19th Century American (Subscribe)
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- Civil War (11)
Links
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.
Cowboy Songs
http://lonehand.com/cowboy_songs.htm
A reference library of classic western and cowboy songs.
Dr. Horsehair
Recordings and banjo instruction books in the modern-day clawhammer banjo or frailing style and the old-time minstrel banjo stroke style.
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://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.
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.
Public Domain Music
Midis of public domain favorites.
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.
Southern Horizon
http://www.southern-horizon.com/
This Civil War-era band plays period arrangements on antique instruments.
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.
The Alleghanians
http://www.geocities.com/hfsbook/tahome.htm
Full-text biography of the vocal group.
Till Family Rock Band
Brief illustrated history of late-19th-century "rock band" (playing on stone xylophones).