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	Historic American Sheet Music - http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/sheetmusic/ The Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University: Major collection of sheet music; digital images of 3042 pieces published in the US, 1850-1920.
	Public Domain Music - http://www.pdmusic.org Midis of public domain favorites.
	Mr. Jack Daniel's Original Silver Cornet Band - http://www.silvercornet.com re-creation of an actual small town band (Lynchburg, Tenn. Pop. 361) at the turn of the century: includes performer biographies, history, discography.
	Cowboy Songs - http://lonehand.com/cowboy_songs.htm A reference library of classic western and cowboy songs.
	Hutchinson Family Singers - http://www.geocities.com/unclesamsfarm/hutchinsons.htm Biographies and portraits of members of this popular vocal group.

	Halcyon Days Music - http://www.halcyondaysmusic.com Midi music collection of early American music of the 19th Century and early 20th Century, complete with scans of sheet music covers and lyrics.
	Southern Horizon - http://www.southern-horizon.com/ This Civil War-era band plays period arrangements on antique instruments.
	Cecil Sharp in America - http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/sharp.htm Article about his tour collecting Appalachian folk music.
	Dr. Horsehair - http://www.drhorsehair.com Recordings and banjo instruction books in the modern-day clawhammer banjo or frailing style and the old-time minstrel banjo stroke style.
	A Short History of Appalachian Traditional Music - http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/appalach.htm Article by Debby McClatchy .

	John Henry - The Steel Driving Man - http://www.ibiblio.org/john_henry/henry.html Analysis of songs featuring the folk hero, including lyrics, sound files, and background.
	Amoskeag Music - http://hometown.aol.com/rkilham/Amoskeag.html Historical musician Bob Kilham recreates the sights and sounds of antebellum America using original or reproduction instruments and primary source music.
	Sons of Dixie - http://www.sonsofdixie.homestead.com/ Information on this vocal quartet who sings songs popular in the American South during the Civil War.
	Till Family Rock Band - http://www.michaeltill.com Brief illustrated history of late-19th-century "rock band" (playing on stone xylophones).
	Spanish-Language Social Music of Southern California - http://www.beardshampoo.com/Loscalifornios/History.html Article about the preservation of the music and dances of 19th Century California.

The Alleghanians - http://www.geocities.com/hfsbook/tahome.htm Full-text biography of the vocal group.

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