The Center for American Music Preservation (CAMP) was established in 1998 to help preserve historical American music
from
the past so it will survive into the future.
The focus is on American vocal music (classical, folk, popular) from the 18th century to the 20th century.
Some instrumental music is also included.
Are you a musician, music teacher or someone interested in American music?
Your support is needed to help keep this educational website available.
Please consider
ordering the limited edition CD, AMERICAN PLACES - Musical Travels below with over one hour of enjoyable piano music.
If you are unable to offer any finacnial support,
please mention this website in your performance, research, publication, or teaching.
Here are the major topics for November-December 2023, listed in order of the most online visits:
No. 1: FOLK MUSIC - Music of the American Shakers - Resources and Recordings
No. 2: CLASSICAL MUSIC - American Composers: From The Colonial Era To Our Time
No. 3: CHORAL MUSIC: Singing Stoughton - home of America's Oldest Choral Society, founded in 1786
No. 4: POPULAR MUSIC - Popular Songs, 1860s-1960s
No. 5: RECORDED MUSIC - American Music Recordings Archive (AMRA)
-- Roger Lee Hall, CAMP Director
He is
a respected musicologist and music preservationist,
who has researched and written about American music for over 50 years.
To see the list of his 25 publications completed between 2000 and 2020 -- click here
He is also an ASCAP composer and a member of The American Composers Forum.
See his compositions published exclusively by PineTree Music -- click here
For his extensive work in various areas of American music, he has been listed in
major directories including International Who's Who in Music , Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the World
See his biography -- click here
Read about Roger Hall's latest book in his Memories and Music series--
"Gentle Peace" - Songs For Survival -- click here
You can listen to how Roger Hall's music career developed from high school songwriting,
to how he became
an American Music Preservcationist.
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CAMP Links
Music by the American Shakers
Early American Singing School
Earlier American Composers - Survey in Sound
American Composers Special Collection (ACSC)
American Music Guide Series (AMGS)
American Recorded Choral Archive (ARCA)
CAMP Honor Roll
CAMP Donation CDs
Sample AMRC CD Releases
CAMP Research Topics
Resource Links
Recommended Websites
Music by the American Shakers
Roger Lee Hall is an authority on music of the American Shakers.
Since 1971, he has researched, written publications,
performed and recorded
their music on a series of CDs.
To read about his Shaker music collections -- click here
His webinar about Aaron Copland meeting the Shakers in 1974:
"Tis the gift to be simple" - Aaron Copland Meets The Shakers In Shaker Heights
Learn about the only meeting between composer, Aaron Copland, and several Shakers who were visiting in Ohio in 1974.
Also, learn about the popular Shaker dance song and another song based on the Shaker tune, "Lord of the Dance."
Sign up to watch this 90 minute Zoom program presented by Roger Lee Hall,
on 7 November 2024.
To register for this Free Zoom program click this link --
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEpfu-urDkrEtfJ-ER6aR29XHG6DK5eNPLX#/registratio
Read the detailed article about this Shaker song
You can order it at the link below --
Research article:
"Simple Gifts":
The Discovery and Popularity of a Shaker Dance Song
by Roger Lee Hall
2024 is the 250th anniversary of the First Singing School in America where all the pupils were listed.
It was taught in 1774 by Boston composer, William Billings (1746-1800). The photo is from the early 1900s and shows the Robert Capen's house where the Billings singing school was held. The house was later moved and remodeled but it still stands near Stoughton Center.
Billings was the best known New England composer in 18th century America. His Stoughton singing school had 49 pupils, consisting of young males and females, One of his singing school pupils later became a composer himself, Jacob French (1754-1817).
In that singing school, Billings also met his future wife, Lucy Swan, and they lived in Boston where they had many children.
For more about William Billings, his large family, and the singing tradition in Stoughton,
see this multimedia publication
from PineTree Press:
We are seeking an institution interested
in adding the entire AMRC audio collection
and PineTree Multimedia Editions
to their library on DVD-ROMs or Flash Drives
for
educational use and for research.
For the list of music titles,
see the American Music Recordings Collection (AMRC) -- click here
For the list in titles
in
the PineTree Multimedia Editions (PTME) -- click here
To write to the CAMP about your educational institution
obtaining
this extensive collection
of audio and research material
available for a one time preparation charge -- click here
Featured Publication:
Read about Shaker music in this new edition with 25 texts of Shaker spirituals, an interview with Aaron Copland, and a Shaker Song Quartet in this book.
