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Lift every voice : music in American life

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Date of Original
1700/2000

Subject
African Americans--Songs and music
Music--United States
African Americans
African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights--United States
Ballads--United States
Hymns--United States
Sheet music--United States
Patriotic music--United States
Minstrels--United States
Protest songs--United States

Location
United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, Virginia, 37.54812, -77.44675

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photographs
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texts (document genres)
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sound recordings

Type
InteractiveResource

Description
Web site companion to an exhibit about music in American life. The site covers ballads, hymns and spirituals, patriotic odes, minstrels and musicals, protest songs, and Virginiana. Each page includes several examples of sheet music and an audio file with an example of one of the songs discussed., The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.

Metadata URL
https://explore.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/show/lifteveryvoice

Contributing Institution
University of Virginia. Library

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