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Music and the American Experience Internet Resources

The River of Song Project

http://www.pbs.org/riverofsong/project/

The Mississippi: River of Song is a Smithsonian Institution series for public television and radio that explores the richness and vitality of American music at the close of the twentieth century.

The 1920’s

http://www.louisville.edu/~kprayb01/1920s-Arts-home&music.html

This site aims to raise awareness about an amazing time in history, and to serve as a guide to the best sites on the web devoted to aspects of the 1920s. Click on the Music links to see biograhies of great american musicians of the time.

The Civil War Music Site

http://www.civilwarmusic.net

This site has song lyrics, fife tunes, and a brief history of brass bands and the importance of music during the Civil War. Photos of some of the regiment brass bands are also available.

Historic American Sheet Music: 1850-1920

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/ncdhtml/hasmhome.html

This site contains American sheet music between 1850 and 1920, including an overview and summary of the collection and the ability to search by title, words, and name.

Stephen Foster Songs

http://stephen-foster-songs.de

This “Music-Archive” gives an alphabetical listing of Foster’s songs. Once the song is clicked on, the tune is downloaded easily. Photos of song sheets and texts of lyrics are also included.

Popular American songs of the Nineteenth Century

http://stephen-foster-songs.de/Archiv01.htm

All of the familiar melodies of the 1800’s are here, with text and MIDI files.

Chapter 12 “Sounding” From Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain http://www.mastertexts.com/Twain_Mark/Life_on_the_Mississippi/Chapter00012.htm

This is Mark Twain’s description of sounding techniques.

Samuel Clemen’s Steamboat Career-Glossary of Sounding Terms

http://www.twainquotes.com/Steamboats/Glossary.html

So what does “mark twain” mean, anyway?

A Paul Revere Virtual Museum

http://www.cvesd.k12.ca.us/finney/paulvm/_welcomepv.html

This is a great site, with many cross-curricular possibilities.

The American Experience: Edison’s Miracle of Light

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/edison/sfeature/songs.html

Lift Every Voice: Music in American Life

http://www.lib.virginia.edu/speccol/exhibits/music/overview.html

Songs and images related to the African American struggle for freedom.

American Music History from Yahooligans

http://www.yahooligans.com/arts_and_entertainment/music/History/

A directory of many sites related to American Music.