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Benjamin Franklin: Invention of the Glass Harmonica
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William Billings: New England Psalm Singer
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Trail of Tears
Forced removal of Native tribes to land beyond the Mississippi River from 1830-1842 -
PT Barnum/Jenny Lind Tour
Toured from 1850-1852 -
Louis Moreau Gottschalk: The Banjo
Composed 1853-1854 -
"Slave Songs of the United States"
Contained 136 songs sung by slaves and former slaves before being freed. -
Carnegie Hall completed
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Antonin Dvorak: American String Quartet
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Amy Beach: Gaelic Symphony
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Scott Joplin - "Maple Leaf Rag"
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WC Handy "St. Louis Blues"
First Blues Song to be recorded and became a major influence on many Jazz musicians in the decades to come. -
Broadway's First Golden Age
1925-1960 -
Florence Price: Symphony No. 1
Composed 1931-1932 -
Aaron Copland: El Salon Mexico
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"God Bless America" Kate Smith Recording
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Marian Anderson Sings at the Lincoln Memorial
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Duke Ellington - "Cottontail"
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Bluegrass
Appeared in 1940s -
"This Land is Your Land" Woody Guthrie
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John Cage: Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano
1946-1948 -
Folk Song USA: The 111 Best American Ballads
Compiled by John Lomax and chronicled top American Folk Songs -
Alan Freed - coined the phrase "Rock and Roll"
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Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story Broadway Premiere
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Miles Davis - "Kind of Blue"
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We Shall Overcome
Adopted by the Civil Rights Movement -
Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Album
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Dolly Parton - "Coat of Many Colors"
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Beach Boys - "Good Vibrations"
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Sugarhill Gang - "Rapper's Delight"
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First commercial recording of Cajun Music
"Parlez nous a boir" -
Aerosmith/Run DMC - "Walk this Way" music video
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John Adams: The Death of Klinghoffer
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James Horner: Titanic Soundtrack
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Lin Manuel Miranda: Hamilton