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Established in 1998 and on the web for more than 25 years!
Helping to make American music come alive again!
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 has been on American vocal music (classical, folk, popular) mainly from the 18th century to the 20th century.
Some instrumental music is also included.
Are you a musician, music professor, historian, student, music teacher, or someone interested in music?
Your support is needed to help keep this free educational website available.
These are the five main topic areas on this CAMP website:
No. 1: CLASSICAL MUSIC
American Composers: From The Colonial Era To Our Time
Earlier American Composers: A Survey in Sound
No. 2: COMMUNAL MUSIC
Music of the American Shakers - Resources and Recordings
A Sampling of American Communal Hymns
No. 3: FILM MUSIC
Film Music Review e-zine
No. 4: MUSIC FROM NEW ENGLAND
Singing Stoughton - home of America's Oldest Choral Society, founded in 1786
No. 5: POPULAR SONGS
American Song History, 1759-1959
Popular Songs - From The Civil War To The Cold War, 1860s-1960sNo. 6: RECORDED MUSIC
American Music Recordings Collection (AMRC)
American Music Recordings Archive (AMRA)
A Musical Celebration for the
250th Anniversary of Declaration of Independence
and American Revolution!
"Revolutionary Tunes: Songs of America's Fight For Independence"
was presented by CAMP Director, Roger Lee Hall
Read about this special music webinar -- go here
Professor Robert Allison, History Professor at Suffolk University
and Roger Lee Hall, Director of the Center for American Music Preservation
discuss how music shaped public opinion, preserved memory, and reflected the hopes, anxieties, and humor of Revolutionary Americans.
The conversation also highlights the survival of period melodies, the stories behind famous songs,
and the ways music connected ordinary people to extraordinary events.
It is a fascinating journey into the sounds of 1776 and the cultural heartbeat of a Revolution that changed the world.Watch the discussion and hear these four early American tunes:
STOUGHTON - William Billings, 1770/ words by Dr. Isaac Watts
THE LEXINGTON MARCH - words attributed to Dr. Richard Shuckburgh
CHESTER - words and music by Williams Billings, 1778
YANKEE DOODLE (Father and I went down to camp) - words by Edward Bangs, 1776Watch the conversation on YouTube at Revolution 250
Help celebrate the American Revolution 250th!
Four American Patriotic Songs (complete texts and audio exmaples)
Watch this special 90 minute program:
"More Than Yankee Doodle -
Songs of Patriotism and Protest in the American Revolution"presented by American music preservationist, Roger Lee Hall
at the Colonial Society of Massachusetts in Bostonnow available on YouTube
The Father of American Song
Read about a signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Jersey
who also composed the first classical song in America
Francis Hopkinson - The First American Song
See also SONG OF AMERICA
The Father of American Choral Music
Read about the first major American composer, William Billings -- here
This audio album available
from the American Music Recordings Collection
Best of William Billings (AMRC CD)
Your support is needed to help support the Center for American Music Preservation (CAMP) in itsongoing work to provide information and recordings of music from earlier America.
Please consider ordering music from any of these limited edition recordings
Classical music
AMERICAN PLACES - Musical Travels
Choral music
New updated version
"Yankee Doodle" - An American Song Treasury, 1620-1920
In Celebration of the the 50th Anniversary of his first published Shaker music collections and recording in 1976
Music Collection: "A Western Shaker Music Sampler"
1. Anthem: +Mount Zion
2. Hymn: The Living Shepherd
3. Song: Marching Tune
4. Hymn: How Happy Are They
5. Song: +Love is Little
6. DanceSong: Round Shuffle
7. Song: +March
8. Hymn: +Doxology
9. Hymn: On the Landing of Mother Ann in America
10. Song: +A Dream
11. Song: +Gentle Words
12. Song: Slow March
+ = these titles are on this AMRC CD and book:
Film music
Popular music
"Glory, Hallelujah" - Songs and Hymns of the Civil War Era
Recorded music
"We Gather Together" - Treasures of Earlier American Song
Roger Lee Hall
Director, Center for American Music Preservation (CAMP)
See the 60 music collections available at
Music from the town where the oldest suerviving choral society is located
TEN TOWN TUNES: Music From Stoughton, 1770-1990
A music collection of Americana
ANGEL OF PEACE: Music in Old Boston
"My Shaker Home" - Words & Music by Shaker Sisters
Some of the religious vocal music
written by Shaker women in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries -- click here
Treasures of Earlier American Music
Music refines the taste, purifies the heart,
and elevates our nature.
It does more:
it soothes in sorrow, tranquillizes in passion,
and wears away the irritabilities of life.
It intensifies love,
it fires the patriotism,
and makes the altar of our devotion burn
with a purer, holier flame.--W.W. Hall, M.D.
Hall's Journal of Health for 1862To inquire about joining the T.E.A.M. as a historian, musician, researcher, music student, interested individual -- click here
See the T.E.A.M. recordings available -- click here
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Click the links to go to these topics on this website
Classical MusicAmerican Music Recordings Collection (AMRC)
Shaker Music
Shaker Music - Resources and Research
Popular Songs
Bravo, Bing! (Bing Crosby)
Early Elvis (Elvis Presley)
Sammy Cahn (Oscar-winning lyricist)
Music in Old New England
Singing Stoughton and the Oldest Choral Society in the U.S.A.
Music in American Films
More Information
American Music Timeline, Part One - 1620-1818
American Music Timeline, Part Two - 1820-1920
Essential American Recordings Survey (EARS), 1759-1959
PineTree Music Music Editions (PTME)
A Few Recommended Websites
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.
Contact for CAMP
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