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Arts: Music: History: 19th Century American (26)
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Civil War (11)
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Foster, Stephen Collins@ (13)
Mason, Lowell@ (9)

Web Sites

Historic American Sheet Music - http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/sheetmusic/
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.

Status Code: 301 - Location: http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/hasm/
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A Short History of Appalachian Traditional Music - http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/sheetmusic/
Article by Debby McClatchy .

Status Code: 200
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Amoskeag Music - http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/sheetmusic/
Historical musician Bob Kilham recreates the sights and sounds of antebellum America using original or reproduction instruments and primary source music.

Status Code: 200
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Cecil Sharp in America - http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/sheetmusic/
Article about his tour collecting Appalachian folk music.

Status Code: 200
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Cowboy Songs - http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/sheetmusic/
A reference library of classic western and cowboy songs.

Status Code: 200
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Dr. Horsehair - http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/sheetmusic/
Recordings and banjo instruction books in the modern-day clawhammer banjo or frailing style and the old-time minstrel banjo stroke style.

Status Code: 200
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Halcyon Days Music - http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/sheetmusic/
Midi music collection of early American music of the 19th Century and early 20th Century, complete with scans of sheet music covers and lyrics.

Status Code: 200
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Hutchinson Family Singers - http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/sheetmusic/
Biographies and portraits of members of this popular vocal group.

Status Code: 200
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John Henry - The Steel Driving Man - http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/sheetmusic/
Analysis of songs featuring the folk hero, including lyrics, sound files, and background.

Status Code: 200
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Public Domain Music - http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/sheetmusic/
Midis of public domain favorites.

Status Code: 200
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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.

Status Code: 301 - Location: http://sonsofdixie.homestead.com/
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Southern Horizon - http://www.sonsofdixie.homestead.com/
This Civil War-era band plays period arrangements on antique instruments.

Status Code: 200
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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.

Status Code: 200 - Location: http://www.beardshampoo.com/Loscalifornios/History.html
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The Alleghanians - http://www.beardshampoo.com/Loscalifornios/History.html
Full-text biography of the vocal group.

Status Code: 200
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Till Family Rock Band - http://www.beardshampoo.com/Loscalifornios/History.html
Brief illustrated history of late-19th-century "rock band" (playing on stone xylophones).

Status Code: 200
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