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Established in 1998 and on the web for more than 25 years!
Helping to make American music come alive again!
The Center for American Music Preservation (CAMP) was established in 1998 to help preserve historical American music
from the past so it will survive into the future.
The focus has been on American vocal music (classical, folk, popular) mainly from the 18th century to the 20th century.
Some instrumental music is also included.
Are you a musician, historian, student, teacher, or someone interested in American music?
Your support is needed to help keep this free educational website available.
If you are unable to offer any finacnial support,please mention this website whem appropriate.
These are the five main topic areas on this CAMP website:
No. 1: CLASSICAL MUSIC
American Composers: From The Colonial Era To Our Time
Earlier American Composers: A Survey in Sound
No. 2: COMMUNAL MUSIC
Music of the American Shakers - Resources and Recordings
A Sampling of American Communal Hymns
No. 3: FILM MUSIC
Film Music Review e-zine
No. 4: NEW ENGLAND MUSIC
Singing Stoughton - home of America's Oldest Choral Society, founded in 1786
No. 5: POPULAR SONGS
American Song History, 1759-1959
Popular Songs - From The Civil War To The Cold War, 1860s-1960sNo. 6: RECORDED MUSIC
American Music Recordings Collection (AMRC)
American Music Recordings Archive (AMRA)
A Musical Celebration of the
250th Anniversary of The American Revolution!
Help celebrate this historic event with music
William Billings - Father of American Choral Music
Four American Patriotic Songs (texts and audio exmaples)
Yankee Doodle - An American Song Treasury, 1620-1920 (AMRC CD 0009)
Watch this program:
"More Than Yankee Doodle -
Songs of Patriotism and Protest in the American Revolution"presented by American music preservationist, Roger Lee Hall
at the Colonial Society of Massachusettsnow available on YouTube
The Father of American Choral Music
Read about the first major American composer, William Billings -- here
Also available
from the American Music Recordings Collection
Best of William Billings (AMRC CD)
Your support is needed to help support the Center for American Music Preservation (CAMP) in itsongoing work to provide information and recordings of music from earlier America.
Please consider ordering music from any of these limited edition recordings
Classical music
AMERICAN PLACES - Musical Travels
Choral music
New updated version
"Yankee Doodle" - An American Song Treasury, 1620-1920
Communal folk music
Gentle Words - A Shaker Music Sampler
Film music
Popular music
"Glory, Hallelujah" - Songs and Hymns of the Civil War Era
Recorded music
"We Gather Together" - Treasures of Earlier American Song
See the list of 60 music collections by musicologist, Roger Lee Hall
available at
Music from the town where the oldest suerviving choral society is located
TEN TOWN TUNES: Music From Stoughton, 1770-1990
New ebooks by Roger Lee Hall
Now available in a new expanded 2nd illustrated edition with audio of the title song available as a free bonus
"FREE AS THE BREEZE" - A Songwriter's Joys and Sorrows (2025)
Read about the songs which made an impact on his life and music career illustrated with many pictures
"GENTLE PEACE" - Songs For Survival (2023)
Read about the early promotion of Elvis in Cleveland in 1955
and also in 1956 with his TV appearances
and first movie, LOVE ME TENDER,
in an ebook with over 100 illustrations, some never before shown
"Good Rockin' Tonight" - Elvis Presley, Bill Randle and The Rise of a Music Legend (2025)
See the complete list of 10 memoir volumes by Roger Lee Hall at
Music Webinars Presented in 2026 by Roger Lee Hall, CAMP Director
Celebrate the 100th anniversary of the genesis of a screen legend and
the 70th anniversary of the New York TV debut of the original KING KONG in 1956!'A Century of King Kong: Examining a Cinematic Legacy' Webinar
2 March 2026
To read about it and sign up -- go here
Learn about the National 1956 TV debut!
'Bill Randle, Elvis Presley & the Night That Changed Rock Forever' Webinar
28 January 2026
Read about it -- here
A music collection of Americana
"My Shaker Home" - A Celebration of Shaker Music in Our Time
Religious American communal music
written by Shaker Sisters from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries -- click here
Treasures of Earlier American Music
Music refines the taste, purifies the heart,
and elevates our nature.
It does more:
it soothes in sorrow, tranquillizes in passion,
and wears away the irritabilities of life.
It intensifies love,
it fires the patriotism,
and makes the altar of our devotion burn
with a purer, holier flame.--W.W. Hall, M.D.
Hall's Journal of Health for 1862To inquire about joining the T.E.A.M. as a historian, musician, researcher, music student, interested individual -- click here
See the T.E.A.M. recordings available -- click here
Click the links to go to these topics on this website
Classical MusicAmerican Music Recordings Collection (AMRC)
Shaker Music
Shaker Music - Resources and Research
Popular Songs
Bravo, Bing! (Bing Crosby)
Early Elvis (Elvis Presley)
Sammy Cahn (Oscar-winning lyricist)
Music in Old New England
Singing Stoughton and the Oldest Choral Society in the U.S.A.
Music in American Films
Other Links:
American Music Timeline, Part One - 1620-1818American Music Timeline, Part Two - 1820-1920
Essential American Recordings Survey (EARS), 1759-1959
PineTree Music Music Editions (PTME)
A Few Other Recommended Websites
International Center For American Music (ICAMus)- Aloma Bardi, Founder/President
ICAMus - The International Center for American Music promotes knowledge and appreciation of American music and music making in the US.
The Center maintains an inclusive orientation towards musical life in the United States, from its beginning to contemporary time.Significant attention is devoted to Early American Music.
The Organization focuses on the study of musical sources, and on the unity and integration of research, teaching,
performance, and experimentation.
Society for American Music (SAM) - Web Resources
The mission of the Society for American Music (SAM) is to stimulate the appreciation, performance, creation and study
of American musics of all eras and in all their diversity, including the full range of activities and institutions associated
with these musics throughout the world.
Contact for CAMP
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