
the year of american music
archives
archives


Stephen Foster and the music of a Westward-bound America

Louis Moreau Gottschalk: an American virtuoso who navigated a divided nation

New Orleans: How the Louisiana Purchase brought a musical capital into an expanding America

Benjamin Franklin’s musical innovations and the soundscape of a new American nation

Jefferson’s violins: a legacy of musical enlightenment in early America

Lowell Mason: Father of American music education

The Moravian Legacy: Musical Roots in Bethlehem and Winston-Salem

William Billings: America’s first composer
