenced in Noteworthy Composer
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: Cover page Page 1 Page 2 Page 3
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	©YR.	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