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Below are some useful links about 19th Century American on History - Music - Arts - :
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Civil War (10) Foster, Stephen Collins (13) |
Mason, Lowell (8) Minstrel Shows (15) |
Negro Spirituals (8) Shape Note Hymns (25) |
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Historic American Sheet Music - http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/hasm/
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. |
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Public Domain Music - http://www.pdmusic.org
Midis of public domain favorites. |
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Cowboy Songs - http://lonehand.com/cowboy_songs.htm
A reference library of classic western and cowboy songs. |
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Cecil Sharp in America - http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/sharp.htm
Article about his tour collecting Appalachian folk music. |
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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. |
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Southern Horizon - http://www.southern-horizon.com/
This Civil War-era band plays period arrangements on antique instruments. |
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A Short History of Appalachian Traditional Music - http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/appalach.htm
Article by Debby McClatchy . |
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American Music Preservation - http://www.americanmusicpreservation.com
Robert Lee Hall includes articles on several aspects of American music. |
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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. |
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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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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. |
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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. |
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Till Family Rock Band - http://www.michaeltill.com
Brief illustrated history of late-19th-century "rock band" (playing on stone xylophones). |
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