Knowledge: 19th century american
Links
- Halcyon Days Music
http://www.halcyondaysmusic.com - Midi music collection of early American music of the 19th Century and early 20th Century, complete with scans of sheet music covers and lyrics.
- Historic American Sheet Music
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/sheetmusic/ - The Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University: Major collection of sheet music; digital images of 3042 pieces published in the US, 1850-1920.
- Southern Horizon
http://www.southern-horizon.com/ - This Civil War-era band plays period arrangements on antique instruments.
- Public Domain Music
http://www.pdmusic.org - Midis of public domain favorites.
- Amoskeag Music
http://hometown.aol.com/rkilham/Amoskeag.html - Historical musician Bob Kilham recreates the sights and sounds of antebellum America using original or reproduction instruments and primary source music.
- Dr. Horsehair
http://www.drhorsehair.com - Recordings and banjo instruction books in the modern-day clawhammer banjo or frailing style and the old-time minstrel banjo stroke style.
- Cowboy Songs
http://lonehand.com/cowboy_songs.htm - A reference library of classic western and cowboy songs.
- Hutchinson Family Singers
http://www.geocities.com/unclesamsfarm/hutchinsons.htm - Biographies and portraits of members of this popular vocal group.
- John Henry - The Steel Driving Man
http://www.ibiblio.org/john_henry/henry.html - Analysis of songs featuring the folk hero, including lyrics, sound files, and background.
- Sons of Dixie
http://www.sonsofdixie.homestead.com/ - Information on this vocal quartet who sings songs popular in the American South during the Civil War.
- Mr. Jack Daniel's Original Silver Cornet Band
http://www.silvercornet.com - re-creation of an actual small town band (Lynchburg, Tenn. Pop. 361) at the turn of the century: includes performer biographies, history, discography.
- A Short History of Appalachian Traditional Music
http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/appalach.htm - Article by Debby McClatchy .
- Cecil Sharp in America
http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/sharp.htm - Article about his tour collecting Appalachian folk music.
- Till Family Rock Band
http://www.michaeltill.com - Brief illustrated history of late-19th-century "rock band" (playing on stone xylophones).
- Spanish-Language Social Music of Southern California
http://www.beardshampoo.com/Loscalifornios/History.html - Article about the preservation of the music and dances of 19th Century California.
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