1904 Consolidated Sheet Music Catalogue No. 1 Trade Catalog

Consolidated Sheet Music Catalogue Co. (New York) and Matthews & Sons Music Department (Brooklyn). Consolidated Sheet Music Catalogue No. 1, April 1904. New York: 40 West 28th St., 1904. Original pulp paper catalog featuring Art Nouveau typography and period illustration of figure examining sheet music. Published quarterly ("Every Three Months") as a distributor's catalog of popular music. Notable contents include extensive advertisement for "It Was Summer-time in Dixieland" by Edwin Kendall with complete chorus score, claims of nationwide performance "from Maine to California," and sales projections exceeding one million copies. Additional content includes Ditson Half Dollar Series offerings, The Geo. B. Jennings Co. (Cincinnati) advertisement, and Jos. Morris (Philadelphia) song listings with pricing. Significant as documentation of early 20th-century music industry marketing networks, demonstrating regional publishing partnerships, pricing structures, and distribution channels during the peak of the sheet music era. A rare surviving example of ephemeral trade literature, with particular value for studying period music retail practices across multiple urban centers including New York, Brooklyn, Cincinnati, and Philadelphia.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​