The Strolling Musicians. Rembrandt van Rijn
Public domain scan of 17th-century artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Adriaen van Ostade - The dance under the trellis.
Public domain image of watercolor painting from British-related collections, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Fire on the Mountain [music transcription]
Meter: 4/4 Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Key: A Strains: 2 (high-low, 4-2) Compass: 9 Rendition: 1r-2r-1r-2r-1r-2r Title change: This tune is transcribed after the continuation ... More
The Girl I Left behind Me [music transcription]
Meter: 4/4 Strains: 2 (high-low, 4-4) Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Key: G Title change: This tune is transcribed after the continuation of "Natchez [Christmas Morning]" and "F... More
Jugoslaviska folkdansare 12 april 1965
Jugoslaviska folkdansare 12 april 1965 Public domain photograph, 1900s Sweden, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Jugoslaviska folkdansare 12 april 1965
Jugoslaviska folkdansare 12 april 1965 Public domain photograph, 1900s Sweden, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Jugolsaviska folkdansare 12 april 1965
Jugolsaviska folkdansare 12 april 1965 Public domain photograph, 1900s Sweden, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Spillemann Anders Haugen med familie foran Haugen nordre, Sør Trøndela...
Spillemann Anders Haugen med familie foran Haugen nordre Public domain photograph of 19th-century portrait, child, children, infant, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The U.S. Work Projects Administration Federal Music Project
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Iver Olsen - Gruppeportrett av musikerne i Løkkens trio fra Røros
Gruppeportrett av musikerne i Løkkens trio fra Røros
Iver Olsen - Leikarringen på Os fotografert i 1938
Leikarringen på Os fotografert i 1938
[Aunt Harriett McClintock at the microphone with John A. Lomax, Sr., M...
Public domain photograph of picnic, leisure time, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Archibald MacLeish, October 22, 1940
Eleanor Roosevelt's letter to Archibald MacLeish expressing her desire to help make the Library of Congress folk material available for recreational purposes for those in America's armed forces.
Photo of portrait drawing of Frank M. Warner (NY state collector of fo...
a) "Come all ye Good People" Frank M. Warner (handwritten on face of photo)
Letter from Woody Guthrie to Alan Lomax, ca. January 1941
Written from Columbia, California, an old gold mining town; has decided he wants to "put the works to the man for printing the Tom Joad song." (Downes and Siegmeister, A Treasury of American Song, published Nov... More
Appalachian music. [Polka in G] [music transcription]. Note sheet.
Meter: 4/4 Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Key: G Strains: 2 (low-high, 4-4) Compass: 16 Phrase Structure: ABAC QRQS (abcd abce qrst qrue) Title change: The title appears on the t... More
Appalachian music. [West Virginia Gals] [music transcription]. Note sh...
Title change: The title appears on the transcription as "Unnamed." Meter: 4/4 Strains: 2 (high-low, 4-4) Compass: 15 Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Key: A Rendition: tag-1r-2r-1r... More
Appalachian music. Santa Anna's Retreat [music transcription]. Note sh...
Meter: 4/4 Rendition: 1r-2r-1r-2r Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Key: A Compass: 11 Strains: 2 (high-low, 4-2) Phrase Structure: ABAC QR (abcd abef qrst) Stylistic features: Slur... More
Appalachian music. [Breakdown in G] [music transcription]. Note sheet.
Title change: The title appears on the transcription as "Unnamed." Meter: 4/4 Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Compass: 12 Key: G Strains: 2 (low-high, 4-4) Rendition: 1r-2r-[diffe... More
Fisher's Hornpipe [in G] [music transcription]
Meter: 4/4 Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Rendition: 1r-2r-1r-2 Compass: 13 Key: G Strains: 2 (low-high, 4-4) Title change: The title appeared on the transcription as "Fisher's H... More
Appalachian music. Leather Britches [music transcription]. Note sheet.
Meter: 4/4 Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Key: G Strains: 3 (low-middle-high, 4-4-4) Rendition: 1r-2-3-2-1r-2-3-2-1 Phrase Structure: ABAC QRQS A'B'A'C' (abac abde qrqs qrts a'b'... More
Appalachian music. George Booker [music transcription]. Note sheet.
Meter: 4/4 Compass: 15 Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Rendition: 1r-2r-1r-2 Key: A Strains: 2 (low-high, 4-4) Phrase Structure: ABAC QRQC (abac abdc' qrst qrdc') Stylistic featur... More
Appalachian music. [French Tune] [music transcription]. Note sheet.
