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Music in Maine - Music Education
"Dancing to music helps children build motor skills while allowing them to practice self-expression. For children and adults, music helps strengthen…"
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"1895Belfast Historical Society Music stores well instruments and sheet music for customers, and serve as a meeting place for musicians."
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"Shaker Music Shaker Music Click to learn more about Shaker life and music Established in 1783, Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village in New Gloucester…"
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Music in Maine - Country Music
"Their instruments were horns and drums, and their music, for the most part, was the big band dance numbers."
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Music in Maine - Bluegrass Music
"… MAINE Click to learn more about BMAM Bluegrass music—acoustic music played on banjo, mandolin, guitar, fiddle, and bass—originated in southern…"
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"Music Makers Music Makers instruments Click to see more Music Makers Music makers in Maine make instruments, create music in their…"
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Music in Maine - Community Music
"Community Music Music makers in Maine make instruments, create music in their communities, and honor heritage."
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Music in Maine - Longfellow Family Music
"Sheet music Eliza Wadsworth sheet music, 1798Maine Historical Society Before printers made songbooks and sheet music widely available, people…"
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"Use the navigation tool on the left to explore more of the exhibition. The First Music of Maine Hand drum by James Eric Francis, Sr., Old Town…"
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"… changed home entertainment from people playing instruments to people listening to recordings. Evolving from hand-cranked Victrolas to automatic…"
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Music in Maine - Music in Maine
"Music in Maine Music is something we share as humans—non-verbal forms of storytelling and expressions of beauty and emotions through sound."
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"PLAY Watching musicians sing and play music in public is an important communal experience for the performer and the audience."
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Music in Maine - Music and Television
"Inspired by national tv shows featuring teens and music like American Bandstand, Astor’s performance skits included music, dance, and comedy routines."
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Music in Maine - Radio Cowboys and Country Music
"… English folk songs, Scots-Irish fiddle and dance music, sacred music, and banjo and blues from formerly enslaved Africans."
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Music in Maine - Military Marching Bands
"Fifes are a small woodwind instrument commonly used in military bands because the high pitch sound carries over long distances, even during battles."
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Music in Maine - Drum, Stockton Springs, ca. 1840
"Lane manufactured and sold umbrellas and musical instruments at 92 Court Street in Boston from 1820 to 1844, specializing in bass drums for militia…"
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Music in Maine - Community and School Marching Bands
"… School Bands Most Maine schools did not have instrumental music programs until the early 20th century, so children often learned to play…"
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Music in Maine - Rock and Roll, Punk, and Elvis
"… 1960s jazz music led to several improvisational instrumental tunes such as Alley-Pre-A-Toric, I Tried to Stop but Erupted, and Land of Cotton."
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Music in Maine - Drum, Portland, ca. 1854
"… inches in diameter and is associated with music teacher Theodore Ingalls King (1854-1906) of Portland and Washington D.C."
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Music in Maine - Opera, Orchestras and Stages
"Opera houses hosted lectures, plays, live music, and movies, with many hosting actual operas, such as The Merry Widow in Lewiston and Faust in…"
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Music in Maine - Drumsticks, 1861
"Drumsticks, 1861 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description Franklin C. Kimball (1844-1912) used these drumsticks while serving…"
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Music in Maine - Kimball Drum, ca. 1860
"Kimball Drum, ca. 1860 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description Written on the top of the head of this drum is, "Frank C."
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Music in Maine - B-flat fife, ca. 1860
"B-flat fife, ca. 1860 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description This fife was used by John Robbins when he was a drummer in the…"
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Music in Maine - Civil War drum, ca. 1861
"Civil War drum, ca. 1861 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description Henry Green (1832-1901) of Portland carried this military…"