US History

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This is a article about the marine band and the music from early times.

This biographical history timeline shows how the lives of several famous 19th century composers overlap in time. It also dates the time periods each musician from time to time.

How family's played music together in early colonial times.

This is a copy of a music notes sheet from early colonial times. These sheets are still used today in music classes. Thought it would be cool to see a old sheet compared to ones today.

this talks about music in the revolutionary war

This is a brief essay explaining the different types on musical instruments in colonial times.

  Most instruments that we have today were around by the Revolution, when pianos were just coming into popularity; but certainly some instruments were more prevalent than others.

Liszt, a Hungarian pianist and composer, is widely considered to be one of the greatest pianists who has ever lived. He produced a tremendous body of work for piano, and its virtuosity and difficulty continues to challenge great pianists today.

Beethoven is one of the most celebrated figures in classical music. A German pianist and composer, he is known for his concertos, symphonies, and piano sonatas. His music is profoundly inventive and comes alive with passion, virtuosity, and dynamic contrasts

 Second in popularity to violins were flutes of many different kinds, also played for the most part by men. There were fifes, recorders (in early America these were called common or English flutes), and transverse flutes (called then German flutes), but it is doubtful that there were any penny-whistles.

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Violins were by far the most popular instruments.  Men of all different classes, from Thomas Jefferson to indentured servants and slaves, played violins or fiddles. Prices varied from cheap to quite expensive and there's little doubt that violins were imported in great numbers..