Meter: 4/4 Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Title change: The title appears on the transcription as "Unnamed schottische." Compass: 16 Key: G/D Strains: 3 (low-high-low, 2-2-2) Ren... More
Texas [music transcription] - Public domain American music sheet
Meter: 4/4 Strains: 2 (high-low, 4-4) Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Key: A Compass: 8 Rendition: 1r-2r-1r-2r-1r-2r Phrase Structure: ABA'C QRA'C (abcd ab'ef qrr'b'ef) Handwritte... More
Ragged Bill [music transcription] - Ragtime music
Meter: 4/4 Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Key: C Compass: 12 Title change: This tune is transcribed after the continuation of "Rochester Schottische" on the page. Strains: 2 (hig... More
Fisher's Hornpipe [in D] [music transcription]
Key: D Meter: 4/4 Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Rendition: 1r-2r-1r-2 Strains: 2 (low-high, 4-4) Compass: 14 Phrase Structure: ABAC QRST (abbc abde qrq's tuvw) Title change: The... More
Ducks in the Pond [music transcription]
Meter: 4/4 Strains: 2 (high-low, 4-4) Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Compass: 15 (11 plus low A) Key: A Rendition: tag-1r-2r-1r-2r-1r-2r-tag Phrase Structure: ABA'C QRQ'C (abcd a... More
Appalachian music. Jump Jim Crow [music transcription]. Note sheet.
Key: D Meter: 4/4 Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Rendition: 1r-2r-1r-2r-1 Strains: 2 (high-low, 4-2) Phrase Structure: ABAC QR (abac abde qrsc) Compass: 11 (14 including drone on... More
Appalachian music. The Route [music transcription]. Note sheet.
Meter: 4/4 Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Key: A Strains: 2 (low-high, 4-4) Compass: 11 Rendition: 1-2-1-2-1-2-1 Phrase Structure: ABAB QRQS (abcd abcd qrsd qrtd) Handwritten: Pl... More
Appalachian music. [Schottische in C] [music transcription]. Note shee...
Meter: 4/4 Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Title change: The title appears on the transcription as "Unnamed schottische." Key: C Strains: 3 (low-high-higher, 4-4-4) Rendition: 1-2... More
Richmond [music transcription] - Public domain American music sheet
Meter: 4/4 Strains: 2 (high-low, 4-4) Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Compass: 12 Key: D/A Rendition: 1r-2r-1r-2r-1r-2r-1 Phrase Structure: ABAC QRQS (abcd abc'e qrst qruv) Stylis... More
Appalachian music. Frosty Morning [music transcription]. Note sheet.
Meter: 4/4 Strains: 2 (high-low, 4-4) Compass: 15 Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Key: A Title change: This tune is transcribed after the continuation of "Forked Deer" on the page... More
Appalachian music. Love Somebody [music transcription]. Note sheet.
Key: D Meter: 4/4 Strains: 2 (high-low, 4-4) Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Rendition: 1r-2r-1r-2 Phrase Structure: ABA'C QRST (aba'c ab'de qeqr q'stb) Compass: 15 (11 plus low A... More
[Witch of the Wave Reel] [music transcription]
Title change: The title appears on the transcription as "Unnamed." Meter: 4/4 Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Compass: 12 Key: G Rendition: 1r-2r-1 Strains: 2 (low-high, 4-2) Phra... More
Pop Goes the Weasel [music transcription]
Strains: 2 (high-low, 4-4) Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Compass: 12 Key: G Meter: 6/8 Rendition: 1r-2r-1 Title change: A transcription of Ed Hall's rendition of "Cumberland Gap... More
Appalachian music. Cluck Old Hen [music transcription]. Note sheet.
Meter: 4/4 Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Key: A Strains: 2 (high-low, 2-2) Compass: 10 Rendition: 1r-2r-1r-2r-1r-2r-1r-2r Phrase Structure: AB QR (aba'c qrq'c) Handwritten: Play... More
Appalachian music. [Schottische in G] [music transcription]. Note shee...
Meter: 4/4 Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Title change: The title appears on the transcription as "Unnamed schottische." Key: G Strains: 2 (low-high, 4-4) Compass: 16 Rendition: ... More
Appalachian music. Sweet Sunny South [music transcription]. Note sheet...
