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Benjamin Franklin invents the Glass Harmonica
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Billings New England Psalm Singer is written
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The Star Spangled Banner is composed
The poem was set to John Stafford Smith's tune, "The Anacreontic Song." -
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The Native Americans relocated to reservations on the Trail of Tears
It was a series of forced relocations that took the Native Americans away from their home and onto reservations out west. This was part of the Indian Removal Act signed my President Jackson. -
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PT Barnum/Jenny Lind US tour
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Gottschalk writes The Banjo
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Slave Songs of the United States is published
It is significant because it was a compilation of 136 slave songs/ spirituals that were not known before -
Carnegie Hall is completed
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Dvorak writes his "American" String Quartet
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Amy Beach writes her Gaelic Symphony
It premiered in 1896 -
Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag is published
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WC Handy St. Louis Blues
It was one of the first blues songs to succeed as a pop song. It was also one of the first songs to follow the standard blues form -
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Broadway's 1st Golden Age
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First Cajun song that was recorded
The song was called, "Allons à Lafayette." -
Florence Price Symphony No.1 is completed
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Copland writes El Salón México
He wrote it between 1932 and 1936 -
Kate Smith records "God Bless America"
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Marian Anderson sings at the Lincoln Memorial
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Duke Ellington writes "Cottontail"
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Bluegrass appears
It started in the Appalachian region -
Woodie Guthrie records "This Land is Your Land."
He recorded it in 1944, but it was not published until 1945 -
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John Cage Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano
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Folk Song U.S.A.: the 111 Best American Ballads by Alan Lomax is published
This book, compiled by Alan Lomax is significant because he compiled and recorded a vast array of American folk music. He also brought them into the spotlight by broadcasting them on the radio and hosting concerts -
Alan Freed (year he coined "Rock and Roll")
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Bernstein West Side Story (Broadway premiere)
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We Shall Overcome is adopted by the Civil Rights Movement
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Miles Davis' Kind of Blue album is relesed
This album is regarded by many Jazz critics as one of the best jazz albums of all time -
Beach Boys write "Good Vibrations"
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Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album is released
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Dolly Parton "Coat of Many Colors" (song) is released
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John Williams Soundtrack for Star Wars is recorded
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Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight" is released
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"Walk This Way" Video (Aerosmith and Run DMC)
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John Adams writes The Death of Klinghoffer
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Miranda "Hamilton" is premiered