Music in New England

This section features information about some of the earliest music
written or performed in the United States of America.

Included are the oldest choral society in the U.S.A.
and
the best known Shaker song
from the oldest continuing relgious communal society in the U.S.A.

This New England section includes unjustly forgotten music and musicians,
and familiar music in original editions.

All the items listed below were researched and written
by Roger Hall, Director of the New England Music Archive.

Read a newspaper story about Mr. Hall's preservation work on behalf of

Saving Local Music

If you have an item of interest dealing with New England music from the past,
please read the Guidelines page before submitting it.

You can help support this unjustly neglected music by joining the new

Society For Earlier American Music

Christmas Music in New England

Massachusetts Composers

New England Music Archive [NEMA]

New England Songster

New England Choral Sampler:
From The Pilgrims To Peace

Singing Stoughton:
The Oldest Choral Society in the U.S.
with Timeline of Key Events

New England Composer Series

No. 1: Edwin A. Jones

No. 2: George W. Chadwick

New England Song Series

Song Series No. 1:

BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC: Origins of a Civil War Song

Song Series No. 2:

True Story of GOIN' HOME

Song Series No. 3:

ONE HORSE OPEN SLEIGH:
The Story of JINGLE BELLS

Song Series No. 4:

THE STORY OF 'SIMPLE GIFTS':
Joseph Brackett's Shaker Dance Song

Song Series No. 5:

SONG OF THE OLD FOLKS:
Father Kemp and Auld Lang Syne

Essential American Recordings

To read the survey in four sections,
click on this link to the
Eessential American Recordings Survey [EARS]

See the available programs on New England music at

Lectures and Workshops

First U.S. performances of music by...

Franz Joseph Haydn in Massachusetts

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Massachusetts

Felix Mendelssohn in Massachusetts

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