Meter: 4/4 Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Key: A Strains: 1 (8) Rendition: 1-1 Phrase Structure: ABCD (abcdcbef) Compass: 7 Related Tune(s): Hicks's Farewell Handwritten: Played ... More
Appalachian music. Ricketts' Hornpipe [music transcription]. Note shee...
Key: D Meter: 4/4 Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Compass: 12 Rendition: 1r-2r-1r-2 Strains: 2 (low-high, 4-4) Title change: The title appears on the transcription as "Ricket's Ho... More
Appalachian music. British Field March music transcription. Note sheet...
Meter: 4/4 Strains: 2 (high-low, 4-4) Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Key: A Title change: This tune is transcribed after "Georgia Camp Meeting" on the page. Rendition: 1-2-1r-2-1... More
Appalachian music. Rye Straw [music transcription]. Note sheet.
Meter: 4/4 Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Key: A Strains: 3 (low-high-high octave, 4-4-4) Rendition: 1-2-3-2-1-2-3-2-1 Phrase Structure: ABAC QRQ'S UVUV (abac abad qrqs qr'td uvu... More
[Walking in My Sleep] [music transcription] - Ragtime music
Title change: The title appears on the transcription as "Unnamed." Meter: 4/4 Strains: 2 (high-low, 4-4) Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Key: G Rendition: 1r-2r-1r-2r-tag Phrase S... More
Folding Down the Sheets [music transcription]
Key: D Meter: 4/4 Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Stylistic features: Slurs in bowing. Title change: The title appears on the transcription as "Foldin' Down the Sheets." Strains: ... More
Appalachian music. Cabin Creek [music transcription]. Note sheet.
Meter: 4/4 Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Key: G Compass: 9 Strains: 3 (high-middle-low, 2-2-2) Rendition: 1r-2r-3r-1r-2r-3r-1r-2r-3r-1r-2r-3r-tag Phrase Structure: AB QR UV (abc... More
Appalachian music. The Route [music transcription]. Note sheet.
Meter: 4/4 Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Key: A Strains: 2 (low-high, 4-4) Compass: 11 Title change: The title appears on the transcription as "The Route (H. Reed - uncle's vers... More
Dance Betsy [music transcription] - Public domain musical sheets
Meter: 4/4 Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Key: A Strains: 2 (low-high, 4-4) Compass: 10 Title change: The title appears on the transcription as "Betsy...." Rendition: 1r-2r-1(pau... More
Turkey in the Straw [music transcription]
Key: D Meter: 4/4 Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Compass: 12 Strains: 2 (low-high, 4-4) Rendition: 1r-2r-1r-2r-1 Phrase Structure: ABAC QRSC (abcd abc'e c"c"qq' rsc'e) Stylistic ... More
Appalachian music. Round Town Gals [music transcription]. Note sheet.
Meter: 4/4 Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Compass: 12 Key: G Stylistic features: Slurs predominate in bowing. Title change: The title appears on the transcription as "Round Town ... More
[Breakdown in A/Frosty Morning] [music transcription]
Meter: 4/4 Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Key: A Related Tune(s): Frosty Morning Title change: The title appears on the transcription as "Unnamed Frag." It is transcribed after "... More
Dance Shoo Fly [music transcription] - Public domain musical sheets
Key: D Meter: 4/4 Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Compass: 13 Strains: 2 (low-high, 4-4) Title change: This tune is transcribed after "Jump Jim Crow" on the page. Rendition: 1-2r-... More
Appalachian music. Bill Cheatham [music transcription]. Note sheet.
Meter: 4/4 Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Key: A Strains: 2 (low-high, 4-4) Title change: This tune is transcribed after "Granny..." on the page. Rendition: 1-2-1r-2r-1 Phrase St... More
Paddy on the Turnpike [music transcription]
Meter: 4/4 Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Compass: 12 Key: A Strains: 3 (high-middle-low, 4-4-4) Rendition: 1-2-3-1-2-3-(break)-2-3-1-2-3 Phrase Structure: ABAB' QRQ'R UVUR' (aba... More
Hell among the Yearlings [music transcription]
Key: D Meter: 4/4 Strains: 2 (high-low, 4-4) Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Compass: 17 Title change: The title appears on the transcription as "Hell among the Yearlin's." Rendit... More
Appalachian music. Salt River [music transcription]. Note sheet.
Meter: 4/4 Strains: 2 (high-low, 4-4) Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Compass: 12 Key: A Phrase Structure: ABAC QRQS (abcd abef qrst qruf) Related Tune(s): Paddy on the Turnpike R... More
Appalachian music. Shooting Creek [music transcription]. Note sheet.
