books in the library bibliography

Alfred, Scholes, Percy. Oxford companion to music. London: Oxford UP, 1970.

Bernstein, Burton, and Barbara Haws. Leonard Bernstein American Original. New York: Collins, 2008.

Bordman, Gerald Martin. American musical theatre a chronicle. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2000.

Elmer, Howard. Blues its birth and growth. New York: Rosen Pub. Group, 1999.

Folklore an encyclopedia of beliefs, customs, tales, music, and art. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO, 1997.

Foxfire 4 water systems, fiddle making, logging, gardening, sassafras tea, wood carving, and further affairs of plain living. Garden City, N.Y: Anchor Books, 1977.

Gerald, Abraham,. Concise Oxford history of music. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1985.

Great lives from history. Pasadena, Calif: Salem, 2006. Print.

Great Lives from History The 19th Century 1801-1900 (Great Lives from History). New York: Salem, 2006. Print.

Jay., Grout, Donald. History of Western music. New York: W. W. Norton, 1973.

Kaplan, Phillip J. Best, worst & most unusual Hollywood musicals. New York: Beekman House, Distributed by Crown, 1983.

Krull, Kathleen, Alessandra Balzer, and Stephen Alcom. Book of Rock Stars, The 24 Musical Icons That Shine Through History. New York: Hyperion, 2003.

Marsalis, Wynton, and Geoffrey C. Ward. Moving to Higher Ground How Jazz Can Change Your Life. New York: Random House, 2009.

Michael, Hurd,. Oxford junior companion to music. London: Oxford UP, 1979.

Myers, Walter Dean. Blues journey. New York: Holiday House, 2003.

Norton/Grove concise encyclopedia of music. New York: W.W. Norton, 1988.

Penguin encyclopedia of popular music. London, England: Penguin Books, 1990.

Powell, John. Great Events from History The 18th Century-Vol. 2. New York: Salem, 2006. Print.

Powell, John. Great Events from History The 19th Century 1801-1900 (Great Events from History). New York: Salem, 2006. Print.


Publishing, DK. Eyewitness Music (Eyewitness Books). New York: DK CHILDREN, 2000.

Ray, Spangenburg,. Literature and the arts. New York: Facts On File, 1997.

Stambler, Irwin. Encyclopedia of pop, rock & soul. New York: St. Martin's, 1977.

Vigna, Giuseppe. Jazz and its history. Hauppauge, N.Y: Barron's, 1999.

My topic is popular music in the 18^th and 19^th centuries. I would like to find out how popular music may have spread, especially before the invention of the phonograph. I also would like to learn about the musical instruments used and how they evolved into what they are now. Popular songs also interest me, and what genres of music they were in. Most likely not all of this can be in my paper, but I’m not quite sure where I want to go with my paper just yet. I think it would be very interesting to see how music from the 18^th and 19^th centuries has affected all types of music today. I would also like to find out who shaped this music and who popular composers, musicians, and singers were, and if and how people got to know about them and how people heard their songs. Even though I am not musical at all, I love listening to many different types of music, and I think it would be interesting to see if the music I listen to today has been influenced by music in the past. I would really like to learn about the different types of music and musical instruments in the different regions of the country. It would also be interesting to find any overlap between the regions. I am dedicated to learning and writing my paper about the popular music in the 18^th and 19^th century, how it evolved, and how it may affect music today.

The Music of Early America

Popular Music During The 18th Century

	The White Cockade - 1796
	Over The Hills and Far Away
	Katy Cruel
	Nancy Dawson
	Patriotic Diggers
	I’m Seventeen
	Billy Boy
	Black Is The Color of My True Love’s Hair
	Speed the Plow
	Pioneers' March
	Paddy Whack

John Knowels Paine (1839-1906) American

John Knowles Paine was born in 1839 in Portland, Maine. He came from a musically talented family. Under the tutelage of Herman Kotzchmar, Paine studied organ, piano and harmony. He later went to Germany to study composition and counterpoint. In 1875 he became a professor of music at Harvard University, and was the first professor of music and the first American to write a symphony in the United States.