Hidden in Plain Sight: Musical Treasures in the Penn Library Curated by Marjorie Hassen Otto E. Albrecht Music Library University of Pennsylvania

Paul Dresser, 1856-1906 Paul Dresser, the brother of the novelist Theodore Dreiser, published about 50 songs, most of which were sentimental ballads. He is best known for On the Banks of the Wabash (the Indiana State Song), first published in 1897, and My Gal Sal (1905). Dresser served as a staff composer for Willis Woodward Co. before helping to found the George T. Worth Co. in 1894. He opened his own publishing firm in 1901, Howley, Haviland, & Dresser, which was subsequently the principal publisher of his songs. Paul Dresser, 1856-1906 On the Banks of the Wabash New York: Richmond-Robbins, 1922 In: Theodore Dreiser Papers Ms. Coll. 30, Box 410

Table of Contents Introduction Manuscript Collections: Institutions Manuscript Collections: Individuals Sheet Music Images Conducting Scores Music Manuscripts: 15th-18th Centuries Music Manuscripts: 19th & 20th Centuries Landmarks of Music Theory

Paul Dresser, 1856-1906
Would I Were a Child Again
Autograph Manuscript, 1905
In: Theodore Dreiser Papers
Ms. Coll. 30, Box 440, Folder 13925