A bound collection of illustrated sheet music, most published and sold either in Santiago or Valparaiso. The volume opens with the Canción Nacional de Chile, illustrated with color-printed title page in red and blue. Other works include Ensueño del Jazmin, Habanera (A. Costa); Niña Pancha, Zarzuela (Romea y Valverde); Himno Triunfal dedicado a la Marina y Ejercito Constitucional de Chile por J.B.S.; Lejos de Ti, Habanera;
Many of the sheets published by C. Kirsinger y Cia. or Carlos F. Niemeyer, local Chilean music publishers. Others by European music publishers in France and Germany.
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw the rise of a vibrant music publishing industry in Chile. Social and cultural shifts fostered new musical spaces—salons and gatherings for listening and performance—especially among the upper classes but increasingly accessible to workers and immigrants. This period marked the emergence of music publishers and, later, music stores that offered sheet music, instruments, and related goods. Early publishers included Eustaquio Guzmán in Santiago and Carlos Niemeyer & Inghirami in Valparaíso (est. 1851). By the early 1900s, a network of publishers and music houses spanned the country, including notable firms like Carlos Kirsinger, Carlos Brandt, and Casa Amarilla (founded by Miguel Mateos in the 1910s). Many also embraced new technologies, selling phonographs, player piano rolls, and records. By the 1920s, Chile’s music scene was reshaped by the rise of recording labels and mass media, which transformed music consumption into a driver of broader social change.