sheet music covers

Notation page sleeves

Sheet music covers are the decorative front pages of published sheet music, typically featuring illustrated artwork, typography, and the song's title, composer, and performer.

Before album art existed, these covers served as the primary visual marketing for popular songs.

Vintage sheet music covers from the late 19th and early 20th centuries are now collectible, prized for their graphic design and as artifacts of musical and cultural history.

Related

songbook · popular song · lithograph · artwork · typography · parlor · framed print · frame · yellowed · composer · portrait · romantic · Victorian · collectible · antique · decorative · printing · performer

Opposites
visual vs. auditory content

sheet music coversmusical notation

System for writing music

musical score · audio recordings · musical performance · sound recordings

exterior vs. interior

sheet music coverslyric sheets

Printed song text

back matter

visual representation vs. content

sheet music coversmusical notation

System for writing music

the score · lyrics

Family

sheet, sheets, sheeting, sheeted, music, musical, musically, musician, musicians

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G