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19th-Century California Sheet Music
"A virtual library of some 2,000 pieces of sheet music published in California between 1852 and 1900, together with related materials such as a San Francisco publisher's catalog of 1872, programs, songsheets, advertisements, and photographs."
By Mary Kay Duggan, Dept. of Music; School of Information Management & Systems, University of California, Berkeley.
Accordion Dreams
A film produced and directed by Hector Galan, narrated by Tish Hinojosa
"The arrival of the European button accordion to Texas and its merging with traditional Mexican songs gave birth to an explosive new sound... ACCORDION DREAMS captures this exhilarating musical style featuring yesterday's and today's squeezebox trailblazers."
Sections include: All About Conjunto ; Pioneers/Innovators and Today ; Cultures of Music and Dance ; Amazing Accordion ; Timeline ; Fun Facts & Terms ; About the Film.
PBS Online
AFSCME LaborLinks: Women's Labor History
Sections include: General Links ; Women's Trade Union League ; Mother Jones and Other Women in the Mines ; Women and Labor in the Textile and Garment Industries ; Wobbly Women ; Other Famous Women in Labor History ; Women's Labor Songs - Lyrics.
American Federation of State, Country and Municipal Employees.
Alegria : The Mexican Folklorico Home page
"Site contains links to Los Danzantes de Alegria, Grupo Folklorico Mexico Tenochtitlan, Dance Directory, Calendar of Events, Regional Dances of Mexico, Links to related Sites and a Bulletin Board"
American Folklife Center
American Roots Music
"Travel back through the 20th century to explore the roots of American music...Blues, Country, Bluegrass, Gospel, Cajun, Zydeco, Tejano and Native American."
Sections include: Oral Histories ; Songs & Artists ; Eternal Songs ; Instruments & Innovations ; Behind the Scenes ; Links ; Into the Classroom
PBS Online - October-November 2001
[Cruz, Celia] Smithsonian National Museum of American History
- °Az˙car! : The Life and Music of Celia Cruz
"Celia Cruz became an influential and legendary musical figureóin her native country, her adopted country, and around the world. Listen to examples of her music at different periods of her career and view photos and costumes from throughout her lifetime....The story of Celia Cruz can inspire students of all ages to explore a wide range of subjects, including immigration, history, geography, music theory, music history, and art."
Sections include: Her Life ; Her Music ; Her Dressing Room ; Resources ; Lesson Plans.
[Dylan, Bob] bobdylan.com
Official Bob Dylan homepage.
"...is devoted to the songs, recordings and performances of Bob Dylan. It is sponsored by Columbia Records, Bob Dylan's record label since his first album in 1962 ... Central to bobdylan.com is the catalog of officially released albums and songs. There is a searchable database of Bob Dylan's published lyrics ... Naturally, music is everywhere on bobdylan.com. You'll find samples of every track on every album, plus a growing library of otherwise unreleased live music, studio rarities and other hard-to-find recordings."
- Performances
"otherwise unreleased live recordings of Bob Dylan in concert"
[Dylan, Bob] PBS American Masters - Bob Dylan
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan - A Martin Scorsese Picture
Companion website to the September 2005 PBS broadcast.
Sections include: Additional Footage ; Timeline ; Scorsese Interview ; Influences Map ; Fan Concert Map ; Chronicles Excerpt ; Biographical Essay ; Shop.
[Dylan, Bob] Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum - Inductees 1988 - Bob Dylan
Brief biography and timeline
[Dylan, Bob] Time 100: Artists & Entertainers - Bob Dylan
Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads
The allegro Catalogue of Ballads
"The Bodleian Library has unparalleled holdings of over 30,000 ballads in several major collections. The original printed materials range from the 16th- to the 20th-Century. The Broadside Ballads project makes the digitised copies of the sheets and ballads available to the research community."
