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Ragtime
 Websites presented in alphabetical order American Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals, ca. 1490-1920 
 A collection of "materials relating to ballroom (also called social) dance," including over two hundred social dance manuals. Features antidance manuals, histories, treatises on etiquette, a bibliography, and the essay "How to Read a Dance Manual." Searchable and browsable. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/dihtml/ Topics: Dance, Musical Genres, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Jul 6, 2004 Charles H. Templeton Sheet Music Collection
A searchable collection of sheet music from late 19th century to early 20th century America, divided into the categories of blues, rags, movie and show tunes, foxtrots, popular songs, war songs, minstrel songs, songs of Irving Berlin, and specialty songs. From Mississippi State University Libraries. http://digital.library.msstate.edu/collections/sheetmusic/index.html Topics: Musical Genres Last updated Mar 8, 2009 Fats Waller Forever
"Jazz pianist and organist of extraordinary facile technique and seemingly limitless invention," Fats Waller "perfected and expanded the style known as stride." This site includes essays on Waller's life and music, a discography, photos, and sheet music. Each page is ornamented with sound files of his music. From the Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University Libraries. http://newarkwww.rutgers.edu/ijs/fw/fatsmain.htm Topics: Music, Musical Genres, Musicians, Notable People Last updated Oct 8, 2005 Let It Resound: Sheet Music in the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection
Exhibit of sheet music from the genres of minstrelsy (1830s to 1900s), concert spirituals (1890s to 1940s), ragtime and black musical theater (1890s to 1920s), blues and jazz (1910s to 1950s), and R&B and soul (1950s to 1970s). Includes annotated images of covers and background about selected composers and performers. From the Yale University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/LetItResound/ Topics: Black Resources, Musical Genres Last updated Dec 22, 2008 The MoMI.org: The Museum of Musical Instruments
This site focuses on virtual collections of guitars, mandolins, and musicians of the last two centuries, with photographs, audio files, and beautiful exhibits. Some of the topics are Mark Twain's musicianship, Rita Hayworth's guitar playing in the movie Gilda , and singing cowboys; blond archtop, Dreadnought, and flamenco guitars; and ragtime, movie music, and guitars as works of art. http://www.themomi.org/museum/ Topics: Communities & Groups, Musical Genres, Musical Instruments, Musicians, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History Last updated Apr 27, 2002 New Orleans: The Birthplace of Jazz
This essay from the companion website to "Jazz: A Film by Ken Burns" (a PBS documentary series) discusses the origins of jazz in New Orleans. Includes an audio clip from Wynton Marsalis, images, and links to related essays. http://www.pbs.org/jazz/places/places_new_orleans.htm Topics: Hurricane Katrina, Musical Genres, U.S. History By Place Last updated Sep 15, 2005 "Perfessor" Bill Edwards
This "Professional Purveyor of Pleasingly Pianistic Pyrotechnics" offers a complex site of ragtime history, audio files, sheet music covers, an essay on player and other mechanical pianos (in Resources ), gospel tunes, military anthems ( Recordings , top menu), and more. Fun to explore and a good resource for composer information and lyrics. Pieces by Scott Joplin, Joseph Lamb, James Scott, Artie Matthews, Charles L. Johnson, and Lucky Roberts are among the offerings. http://www.perfessorbill.com/ Topics: Music, Musical Genres Last updated Apr 22, 2002 Ragtime
Presentation on ragtime, "a genre of musical composition for the piano, generally in duple meter and containing a highly syncopated treble lead over a rhythmically steady bass." Features digitized images of sheet music, audio and video clips, essays, artist biographies, interviews, and other material about this musical genre. From the Library of Congress Performing Arts Reading Room. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/ragtime/ Topics: Musical Genres Last updated Jul 31, 2007 The Red Hot Jazz Archive: A History of Jazz Before 1930
Devoted to the early years of jazz music, from its origins "sometime around 1895 in New Orleans" through 1930. Contains brief profiles of musicians, and audio of original recordings. Includes photographs, discographies, filmographies, and essays. Searchable. http://www.redhotjazz.com/ Topics: Musical Genres, Musicians, Photograph Collections Last updated Mar 21, 2006 |
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