Massachusetts music
Music from Stoughton
Lectures and Workshops
 
 
 

   

 

Music in Massachusetts

 


[MAJESTY by William Billings, 1778]

 


 

 

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Jubilee 350 Festival: Musick in Old Boston

Composers born in Massachusetts
before 1920



Stoughton-born composer, Supply Belcher (1751-1836)

 

List of composers born or were active in Massachusetts,
arranged alphabetically by city or town (click on the links for more):

Number of composers listed = 62 in 40 citities and towns

--List compiled by music preservationist, Roger Lee Hall

 





For recordings of music by some of the composers listed above,
click on these links:

American Music Recordings Collection (AMRC)

The New England Harmony

Singing Stoughton
(home of America's oldest choral society)

 

 

 

 

 

Multimedia DVD:

"Land of Our Hearts" -
Singing New Englanders:
From Pilgrims to Patriots

 

 

 

Benjamin Franklin and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

 

The year 2006 marked the 300th anniversary
of the birth of Franklin (1706-1790)
and
the 250th anniversary
of the birth of Mozart (1756-1791)

Read more -- click here

 

 

 

First U.S. performances by...

 

 

First performances of music by European composers
in Massachusetts:

 

First Performances of Beethoven's Music in 19th Century Boston

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Franz Joseph Haydn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

 

 

 

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

 

 

 

Additional Resources

 

New England Song Series No. 1:
BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC

New England Song Series No. 3:
JINGLE BELLS

New England Song Series No. 4:
SIMPLE GIFTS

New England Song Series No. 5:
SONG OF THE OLD FOLKS

New England Song Series No. 6:
FATHER AND I WENT DOWN TO CAMP

 

 

Read about early music from a Massachusetts town
with the oldest surviving choral society

click here

 

Are you interested in a music program for your organization or school? Then look at the list of

Music Lectures and Workshops

Read about early music in the United States at the

American Music Timeline - Part One: 1620-1818

American Music Timeline - Part Two: 1820-1920


 

 

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