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Auction History Result 1x029 SIGNAL FROM MARS sheet music 1901 by E.T. Paull, wonderful art of Martians watching Earth! Date Sold 11/5/2017 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Sheet Music (measures 10 1/2" x 13 3/4" [27 x 35 cm]; 8 pages) (Learn More) A Signal From Mars, the 1901 Raymond Taylor science fiction (sci-fi) fantasy sheet music ("March and Two Step") featuring art of Martians watching the Earth though a telescope! Note that this sheet music was written by Edward Taylor Paull (E.T. Paull). He got his start in 1894 with "The Chariot Race or Ben-Hur March", and he went on to write a long series of marches, and he self published the sheet music for them, all of which had wonderful five-color covers, which he designed himself! He was most prolific in the late 1890s, but he continued writing and publishing marches through 1924, when he passed away, and one was published in 1926 after his passing. This sheet music was his only science fiction or fantasy related composition, and it apparently sold really well, so we are not sure why he did not do any others. It seems that it would surely have been one of the very first science fiction/fantasy stories dealing with Martians living on Mars, and we don't know if Mr. Paull originated the concept, or if he adapted someone else's concept, and we also don't know if this was ever made into a story, book, movie, or was used in any other media. If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here. Important Added Info: Note that this sheet music is for the song "A Signal From Mars (March and Two Step)". Condition: fair to good. The sheet music is extremely fragile and there are tears, stains, and tiny paper loss around the edges, with a 5" tear in the lower right of the cover. One of the interior pages has some small paper loss. I would think the main interest to any collector would be the wonderful cover, and certainly, that could either be framed as it is, or it could easily be backed and then framed. However, please bear in mind this item's significant defects before bidding on it. Learn More about condition grades 
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