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The Bugle
July - December 2009
Vol I/ No. 2
This is the second issue of The Bugle,
a newsletter to inform readers
of the latest news
from
PineTree Productions
and
American Music Preservation.com
Help support the mission of this website
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Contents
News from PineTree Productions
News from American Music Preservation.com
Mission Statement
American Recordings Survey
Sample Music Files
American Music Preservation Links
News
from
PineTree Productions
PineTree Productions is the owner of this American Music Preservation website.
There are two divisions: PineTree Music and PineTree Press.
PineTree Music is focused on CDs, editions, and
is the exclusive publisher
of music by, Roger Lee Hall.
PineTree Press is responsible for music collections, eBooks,
and other related publications.
These are the latest publications from PineTree Music and Press:
CD: Christmas Music in America
Composition and CD (PineTree Music):
Hymn For The Environment:
Creator God, We Give You Thanks
CD: Creator God, We Give You Thanks
Gentle Words:
Shaker Music in the 20th Century
PineTree Press, 2009
Illustrated Booklet and accompanying CD
For a limited time --
Purchase both the booklet and CD together
at
discount price at the Store
THE STORY OF 'SIMPLE GIFTS':
Joseph Brackett's Shaker Dance Song
PineTree Press, 2009
Shaker Broadside Series Nos. 1 - 6
PineTree Music, 2009
eBook: "Following the Stars" --
Music & Memories of Hopalong Cassidy (with audio files)
PineTree Press, 2009.
eBook: "Free As The Breeze" --
Confessions of a Struggling Songwriter (with audio files)
PineTree Press, 2009.
“ Lincoln and Liberty” – Music from Abraham Lincoln’s Era
For the Lincoln Bicentennial - an illustrated eBook Listener’s Guide and accompanying CD with 24
songs and hymns from Lincoln’s era. The Listener’s Guide has all the lyrics and additional notes, plus bibliography, discography, a Lincoln portrait gallery, and illustrations
of original sheet music.
PineTree Press, 2009.
New England Choral Sampler: From The Pilgrims To Peace
A new CD collection with 30 tracks, with over one hour of
choral music from the 17th to 20th centuries.
PineTree Music, 2009.
from
American Music Preservation.com
There are many pages on this website in the five main areas:
Classical composers
Film music
New England music
Popular songs
Shaker music
These are some of them...
First American song by Francis Hopkinson
First U.S. performances of music by
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Franz Joseph Haydn in Massachusetts
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Massachusetts
Felix Mendelssohn in Massachusetts
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Music by three underappreciated 19th century American composers:
George Whitefield Chadwick (1854-1931)
Edwin Arthur Jones (1853-1911)
George Templeton Strong (1856-1948)
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This year marks the 50th anniversary of
this landmark television series which had distinctive
music scores by Bernard Herrmann and other composers...
Bernard Herrmann's "Walking Distance"
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Read the centennial tribute:
"Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive"
Johnny Mercer in Hollywood
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21st Annual Sammy Film Music Awards
(named after lyricist, Sammy Cahn)
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Help support music preservation. Join the new group known as
Society For Earlier American Music [SEAM]
++++++See the CDs and resource publications
available for research, teaching or listening at theAmerican Music Recordings Archive [AMRA]
++++++If you are a researcher, scholar, or musician and would you like to submit an item for possible placement on American Music Preservation,
click on this link for the
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For questions or for those who wish to assist in any way
the cause of American music preservation,
write to:
The goals of American Music Preservation.com are these...
- To Present...
information about American music from the 17th to 20th centuries, especially neglected areas or events.
For example: the Chicago World's Fair Concerts of 1893.- To Preserve...
music from lesser known as well as familiar composers.
For example: the unjustly neglected 19th century composer E. A. Jones.- To Promote...
worthwhile music for today's audience through rare recordings.
For example: the American Music Recordings Collection.- To Protect...
by giving proper credit to the songwriter or composer.
For example: the song not co-written by Elvis Presley - "Love Me Tender."- To Provide...
accurate information about a piece of music.
For example: the popular Shaker song - "Simple Gifts (Tis the gift to be simple) "
In celebration of
the 250th anniversary of the
FIRST SONG WRITTEN BY AN AMERICAN
A survey of recommended recordings
of American music
from 1759 to 1959.This list of 200 recordings includes 150 CDs and 50 LPs.
Read the list
at this link:
Essential American Recordings Survey (or E.A.R.S.)
Click on these links...
Christmas Music From New England
New England Music Archive: Top 40 from the Past
New England Composer Series No. 1: E. A. Jones
Singing Stoughton and the Oldest Choral Society in the U.S.
Music Collection: For the Love of Zion (30 Shaker Spirituals)
American Music Preservation Links
Classical Music
Film Music
Film Composers and SoundtracksFilm Music Review (online magazine)
New England Music
New England Composer Series No. 1: Edwin A. Jones
New England Composer Series No. 2: George W. Chadwick
New England Music Archive [NEMA]
New England Song Series No. 1: BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC
New England Song Series No. 2: GOIN' HOME
New England Song Series No. 3: JINGLE BELLS
New England Song Series No. 4: SIMPLE GIFTS
Singing Stoughton and the Oldest Choral Society in the U.S.A.
Popular Songs
A Century of American Songs, Part One (1759 - 1859)
A Century of American Songs, Part Two (1861 - 1961)
Popular Songwriters
Shaker MusicShaker Music CDs
Shaker Music History
Other Links:
American Music Recordings Archive [AMRA]American Music Timeline, 1640-1890
Lectures and Workshops
Society for Earlier American Music [SEAM]
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American Music Preservation.com
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