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
California Gold: Northern California Folk Music From the Thirties
"...a multi-format ethnographic field collection that includes sound recordings, still photographs, drawings, and written documents from a variety of European ethnic and English- and Spanish-speaking communities in Northern California. The collection comprises 35 hours of folk music recorded in twelve languages representing numerous ethnic groups and 185 musicians."
- American Memory, Library of Congress
[The Carter Family] PBS American Experience - The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Companion website to the TV broadcast.
"...offers insights into American history topics including the Great Depression, Appalachian life and culture, and the birth of the American tradition of country music."
Sections include: The Film & More ; Special Features ; People & Events ; Timeline ; Gallery ; Teacher's Guide.
Country Music Hall of Fame
Homepage of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
Country Music Search Engine
Includes Artist Links ; Clubs ; Festivals ; Sheet Music Lyrics ; Management Production ; Stores ; Musical Instruments ; Publications ; Radio & TV.
[Earle, Steve] Artists Network of Refuse & Resist
"Artists dedicated to creating a Culture of Resistance"
Ethnomusicology Online
Peer-reviewed e-journal
Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier
The Henry Reed Collection
- American Memory, Library of Congress
Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942
"...is a multiformat ethnographic field collection documenting African-American, Arabic, Bahamian, British-American, Cuban, Greek, Italian, Minorcan, Seminole, and Slavic cultures throughout Florida. Recorded by Robert Cook, Herbert Halpert, Zora Neale Hurston, Stetson Kennedy, Alton Morris, and others in conjunction with the Florida Federal Writers' Project, the Florida Music Project, and the Joint Committee on Folk Arts of the Work Projects Administration, it features folksongs and folktales in many languages, including blues and work songs from menhaden fishing boats, railroad gangs, and turpentine camps; children's songs, dance music, and religious music of many cultures; and interviews, also known as "life histories." The online presentation provides access to 376 sound recordings and 106 accompanying materials..."
- American Memory, Library of Congress
Folk Music - An Index to Recorded Resources
Entries total over 50,000
By Jane Keefer
Folk Music of England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and America
"Tunes, Lyrics, Information, Historical Background and Tune Related Links...Folk and Traditional Music and Popular Songs, with Lyrics, Midi, Tune Information and History behind the folksongs and ballads. Irish, British and American Folk Music including Francis J. Child Ballads and Sea Shanties."
By Lesley Nelson
Folkstreams - The Best of American Folklore Films
A National Preserve of Documentary Films about American Roots Cultures
"Streamed with essays about the traditions and filmmaking. The site includes transcriptions, study and teaching guides, suggested readings, and links to related websites."
[Guthrie, Woody] Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum - Inductees 1988 - Woody Guthrie
Brief biography and timeline
[Guthrie, Woody] TheMoMI.org - Museum of Musical Instruments - (dead link)
- Bound For Glory: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie
"...presents the world's first virtual documentary exhibition devoted to Woody Guthrie, one of America's most-loved folk heros [sic]. Bound For Glory: The Life and Times of Woody Guthrie is a comprehensive interactive exhibition that integrates history, music, photographs, essays, poems, letters and drawings to tell the remarkable story of the legendary Woody Guthrie
Guthrie, Woody] Woody Guthrie and the Archive of American Folk: Correspondence, 1940-1950
"...highlights letters between Woody Guthrie and staff of the Archive of American Folk Song (now the Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center) at the Library of Congress. The letters were written primarily in the early 1940s, shortly after Guthrie had moved to New York City and met the Archive's assistant in charge, Alan Lomax."
- American Memory, Library of Congress
[Guthrie, Woody] Woody Guthrie Foundation and Archives
Sections include: Biography ; Research & Archives ; Educational Curriculum ; Projects ; News & Events ; Record and Book Catalogue.
Hebrew Songs
This site is an index of song lyrics which have been transliterated and translated from the Hebrew for the enjoyment of our readers worldwide."
Aura Levin Lipski, Publisher.
