Snow White Sheet Music

With the general release of the movie in 1938, the public was simply enthralled with Snow White and just couldn't get enough. One of the ways in which they sustained the enchantment was through the Frank Churchill and Larry Morey songs--that is, in the purchase of sheet music.

Sheet music was to folks in 1938 what CDs and mp3 downloads are in today's world. When people heard a song they liked, they'd run out to buy the songbook in order to learn to play and sing it themselves. Snow White sheet music sold like hotcakes.

 "One Song" Sheet Music (1937). Publisher Irving Berlin, Inc. New York. Images courtesy of RareLibrary.com. Used with Permission.

Sheet music--usually for vocal with piano accompaniment--also had symbols for guitar and chords for ukulele and banjo too. Sold as individual songs (3 pages) or the entire set of eight songs (16 pages).

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Above:"Song Selection" Sheet Music, 16 pages (1937). Below: "Heigh-Ho", 3 pages (1938). Publisher Allan & Co. Ltd., Melbourne, Australia. Images courtesy of DaCapo Music. Used with Permission

"Some Day My Prince..." Sheet Music, 3 pages (1937). Publisher Bourne Music Publishing Co. Image courtesy of judibird. Used with permission.

"I'm Wishing" Sheet Music, 3 pages (1937). Publisher Irving Berlin, Inc. New York. Image courtesy of Fire Monkey Fish. Creative Commons License.

"Whistle While You Work" Sheet Music, 3 pages (1937). Publisher Irving Berlin, Inc. New York. Image courtesy of FindArt.

"With A Smile and a Song" Sheet Music, 3 pages (1937). Publisher Bourne Music Publishing Co. 

"The Dwarf Yodel Song" Sheet Music, 3 pages (1937). Irving Berlin, Inc. Image courtesy of cosmictradingcompany. Used with Permission.

A music sheet book from the UK with the complete set of songs...

 Piano Selection Sheet Music (1937). Chappell and Company, Inc. London. Image courtesy of CollectingCollectibles.com. Used with Permission.