Music
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Jazz in America
Visit the jazz resources section where one can find images, artists' biographies, a timeline, music files and a history of jazz education.
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NEA : Jazz In The Schools
A website meant for teachers and their students who want to learn about the origins of Jazz music in the United States through lessons, audio-files, artists' biographies and a timeline.
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UVa Library: Exhibits: Lift Every Voice
A digital collection which documents the history of music in the United States.
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Online Library
Comprehensive database containing works of composers and media samples.
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NewMusicBox
Articles and profiles of American composers and musicians.
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Playbill Vault: The Largest Broadway Database on the Internet
An online collection of some 582,000 records and Broadway shows associated with Playbill, starting with the 1930-31 season.
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Folk Music Index
Online bibliographic database that compiles citations of print and recorded sources for folk music, with a focus on North American and Anglo folk traditions.
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Birthplace of Country Music
A portal for the Birthplace of Country Music Alliance (BCNA), a nonprofit organization that seeks to preserve and promote the heritage of country music in the twin cities of Bristol, Tenn., and Bristol, Va., and in its surrounding regions.
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National Jukebox: Historical Recordings from the Library of Congress
Access to historical sound recordings, consisting of about 10,000 Victor label recordings produced between 1901 and 1925, including repertoire from popular, folk, and operatic idioms, and a digital interactive version of the 1919 edition of the Victrola Book of the Opera.
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