Polley Music Library Archive
This digital archive has been designed to make available to the public certain items from the Polley Music Library that are difficult to find because they are out of print, or do not freely circulate from the other libraries that still have them in their collections, or because Polley Music in the only library that owns them. In addition, certain sound files with historical importance have been archived here.
This project was supported in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the Nebraska Library Commission. Additional funding has been provided by the Lincoln City Libraries. Any future additions to this collection will require new funding sources.
All of the items included here are in public domain, and may be freely downloaded for your personal use. You will need the free Adobe 7 Reader ( or higher) to access the printed material. The sound files are in MP3 format.
The catalog of printed material is arranged alphabetically by the composer, arranger, or author's name. The sound files appear under the name of the performer or group.
Printed Materials
Sound Files
| Lincoln Boys Choir | |
| This performance of the "Statehouse Inscriptions" was given on Mar. 22, 1965 at the Murat Theatre in Indianapolis, Indiana for the 1965 Biennial Meeting of MENC North Central Division. The choir sang under the direction of Hugh Rangeler and was accompanied by Joel Thorson. | |
| Robert Manley | |
| Mr. Manley, a faculty member at the University of Nebraska, is heard here singing "Beautiful Nebraska", the official state song. It was written by Jim Fras and Guy G. Miller. This file was digitized from a cassette recording entitled "Beautiful Nebraska: with songs of the trail and historical narrations". To view a copy of the sheet music for this song, go to www.sos.state.ne.us/state_song_menu.html , the web page for the Nebraska Secretary of State. | |
| Lillian Helms Polley | |
| In 1967, 86-year-old Lillian Helms Polley wrote an essay entitled "The Story of the University School of Music." It was presented to the Lotus Club of Lincoln, and was also published in the Lincoln Journal Star newspaper. Here is Mrs. Polley reading excerpts from that essay. A copy of the written essay is available here, and for more information about Lillian Polley see the Polley Music Library web page. | |
| Winner, South Dakota Girls Quartet | |
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This girls quartet was directed by Orville "Scad" Voss when he was teaching
in Winner, South Dakota. He brought the girls to station KUON-TV in
1955 to perform several songs he arranged for them including
"Goodnight,
Sweetheart, Goodnight", "Mister Sandman", and "Muskat Ramble".
Later Mr. Voss came to Lincoln as a music teacher and was, for many years, a
part of the Lincoln Public Schools System. He is also a professional
performing musician here in Lincoln. A picture of the four girls performing at the station can be viewed here. They are, L to R, Marlene Engel, Myrna Mills, Lavonne Klima, and Sharon Cooper. |
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