Door West
Internet Resources
Music
Music of the Colonial and Federal Periods
America Singing: Nineteenth-Century Song Sheets Collection, Library of Congress
- Hunt the Buffalo, or The Banks of the Pleasant Ohio.” Andrews, Printer. 38 Chatham Street, N. Y. [n. d.]
- “Where Are the Poor Indians?” composed by the Chief Kanenison
- You may search in the collection for other key words connected to student research.
American Music Timeline by American Music Preservation
ChoralWiki – Includes free choral/vocal scores, texts, translations, etc.
Early American Music by George Washington’s Mount Vernon
“Folk Music on the Midwestern Frontier 1788-1825” By Harry S. Stevens, Ohio History Journal
Home Sweet Home: Life in Nineteenth-Century Ohio – “Parlor Music” by Library of Congress
Making Music in Early America by Colonial Williamsburg)
Music in 18th Century North American Culture by American Battlefield Trust
Music of the Federal Period by Dumbarton House
The Colonial Music Institute by George Washington’s Mount Vernon
Historical Ohio Composers and Music Samples
Ohio State Ballads: History Through Folksongs
Anne Grimes, with Dulcimer – Smithsonian Folk Ways Recordings
- Samples available for listening
Pleasant Ohio: Songs of Ohio’s History Accompanied by Mountain Dulcimer by Elizabeth A. Salt, Otterbein University
Benjamin Hanby
Benjamin Hanby: A Life in Music by Ohio Memory Collection
Benjamin Russell Hanby 1833-1867 Historical Marker, Ohio History Connection
The Benjamin Russell Haby Collection by Otterbein University
The Hanby House, by the Ohio History Connection
Hanby Compositions
“Darling Nellie Gray”
- An enslaved person grieves for Nellie Gray, who was taken to cotton fields in Georgia.
- Audio Recording (Library of Congress)
- Hanby’s handwritten lyrics (Digital Maryland)
“Up on the Housetop,” traditional Christmas song
- Description, lyrics, and audio (Otterbein University)
The Benjamin Russell Haby Collection by Otterbein University
Daniel Decatur Emmett
Biography, Songwriters Hall of Fame
- Songs written by Emmett include “Dixie,” “Old Dan Tucker,” “Turkey in the Straw,” and “The Blue Tail Fly.” Note: Some songs, through their lyrics or roots in historic minstrel show performances, perpetuated harmful racial stereotypes and misrepresentations. These would need to be addressed with students.
Music Organizations
National Association for Music Education