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Banjo statue: Close-up of a statue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, showing a hand playing a banjo. The statue pays tribute to Steven Foster, who penned many classic American songs, including "Oh, Susanna" and "Camptown Races."; Format: image/photograph

Blind Boy Fuller monument: A monument to the late local bluesman Blind Boy Fuller stands on the American Tobacco Trail in Durham, North Carolina. The monument reads: Blind Boy Fuller 1907-1941 (aka Fulton Allen) Most influential Piedmont bluesman born in North Carolina....; Format: image/photograph

The development of sacred singing: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 3.11; In the first half of the nineteenth century, the music of southern white churches expanded to express a broader range of emotions. To help singers, "shape-note" tunebooks were developed with easy-to-read notation. Includes audio of present-day shape-note singing.; Format: article; By Gavin James Campbell.

Exhilaration: This example of Sacred Harp or shape-note singing was recorded in Alabama in 1979. The first part of the song has no lyrics; the singers sing only the names of the notes. The public radio documentary Sacred...; Format: audio/music

Fiddle player Benton Flippen: Fiddler Benton Flippen holds his fiddle, standing in front of a case full of trophies. Flippen was born and raised in Surry County, North Carolina, and has played old-time music since he was a child. He has won numerous awards at fiddlers' conventions and...; Format: image/photograph

Fisk Jubilee Singers sheet music folio: Cover of a sheet music folio entitled "Songs of the Jubilee Singers from Fisk University." The Fisk Jubilee Singers were a group of African American singers at Fisk University in Tennessee who sang spirituals and other American songs. The first incarnation...; Format: image/document

Freedom songs of the civil rights movement: Students will listen to freedom songs recorded during the civil rights movement, 1960–1965. Students will write about personal reactions to the music and lyrics. Through reading and pictures, students will briefly explore historical events where these songs were sung. Listening again, students will analyze and describe — musically — particular song(s).; Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Music Education and Social Studies); By Merritt Raum Flexman.

From stringbands to bluesmen: African American music in the Piedmont: This article from Carolina Music Ways discusses the transition in African American music from stringband to blues in the North Carolina Piedmont between 1860 and 1940, with a focus on Preston Fulp, a blues musician who gained prominence in Winston-Salem in the 1930s.; Format: article

General Taylor Storming Monterey: From the Library of Congress: On September 27, 1974, the Music Division of the Library of Congress recreated a typical concert of brass-band and vocal music from mid-nineteenth-century America. Recorded selections from that concert are presented...; Format: audio/music

General Taylor Storming Monterey (sheet music): From the Library of Congress: From the manuscript band books of the Manchester Cornet Band (founded in 1854), first set, no. 17. This is a curious composition. While we do not know its date, it was probably written not later than 1848, the year...; Format: image/music

Gid Tanner: Color has been added to this black-and-white photograph of Gid Tanner holding a fiddle. Tanner achieved fame as an old-time fiddler with his band, the Skillet Lickers, in the 1920s and 1930s.; Format: image/photograph

Golden Gate Quartet on WBT Charlotte, 1942: The Golden Gate Quartet is widely considered to be the most successful African American jubilee quartet. The group started in Norfolk, Virginia, and by 1936 appeared regularly on WBT Charlotte. They stayed at the station through the 1950s, and were featured...; Format: audio/music

A guided journey into the past: In Intrigue of the Past, page 5.7; In their study of archaeological resource conservation, students will use guided imagery to discover and judge an alternative way to enjoy artifacts without removing them from archaeological sites.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Visual Arts Education, English Language Arts, and Social Studies)

In the Mood (U.S. government German-language broadcast recording): In 1942, popular band leader Glenn Miller convinced the Army to accept him and put him in charge of a band that could entertain the troops. After D-Day, Miller's American Band of the Allied Expeditionary Forces arrived in London and played concerts for troops...; Format: audio/music

Lake County Blues: Tune (alternately called "Leake County Blues") dating to about 1930. Played here by fiddler Henry Reed.; Format: audio/music

Native American music: Two North Carolina tribes: In this lesson plan, students will listen to songs from two North Carolina tribes. Students will learn about the music through listening, analyzing, singing, moving, and playing instruments.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Music Education and Social Studies); By Merritt Raum Flexman.

Over There: Johnnie, get your gun, Get your gun, get your gun, Take it on the run, On the run, on the run. Hear them calling, you and me, Every son of liberty. Hurry right away, No delay, go today, Make your daddy glad To have had such a lad. Tell your sweetheart not...; Format: audio/music

Over There (sheet music): The cover for sheet music to "Over There" by George M. Cohan, published by William Jerome Publishing Corp. in 1917.; Format: image/illustration

Ragged Bill: "Ragged Bill" is a turn-of-the-century ragtime composition. Here Henry Reed plays the tune on the fiddle.; Format: audio/music

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