Hispano Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande:
The Juan B. Rael Collection, 1940.
"...is an online presentation of a multi-format ethnographic field collection documenting religious and secular music of Spanish-speaking residents of rural Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado...to document alabados (hymns), folk drama, wedding songs, and dance tunes...In addition to these recordings, the collection includes manuscript materials and publications authored by Rael which provide insight into the rich musical heritage and cultural traditions of this region
- American Memory, Library of Congress
Historical Museum of Southern Florida
Explore 10,000 Years of History and Culture in Greater Miami, South Florida and the Caribbean.
I Hear American Singing
"This Web site invites visitors to experience the diversity of American performing arts through the Library of Congress's unsurpassed collections of scores, sheet music, audio recordings, films, photographs, maps, and other materials."
- Performing Arts Reading Room, Library of Congress
International Association for the Study of Popular Music
Jewish National and University Library, Hebrew University
- The National Sound Archives
The Shapell Family Digitization Project
A collection of sounds and music from a variety of Jewish holidays, communities and languages.
- Hanukkah
From the Collections of The National Sound Archives
Kentucky Historical Society
Latin American Music Center (LAMC)
Indian University School of Music
Library of Congress - Performing Arts Reading Room
Lift Every Voice : Music in American Life
Includes: Ballads ; Hymns & Spirituals ; Patriotic Odes ; Minstrels & Musicals ; Protest Songs ; Virginiana ; Audio Clips."
- University of Virginia Library
[Lomax] Alan Lomax (1915-2002)
"...is intended to provide information on Alan Lomax's life, published work, the holdings and ongoing working of the Alan Lomax Archive, Alan's research papers on performance style, and the work of the Association for Cultural Equity."
Max Hunter Folk Song Collection
"...is an archive of almost 1600 Ozark Mountain folk songs, recorded between 1956 and 1976. A traveling salesman from Springfield, Missouri, Hunter took his reel-to-reel tape recorder into the hills and backwoods of the Ozarks, preserving the heritage of the region by recording the songs and stories of many generations of Ozark history."
"Please note: This site is currently under development. We have only a fraction of the entire Collection available at this time."
A joint project of the Southwest Missouri State University Department of Music and the Springfield-Greene County Library in Springfield, Missouri, where the permanent collection is housed.
[Mitchell, Joni] PBS American Masters - Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind (April 2003)
Web companion to the TV broadcast.
Sections include: Feature Essay ; Career Timeline ; Additional Footage ; Filmmaker Interview.
- Lesson Plan: Under Joni Mitchell's Influence (Grades 9-12)
"...examine the concept of influence, and explore how Joni Mitchell and her work have influenced others. Students will have a chance to study, interpret, and enjoy her lyrics by using the Choral Reading method."
Music of Puerto Rico (Spanish or English)
Educational site on music of Puerto Rico; music genres, native instruments; artist biographies with audio clips; history; glossary, search engine, and links to related sites."
- Published by non-profit, Music of Puerto Rico Foundation."
Musical Instruments Described
"Here are definitions/descriptions of a bunch of musical instruments. Most of these are early (i.e. pre-Baroque), non-Western, or obscure, but I've included some that should be familiar to most readers for comparison, because they have an interesting history, because they're mentioned on one of my other pages, or just because I felt like it. Give me enough time and it might grow into an encyclopedia..."
By D. Glenn Arthur, Jr.
National Geographic Online
- Blues Highway Photo Gallery
"Travel the Blues 'Highway' that millions of blacks traversed as they migrated from the South to Chicago through the images of photographer William Albert Allard. See the places and people that keep the blues alive..."
"Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals (1938-1943)
"consists of approximately one hundred sound recordings, primarily blues and gospel songs, and related documentation from the folk festival at Fort Valley State College (now Fort Valley State University), Fort Valley, Georgia. The documentation was created by John Wesley Work III in 1941 and by Lewis Jones and Willis Laurence James in March, June, and July 1943. Also included are recordings made in Tennessee and Alabama (including six Sacred Harp songs) by John Work between September 1938 and 1941. These recording projects were supported by the Library of Congress's Archive of American Folk Song (now the Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center). Song lists made by the collectors, correspondence with the Archive about the trips, and a special issue of the Fort Valley State College student newsletter, The Peachite: Festival Number, are also included. One interesting feature of this collection is the topical rewording of several standard gospel songs to address the wartime concerns of the performers."
- American Memory Project, Library of Congress
PBS - Frontline/World - Belize - The Exile's Song (January 2004)
"Over the course of 400 years, the Garifuna people of Central America's Caribbean coast have evolved a musical tradition that blends the African rhythms of their ancestors with indigenous instrumentation."
PBS - Independent Lens - Strange Fruit (June 2003)
Web companion to the TV broadcast of the independent film by Joel Katz.
"STRANGE FRUIT explores the history and legacy of a song unique in the annals of American music. Best-known from Billie Holiday's haunting 1939 rendition, the song 'Strange Fruit' is a harrowing portrayal of the lynching of a black man in the American South...The film tells a dramatic story of America's past by using one of the most influential protest songs ever written as its epicenter."
- Protest Music
Sections include: Slavery ; Abolitionists and Women's Rights ; The Workers ; The Great Depression ; War, Labor and Race ; Civil Rights and Vietnam ; Anti-Establishment ; Message Music.
The Rap Dictionary
By Patrick Atoon
Rhythmweb
World Percussion and World Rhythms
"Surf rhythmweb for the best on the Web regarding the world of rhythm and percussion based music. We love and listen to jazz, funk, blues, R&B, cajun music, reggae, african pop and folk styles, samba, candomble, you name it..."
Save Our Sounds
A Joint Project of the Smithsonian Institution and the Library of Congress
"The collections include thousands of recordings from every state of the union and include every genre of spoken word and music -- speeches, tales, biographical narrative, poetry, blues, gospel, jazz, folk, ethnic, country, bluegrass and old time, polka and contra, western swing and conjunto, pow wow and sacred song -- providing a documentary aural history of the nation from the late 19th century to the present."
An extraordinary work in progress!
Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM)
Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip
"...is a multiformat ethnographic field collection that includes nearly 700 sound recordings, as well as fieldnotes, dust jackets, and other manuscripts documenting a three-month, 6,502-mile trip through the southern United States...recorded approximately 25 hours of folk music from more than 300 performers. These recordings represent a broad spectrum of traditional musical styles, including ballads, blues, children's songs, cowboy songs, fiddle tunes, field hollers, lullabies, play-party songs, religious dramas, spirituals, and work songs."
American Memory, Library of Congress
Topics in Traditional Irish Music
A general listing, including a section on the origins of Irish traditional music
Union Songs
"For 2 centuries people across the world have built unions. This site documents the songs and poems that they made in the process, union songs. It also includes songs and poems that are being written today, as the process of union building continues."
By Mark Gregory
University of New Hampshire - New Hampshire Library of Traditional Music & Dance
- The Dancing Master, 1651-1728: An Illustrated Compendium
First published in 1651 by John Playford.
"This volume contained the figures and the tunes for 105 English country dances, the first printing of these group social dances that were to dominate Western ballrooms for the next 150 years. The book appeared at a time of great upheaval in England."
By Robert M. Keller
West Indies Piano
Sections include: MIDI / MP3 ; Pianists ; Composers ; Pradel ; Piano ; Rankovich.
By Alain Pierre Pradel, Caribbean composer.
[Lucinda Williams] Lucinda Williams
Official Website
Women's Folk Music Resources
A Musical Romp Through Women's History
"Site includes lyrics and historical notes for woman-positive folksongs, bibliographies, discographies, even an annotated list of 200+ recorded songs and compilations related to domestic violence/sexual assault."
By Gerri Gribi
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