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Benjamin Franklin invents the Glass Harmonica
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Star Spangled Banner
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Trail of Tears
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Jenny Lind U.S. tour
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Gottschalk’s “The Banjo”
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Stephen Foster’s “Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair”
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Slave Songs of the U.S.
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Amy Beach’s “Gaelic Symphony”
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John Philip Sousa’s “Stars and Stripes Forever”
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Joplin’s “Maple Leaf Rag”
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WC Handy’s “St. Louis Blues”
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Broadway’s First Golden Age
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First Cajun music recording
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Still’s “Afro American Symphony”
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Kate Smith’s ‘God Bless America’
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Marian Anderson sings at the Lincoln Memorial
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This Land is Your Land
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“Cottontail” by Duke Ellington
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Bluegrass first appears
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We Shall Overcome
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John Cage’s “Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano”
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Folk Songs U.S.A.: The 111 best American ballads
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Alan Freed coins the term “Rock n Roll”
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Miles Davis releases Kind of Blue
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“Good Vibrations” by the Beach Boys
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Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by the Beatles is released
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Woodstock Festival
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“Rapper’s Delight” by Sugarhill Gang
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Run DMC and Aerosmith release their video for “Walk This Way”
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John Adam’s “Nixon in China”
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Broadway’s Second Golden Age
We are currently in the Second Golden Age of Broadway musical theatre.