Home >> Arts >> Music >> History >> 19th Century American   Civil War Minstrel Shows   Negro Spirituals Shape Note Hymns       Foster, Stephen Collins   Mason, Lowell     Halcyon Days Music 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 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 This Civil War-era band plays period arrangements on antique instruments. Public Domain Music Midis of public domain favorites. Popular Songs in American History (from Colonial Times to 1900) Lyrics, Historical Information, MIDIs, Tune-Related Links. American Popular Music before 1900 An extensive annotated link list. Includes both 19th and 18th century popular music. Amoskeag Music Historical musician Bob Kilham recreates the sights and sounds of ante-bellum America using original or reproduction instuments and primary source music. Dr. Horsehair Recordings and banjo instruction books in the modern-day clawhammer banjo or frailing style and the old-time minstrel banjo stroke style. Cowboy Songs A reference library of classic western and cowboy songs. Hutchinson Family Singers Biographies and portraits of members of this popular vocal group.
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