There is also an CD available with all 25 tunes. To read about the book and CD for a special price -- go here
See a list of Roger Hall's Shaker music collections -- click here
Your support of the Center for American Music Preservation (CAMP) is needed
so it can continue providing valuable music research and publications,
for historians, musicians, teachers, students
and people interested in American music history.
To help support the CAMP, order this CD:
Latest publications available on multimedia computer discs
with historical information, sheet music, audio and video files:
Angel of Peace: Music in Old Boston
Book and CD:
Accompanying CD:
A survey of research
about America's most musically prolific spiritual communal sect --
"The Humble Heart": A Fifty Year Survey of Shaker Music
In commemoration of the 400th anniversary of Landing of the Pilgrims,
a collection highlighting singing in earlier America:
"Land of Our Hearts" -
From Pilgrims to Patriots
A valuable series of music
for teaching, research or just for listening!
Earlier American Composers:
Survey In Sound, 1759-1919
4 volumes with music examples
from 16 American composers,
including chamber music and choral music,
all together on
one multimedia DVD-ROM.
Read about this extensive audio collection -- click here
New Multimedia Series!
American Composers Special Collection (ACSC)
Each disc highlights one American composer and one of their major works..
These are the three releases:
20th century:
Aaron Copland
© Photo by PineTree Productions
ACSC-1: Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
Film Music and "Appalachian Spring"
compiled and edited by Roger Lee Hall
19th century: Edwin Arthur Jones
© Photo by PineTree Productions
ACSC-2: Edwin Arthur Jones (1853-1911)
Chamber Music and "Song of Our Saviour"
compiled and edited by Roger Lee Hall
18th century: William Billings
ACRC-3: William Billings, 1746-1800
Choral Music and "Anthem for Thanksgiving"
by Roger Lee Hall
The disc includes a book with detailed Billings family genealogy
and Facts and Fiction about Billings and The Stoughton Musical Society,
now the oldest singing society in America, organized in 1786.
For more information about this disc -- click here
To inquire how to reeceive one or more of these three discs with research articles and audio examples -- click here
American Music Guide Series:
No. 1 - "As Time Goes By" - A Guide to Film Music: Songs and Scores
No. 2 - "Celebrate, Rejoice and Sing!" - A Guide to Christmas Music in America
No. 3 - "I Got Rhythm" - A Guide to George Gershwin - Radio and Films
No. 4 - "In The Mood" - A Guide to Music on Radio
No. 5 - "Invitation to Zion" - A Guide to Shaker Music
No. 6 - "Dedication" - A Guide to Singing in Stoughton, 1762-1992
American Recorded Choral Archive (ARCA)
American Recorded Choral Archive
Honor Roll
We are grateful for any donations
received to help support the Center for American Music Preservation.
These names have been added to the CAMP Honor Roll for their service to music:
Sister Ruth Mildred Barker
Gregory Erickson
Earl Eyrich
Randy Folger
John D. Herr
David P. McKay
Sister Bertha Lillian Phelps
George Walker
You can help support the CAMP by making a donation by credit card for $25 or more and
adding a name to this Honor Roll.
To make your donation see below on this page
Your support is needed to help support American music preservation.
For your donation you can receive one of these CDs:
CELESTIAL PRAISES - A Celebration of Shaker Spirituals
"It's Magic" - One Hundredth Birthday Celebration of Sammy Cahn
MY SHAKER HOME - Words and Music by Shaker Sisters
International Center For American Music (ICAMUS)- Aloma Bardi, Founder/President
ICAMus - The International Center for American Music promotes knowledge and appreciation of American music and music making in the US. The Center maintains an inclusive orientation towards musical life in the United States, from its beginning to contemporary time. Significant attention is devoted to Early American Music. The Organization focuses on the study of musical sources, and on the unity and integration of research, teaching, performance, and experimentation.
Society for American Music (SAM) - Web Resources
The mission of the Society for American Music (SAM) is to stimulate the appreciation, performance, creation and study of American musics of all eras and in all their diversity, including the full range of activities and institutions associated with these musics throughout the world.
Song of America - Thomas Hampson, Founder
A listing of online resources. Song of America is a database resource where you can listen to songs, learn more about them, read their lyrics, find scores, and link to relevant Web sites.