The first sheet music was produced about a hundred years after the invention of the printing press but sheet music really came into its own sometime after the American Civil War. It became very popular in the late 19th and early 20th century as the middle class developed.
Electra tells me that when I have time, she’ll teach me how to read music!
The demand for sheet music increased as some families were able to afford a piano in the living room and that was the principal way the more affluent listened to music until the advent of the phonograph and radio afforded that enjoyment to the hoi polloi.
Many songs of the day had various animals as their theme.
Below are examples of felines contributing to the cover artistry of sheet music.
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