As with other artistic creations, including paintings, literature and classic films,
there is a need to preserve neglected American music from the past.
There is also a need to provide accurate details about
music from
earlier America.
A good deal of inaccurate or misleading information
is still being circulated in print and especially on the Internet.
American Music Preservation.com is a website devoted to providing
accurate information and news of recent research and publications.
This site is not a free answering service for locating songs
or recordings. A Search Fee must be charged for any items
that are requested involving considerable research.
General questions may be answered without a fee.
For questions or for those who wish to support in any way
the cause of American music preservation, write to:
American Music Preservation
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Did you know that most people still play CDs rather than use downloads?
According to research done by NPD, two-thirds of music consumers buy only CDs and there are two or three times more CD buyers than those who buy downloads. In fact the research shows the major forms of listening to music is still the AM/FM radio and CDs, NOT music played on a computer.
You can join this consumer audience by ordering CDs
from American Music Prerservation.com
and thus help to also support this site.
One way is to send in a donation and receive the
American Music Preservation Sampler
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Music Topics
Because American music is so vast a subject,
not all of it can be covered on this website.
This is not intended to slight any other music.
They are covered on other websites.
These five areas of vintage music were selected
because it was felt
they were most in need of preservation:
New England Music
Shaker Music
Classical Composers
Film Music
Popular Songs
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American Music Preservation Sampler
20 tracks with over one hour of music.
The CD contains examples from all five areas covered on this web site....
New England Music:
"Psalm 100" (Bay Psalm Book)
"Chester" (William Billings, 2 versions: 1778 & 1786)
"John Brown" & "Battle Hymn of the Republic" [original versions]
"Song of the Old Folks" (tune: Auld Lang Syne) [New England version, 1855)
Shaker Music:
"The Shakers" -- Elder Richard McNemar (ca. 1810)
"Followers of the Lamb" -- Sister Clarissa Jacobs (ca. 1847)
"We Must Be Meek" -- from the singing of Sister Mildred Barker
"Love is Little" -- South Union, Kentucky (1834)
Classical Composers:
"Prelude & Fugue in G minor for organ -- Edwin A. Jones
"Festival Hymn" -- Dudley Buck
"Easter Carol" -- Charles Ives
"Chorale" from NOEL -- George W. Chadwick
Film Music:
THE INFORMER -- Max Steiner
OF MICE AND MEN -- Aaron Copland
THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER -- Bernard Herrmann
GIANT -- Dimitri Tiomkin
Popular Songs:
"For Your Country and My Country" -- Irving Berlin
"Accentuate the Positive" -- Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer
"Dream World" -- Roger Lee Hall
"Thanks for the Memory" -- Leo Robin & Ralph Rainger
This AMP Sampler is available for a donation of $20.00 including shipping,
to help support the mission of American Music Preservation.com
This disc is for non-commercial and educational use only.
To order your copy, write to:
American Music Preservation Sampler
Essential American Recordings Survey
(E.A.R.S.)
In celebration of
the 250th anniversary of the
FIRST SONG WRITTEN BY AN AMERICAN
A survey of recommended recordings
of American music from 1759 to 1959.
To read this survey,
go to:
E.A.R.S.
If you know of a possible publisher or
would like to help fund the publication of
a more detailed description of this E.A.R.S. list,
write to:
American Music Preservation
National Carry A Tune Week
This is a Free Web Survey sponsored by The Tune Lovers Society.
Read about the 9th annual event in 2009,
go to:
National Carry A Tune Week
The lists for this annual event are available at these links:
National Carry A Tune Week 2008
National Carry A Tune Week 2007
National Carry A Tune Week 2006
National Carry A Tune Week 2005
National Carry A Tune Week 2001 - 2004
See the list of composers and songwriters from the past chosen for the
Tunemaker Hall of Fame
Sample Music Files
available at these links...
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Christmas Music From New England

New England Music Archive: Top 40 from the Past

New England Composer Series No. 1: Edwin A. Jones

Singing Stoughton and the Oldest Choral Society in the U.S.

THE STORY OF SIMPLE GIFTS

CD: For the Love of Zion - Shaker Spirituals
"Simplicity" Vocal Quartet
AMP Links
Classical Music
American Composers Web Poll
Leroy Anderson
Leonard Bernstein
Aaron Copland
Edward MacDowell
George Templeton Strong
Film Music
Film Composers and Soundtracks
Film Music Review (online magazine)
Popular Songs
A Century of American Songs, Part One (1759 - 1859)
A Century of American Songs, Part Two (1861 - 1961)
Popular Songwriters and The Great American Songbook
New England Music
New England Composer Series No. 1: Edwin A. Jones
New England Composer Series No. 2: George W. Chadwick
New England Music Archive [NEMA]
Singing Stoughton and the Oldest Choral Society in the U.S.
Other Links
Announcements 2009
Lectures and Workshops
News 2009
PineTree Music
Society for Earlier American Music [SEAM]
Tunemaker Hall of Fame
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