{"product_id":"products-1915-one-hundred-and-one-best-songs-songbook","title":"1915 “The One Hundred and One Best Songs” – Cable Company Chicago","description":"\u003ch3\u003e A Turn-of-the-Century Community Songbook – 1915 Fifteenth \u0026amp; Seventeenth Editions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 22px 0 20px 0; padding: 8px 14px 6px 14px; border-left: 3px solid #334FB4; background-color: #f8faff;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong style=\"color: #334fb4; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.2px;\"\u003eCollector’s Note\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 6px 0 4px 0;\"\u003eEarly 20th-century community songbooks like this were central to American home life before radio became widespread. Issued by piano manufacturers as promotional volumes, they encouraged families and churches to gather around the instrument for shared music-making. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe songbook represents a tangible piece of pre-World War I musical culture — appealing to collectors of ragtime-era ephemera, early American hymnals, and turn-of-the-century parlor music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1001\" data-end=\"1275\"\u003eThe Cable Company, piano makers of Chicago issued the 1915 \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"1038\" data-end=\"1074\"\u003eThe One Hundred and One Best Songs\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eas a promotional and community-use volume. Measuring just 5 ¾” by 8 ½”, the 114-page book was designed for group singing and easy portability.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1277\" data-end=\"1619\"\u003eThe sepia-toned front cover features a charming domestic parlor scene: a family gathered around the upright piano while a formally dressed gentleman stands nearby, evoking the Edwardian-era tradition of evening music in the home. The illustration is printed in warm brown ink on tan paper stock, typical of early 20th-century trade songbooks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1621\" data-end=\"1680\"\u003eThe contents reflect over one hundred familiar selections--a blend of patriotic standards, religious hymns, parlor favorites, and college songs — the backbone of communal singing in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Songs include “Onward Christian Soldiers, “Good Night Ladies,\" “Yankee Doodle,” “Old Black Joe,\" “America” (My Country, ’Tis of Thee), “Auld Lang Syne,\" and \"Rock of Ages.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1930\" data-end=\"2113\"\u003eSold each, the fifteenth and seventh editions are available. Both issues have foxing consistent with age should be handled gently and are best suited for display or archival collecting rather than active use. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1930\" data-end=\"2113\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFifteenth Edition: \u003c\/strong\u003eCondition is fair. Antique paper brittle and fragile; spine loose and the final pages (page 107 onward) are detached; front torn corner. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSeventeenth Edition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Condition is good to fair. Antique paper fragile; pages remain attached to spine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"The Cable Company","offers":[{"title":"Fifteenth Edition","offer_id":43095131750467,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Seventeenth Edition","offer_id":43095131783235,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0114\/3262\/4186\/files\/17th_Edition.jpg?v=1774797851","url":"https:\/\/thetownhouseantiques.com\/products\/products-1915-one-hundred-and-one-best-songs-songbook","provider":"The Townhouse Antiques \u0026 Vintage","version":"1.0","type":"link"}