Making Music at Home: The Rise of the Piano
Materials and other resources
Presentation:
The Web:
Archives and General Information
- Archive.org – Digital library of cultural artifacts including Web sites, print, images, sound, video, and so on. 78 RPM Records digitized by George Blood, L.P is worth a listen.
- Internet Archive Blog: Welcoming Recorded music to the Public Domain (1922 and earlier)
- Google Patents – Ever want to look up a patent filing? All you need is the patent number.
- Library of Congress – A good place to start for information about aspects of American life, culture and history. the History of the Cylinder Phonograph is very interesting. Or try “Inventing Entertainment: Articles and Essays.” Everything Edison.
- picryl.com – Public Domain media search engine. Requires establishing an account, but very useful for finding PD images.
- Wikipedia.org – The Free Encyclopedia. It is always surprising what I find in this amazing resource. Try Timeline of the Music of the United States
Homemade Music – Pianos, sheet music, etc.
- Historic American Sheet Music at Duke University
- List of Piano Manufacturers – Wikipedia
- Music Published in America, 1870-1885 – LOC
Publications
- The Etude – American print magazine dedicated to music founded by Theodore Presser. Hundreds of issues beginning with November of 1887
Recording Industry Topics
- Cylinder Recordings: A Primer – great information from the UCSB Cylinder Archive
- UCSB Cylinder Audio Archive – large searchable collection
- Top 36 Pop Song Chart for 1900 – Searchable by year starting in 1900