Sweet Home Alabama Sheet Music
African American Odyssey: The Booker T. Washington Era (Part 1)
This home was designed in 1918 by an African American architect,Vertner Woodson Tandy, for an African American cosmetics magnate, MadameC. J. Walker, on the Hudson River north of New York City. When MadameWalker was asked why she built such a palatial home, she replied that shehad not built it for herself but so that blacks could see what could beaccomplished with hard work and determination. ... Sheet music. ... Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, sheet 6. ... [Read More]
Broadside Ballads - Finding Aid (New York State Library)
On sheet with: The Dearest Spot on Earth to Me Is Home Sweet Home ... Who wrote the broadside ballads? Where composers are not credited, it can be assumed that the printers themselves wrote some verses, or purchased the work of freelance songwriters and poets. Most ballads were published without musical notation, and many were written to the tunes of popular songs. In such cases, the printer would note the tune or "air" below the title, confident that the buying public would know it. Some broadside ballads, especially in the nineteenth century, were simply re-printings of current popular hits, often published in connection with theatrical, minstrel-show or music-hall performances. In such cases the composers were sometimes credited, as were music publishers and copyright-holders and even performers. ... [Read More]
ADOR - Business Licensing Handbook
each; provided, that where the music transmitted by wire or cable from any central point or studio, whether such point or studio is situated within or without such location, establishment, or place of business, is not coin-operated or where no deposit of a coin or other thing of value into any machine is necessary in order that music may be heard, then each person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of transmitting music by wire or cable may pay in lieu of the speaker or transmitter tax specified above a privilege tax as follows: ... [Read More]
KY: Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives - SelectioNotes
R. Gerald Alvey is a retired professor of English at the University of Kentucky who has published numerous articles on Appalachian culture. This new edition of Dulcimer Maker presents a foreword by Ron Pen, director of the John Jacob Niles Center for American Music at the University of Kentucky, and an afterword featuring a conversation with Homer Ledford. Homer Ledford, a legend among dulcimer makers, is known for his innovative but traditional craftsmanship. This book celebrates the work of this master craftsman, musician, and folk artist. ... [Read More]
NEA: 2004 GRANT AWARDS: Creativity
To support the Bard Music Festival. The festival will explore themusic of Dmitri Shostakovich by presenting a wide range of musicalforms including his symphonies, concerti, chamber music, songs, andchoral music. ... To support Dvorak in America, a festival on the life and music ofAntonin Dvorak, commemorating the 100th anniversary of thecomposer's death. Plans include three chamber music concerts, threeopen rehearsals for area school students, and a concert usingslides, musical excerpts, and commentary by music director JeffreyKahane. ... [Read More]
Food and Nutrition Resources for Grades Preschool Through 6
Contents: Meat, seafood, poultry: bacon strips (2), ham, beef patty, liver, bologna, wiener, tuna, steak. Sandwiches, soup, casseroles: chili, bread and peanut butter, vegetable soup, spaghetti. Vegetables: asparagus, baked beans, green beans, beets, mashed potatoes, whole kernel corn, tomato juice. Grains: graham crackers, soda crackers, cream of wheat. Desserts: sheet cake with icing, sheet cake without icing, apple pie, ice cream. Dairy products: cheddar cheese, American cheese. Miscellaneous: ripe olives. ... [Read More]
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Situational Analysis Fact Sheet Released (June 2, 2004) ... Florida District Shows Homeowners How to Reduce Water Usage ... EWP Projects Save Homes in Utah ... [Read More]
The LOC.GOV Wise Guide : Sweet Home . . . Ohio
Before the age of radio, television and other electronic diversions, families made their own entertainment in the home by playing games, reading aloud, performing plays and, of course, by making music. Children were taught to play the piano and sing from an early age, and sheet music was widely available and inexpensive. The whole family participated in the music-making. ... Say the words "sweet home" and many people will expect to hear "Alabama," to quote the lyrics to the well-known country-rock song "Sweet Home Alabama" from the group Lynyrd Skynyrd. ... [Read More]
Sheet Music, 1870-1885: Greatest Hits
There's a Tavern in the Town. w., m., anon. Cambridge, Mass: Moses King, cop. 1883 (in: "Students' Songs, comprising the newest and most popular college songs as now sung at Harvard, Yale, Collumbia, etc., etc., compiled and edited by William H. Hills"). (This is apparently the first appearance of the song in print, according to Miss margaret M. Mott ("A Bibliography of Song Sheets" in "Notes," Washington, D. C., 1949, vol. 6, p. 385). Miss Mott states: "Hill printed a separate copyright notice underneath the song, giving himself as claimant, but he didn't print his name as author, arranger, or composer in the customary spots above the music." The editions of the song, published by Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., cop. 1911 and 1934, ascribe the music to William H. Hills.) ... [Read More]
Today in History: September 28
Visit the newly-available LC/Ameritech award-winning collection, African-American Sheet Music, 1850-1920 from Brown University Library. Search on keywords such as Handy, blues, ragtime, rag or cake walk to view more musical works in this tradition, including some of Handy's own. In viewing this collection, please keep in mind that the Library of Congress presents these documents as part of the record of the past. These primary historical documents reflect the attitudes, perspectives, and beliefs of different times. The Library of Congress and Brown University do not endorse the views expressed in these collections, which may contain materials offensive to some readers. ... [Read More]
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