This article highlights the pluralism of American music. David Nicholls traces the development of American music from the end of the 19th century and investigates its nature of inclusivity, its early melding of indigenous, African American, and European influences, and its journey to establish this multiplicity.
This radio and television show chronicles various lives of different people in America. Each episode relates several personal anecdotes that focus on a central theme in an attempt to capture the experiences, both serious and humorous, of living in America. Archives of the radio show and short YouTube clips of the television show are available on this site.
This Web site hosts several music games for children of all ages, including “Musical Sketch Pads” and “Rhythm Band.” Both games involve selecting instruments and placing notes on a blank page, thus composing songs that can be played on the computer after their completion.
The Web site provides an overview of Western music history, biographies of seventy composers, and a large glossary of musical terms. The definitions are searchable by letter, and each defines the term while some also give sound examples.
In 2000, NPR chose the top 100 musical works from the 20th century from many genres. This Web site contains audio clips about the decision-making process as well as clips of the radio stories that aired on the 100 chosen works.
In this short video, Gabriela Lena Frank talks about her early interest in music. She discusses how, through music, she negotiates her dual identities, American and Latin American, and the parallel of this intersection to her mixing of classical and folkloric music.
This Web site provides a biography of Louis Gruenberg and a list of his works. It is part of a large music publisher’s Web site that has many resources on other musicians.
This Web site provides a biography of Gabriela Lena Frank, lists her other works, and offers one listening sample. It is part of a large music publisher’s Web site that has many resources on other musicians.
As part of the The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Digital Gallery, this Web site contains images of Griffes, facsimiles of his sheet music, and a few of his landscape drawings.
This Web site profiles the musician Charles Tomlinson Griffes. It is part of a larger PBS site, I Hear America Singing, that provides a look at American history and music under the link “Overview,” as well as information about many other American composers, a songbook, and a discussion forum that asks specific questions about defining American music.
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This article highlights the pluralism of American music. David Nicholls traces the development of American music from the end of the 19th century and investigates its nature of inclusivity, its early melding of indigenous, African American, and European influences, and its journey to establish this multiplicity.
The Web site provides an overview of Western music history, biographies of seventy composers, and a large glossary of musical terms. The definitions are searchable by letter, and each defines the term while some also give sound examples.
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