The resources listed below fall generally into four categories: music history sites, collections of sheet music or lyrics, online reference works such as a discography, or pages with significant examples of music in the genre noted. This content is provided with the intent of assisting in the study of American Musical History. Please be mindful of copyright laws and use these resources appropriately.
Flanders Ballad Collection Broadside/Song Sheet Index
African-American Sheet Music, 1850-1920
Arthur Murray Dictionary of Dance [look up all of those Latin dance styles!]
Hispano Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande
Mundo Latino Cultura: Musica: Archivos de Sonido
Doc Wilson's Ultimate Master Ragtime Midi Index Page
Irwin's Ragtime/Stride/Novelty MIDI Web Site
Ragtime MIDI Files by Warren Trachtman
19th Century California Sheet Music
Cajun & Zydeco Music for Listening [Caution! Plays music upon arrival!]
California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties
Southern Mosaic...Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip
Voices from the Dust Bowl, 1940-1941
All Time Favorite Gospel Music Lyrics
Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame
Sheet Music Archive - William Billings
The Southern Harmony and Music Companion
George
Gershwin Fan Site Biography and
Midi Files
Scott Joplin International Ragtime Foundation
Harry Partch Archive [Incomplete site; see pictures of instruments]
Harry Partch Information Center
Edgard VareseAmerica Singing: Nineteenth-Century Song Sheets
American Sheet Music, 1870-1885
Historic American Sheet Music, 1850-1920
Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music, 1780-1960
19th Century American Sheet Music
Popular Songs in American History [Caution! Plays music upon arrival!]
Sheet Music about Lincoln, Emancipation and the Civil War
Sound Recordings/American Variety Stage, 1913-1927
Chronological Subject Guide to American Popular Music, 1900 to 1950
Folk Music Index [discography]
Lied and Art Songs Composers [pick out the Americans to see their lyrics]Mudcat Cafe DigiTrad Lyrics Search [blues, folk]
Music Heritage Network Instrument Encyclopedia
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