The Library
The library contains a continually expanding, invaluable resource for learning and understanding some of the world’s important cultural achievements.
The Evolution of Music
Music from the Americas (North and South)
American Indigenous Music
Afro-American Folksongs, by Henry Edward Krehbiel
On the Trail of Negro Folksongs, by Dorothy Scarborough
Slave Songs of the United States
Appalachian Music
Scots-Irish Influence
Bluegrass Music
Native-American Music
American Primitive Music
The Life & Legacy of Django Reinhardt
Books
Latin Music
The Palladium
Sacred Music Traditions
Listen to African American Sacred Music Records
The Gospel Truth about the Negro Spiritual, by Randye Jones
Glory Hallelujah: The Golden Age of Gospel, by Michael Corcoran
Chicago Gospel
The Martin and Morris Music Company
The Roberta Martin Singers
The Caravans
Dr. Watts
Fisk Jubilee Singers
Books
Southern Gospel Playlists
The Albert E. Brumley Southern Gospel Singing Festival
Mountain and Bluegrass Gospel Music
The Isaacs
Early Gospel Music Records (Southern and African-American)
South of the Border
The Islands
Mexico
Central America
South America
Western Music
Movie Cowboys
Western Swing Music
American and European Popular Music
A Survey of Contemporary Popular Music
Popular Music of the “Twenties”
Popular Music of the 1930s
Popular Music of the 1940s
Motion Pictures featuring popular music (1950-1956)
McArthur Park – L.A. (1966-1969)
The German Electronic Music Era
The Sanremo Song Festival
Popular Music of the UK
The Beatles
Skiffle and the “British Invasion”
The Moody Blues
Singers
Haley Westenra
Kelly Clarkson
Mariah Carey
European Folk Music
Western Classical Music
Music Through the Centuries
The Polyphonic Music Era (10th-16th Century)
15th Century – The Pre-Renaissance
16th Century – The Renaissance
17th Century – The Forgotten Century
18th Century – The Classical Era
19th Century – The Romantic Era
20th Century – The Century of Transition
21st Century – A New Beginning
Italy
Bologna – The Great Music City
Cazzati, Maurizio (1616-1678)
Colonna, Giovanni Paolo (1637-1695)
Gabrieli, Giovanni (c.1557-1612)
Grandi, Alessandro (1575-1630)
Renaissance Sacred Music in Rome
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da (c.1525-1594)
The Great String Music Era (1680-1750)
Austria
Bruckner, Anton (1824-1896)
Haydn, Franz Joseph (1732-1809)
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
France
Campra, André (1660-1744)
Chausson, Ernest (1855-1899)
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)
Duruflé, Maurice (1902-1986)
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)
Franck, César (1822-1890)
Magnard, Albéric (1865-1914)
Offenbach, Jacques (1819-1880)
Ropartz, Guy (1864-1955)
The Organs of Paris
Franco-Flemish Composers
Orlando di Lasso (c. 1532 – 1594)
Jacob Obrecht (1457 – 1505)
Germany
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Bach, Johann Christian (1735-1782)
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
North German 17th-Century Choral Music
Russia
The Russian Romantic Music Era
Scriabin, Alexander (1871-1915)
Scandanavia
The Franco-Flemish School
Obrecht, Jacob (c.1458-1505)
Lassus, Orlande de (c.1532-1594)
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
Het Concertgebouw
Spain
Renaissance Sacred Music in Spain
Victoria, Tomás Luis de (c.1548-1611)
United States of America
Musicians, Conductors, and Singers
Conductors
Antonia Brico (1902-1989)
Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886-1954)
Herbert von Karajan (1908-1989)
Pianists
Aimi Kobayashi
Glenn Gould
Natálie Schwamová
Sviatoslav Richter
Yuja Wang
Violinists
Cellists
Jacqueline du Pré
Mstislav Rostropovich
Sol Gabetta
Music of Asia
The Music of India
The Music of India
Raga (melody)
The Effects of Ragas in Ancient India
The Vocal Gharanas of North India
Tala (rhythm)
The Tabla Solo
Ustad Ali Akbar Khan
The Dhrupad Tradition
Plainsong
Gregorian Chant
Liber Usualis (1961)
The Solesmes Method
The Holy Week Book
The Secret Mora Vocis of the Vatican Edition
Vesperale (Swann 1913)
Hymnody
Philharmonia Hymn Book
Singing the New Song
Theory, Harmony, Counterpoint & Orchestration
Culture
Dussmann das KulturKaufhaus in 2009
The Decline of Music Culture in the Digital Age, by “The Good Citizen” (2023)
Julia James Davis: The War on Beauty (YouTube)
Art
Positive and Negative Art
Thomas Kinkade
George Lucas
Norman Rockwell (Rising Tide Foundation)
Raphael
Walt Disney
Architecture
Literature
Ernest Hemingway – A Moveable Feast
Ernest Hemingway – The Old Man and The Sea
F. Scott Fitzgerald – Tender is the Night
Jack Kerouac – The Dharma Bums
James Joyce – Ulysses 1922 Egoist Press
Thomas Wolfe – Complete Short Stories
Thomas Wolfe – Look Homeward Angel
Thomas Wolfe – Of Time and the River