Key: D Meter: 4/4 Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Compass: 12 Strains: 2 (high-low, 2-2) Title change: The title appears on the transcription as "Shootin' Creek." It is transcribe... More
Appalachian music. Lost Indian [music transcription]. Note sheet.
Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Key: A Meter: 4/4 (but not steady in its beat) Strains: 3 (middle-middle-middle, 2-2-2) Rendition: 1r-2r-3 Phrase Structure: AB QB UB (aba'c a"ra'c... More
Appalachian music. Stony Point [music transcription]. Note sheet.
Meter: 4/4 Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Key: G Compass: 11 Strains: 3 (low-middle-high, 2-2-2) Rendition: 1r-3r-1r-2r-3r-1r-2r-3r-1r-2r-tag Phrase Structure: AB QR UV (abab qrq... More
[I'm Going Away to Leave You, Going to Tennessee] [music transcription...
Meter: 4/4 Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Compass: 12 Key: G Strains: 2 (low-high, 4-4) Rendition: 1-2r-1r-2r-1r-2 Related Tune(s): I've Got to Leave You Title change: The title ... More
Appalachian music. Flop-Eared Mule [music transcription]. Note sheet.
Meter: 4/4 Strains: 2 (high-low, 4-4) Phrase Structure: ABAC QRQS (abcd abce qrst qrsu) Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Compass: 12 Key: G/D Rendition: 1r-2r-1r-2r-1r-2r-1r-2r-1 S... More
Billy in the Low Land [music transcription]
Meter: 4/4 Rendition: 1r-2r-1r-2r Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Compass: 12 Key: G Strains: 2 (low-high, 4-4) Phrase Structure: ABCD QB'QR (abcd aefg qb'cd qb'f'g) Stylistic fea... More
[Alabama Girls Give the Fiddler a Dram] [music transcription] - Ragtim...
Meter: 4/4 Rendition: 1r-2r-1r-2r Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Key: G Strains: 2 (low-high, 4-4) Compass: 10 Title change: The title appears on the transcription as "Unnamed" [... More
Appalachian music. Shady Grove [music transcription]. Note sheet.
Meter: 4/4 Strains: 2 (high-low, 4-4) Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Rendition: 1r-2r-1r-2 Key: A Phrase Structure: ABCD QRC'D (abac a'def d'd"qr a'def ) Compass: 9 Stylistic fea... More
Dance Red Fox [music transcription] - Public domain musical sheets
Meter: 4/4 Strains: 2 (high-low, 4-4) Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Compass: 12 Key: G Stylistic features: Slurred bowing. Rendition: tag-1r-2r-1r-2r-1r-2 Phrase Structure: ABAC... More
Appalachian music. Frosty Morning [music transcription]. Note sheet.
Meter: 4/4 Strains: 2 (high-low, 4-4) Compass: 15 Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Key: A Title change: This tune is transcribed after "Santa Anna's Retreat" on the page. Rendition... More
Appalachian music. Shelving Rock [music transcription]. Note sheet.
Meter: 4/4 Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Key: C Strains: 2 (low-high, 4-4) Compass: 16 Title change: The title appears on the transcription as "Shelvin' Rock." Rendition: 1-2r-1... More
Appalachian music. Kitchen Girl [music transcription]. Note sheet.
Meter: 4/4 Strains: 2 (high-low, 4-4) Transcribed by Alan Jabbour, from a performance by Henry Reed. Key: A Compass: 11 Stylistic features: Slurred bowing. Rendition: (1)-2r-1r-2r-1r-2 Phrase Structure: ABAC QR... More
A group of men in tuxedos talking to each other. Barack obama john pau...
A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain stock photographs related to music and performing arts.
Reverend N.L. Williams and the Mount Carmel Baptist Choir at the 1977 ...
Local call number: FS77507A..Title: Reverend N.L. Williams and the Mount Carmel Baptist Choir at the 1977 Florida Folk Festival: White Springs, Florida..Date: September 5, 1977..Physical descrip: 1 slide - col.... More
Lewis Raulerson playing banjo: Tampa, Florida
Local call number: FP8339..Title: Lewis Raulerson playing banjo: Tampa, Florida..Date: ca. 1983..Photographer: Dwight DeVane ( http://www.floridamemory.com/solr-search/results/?q=collection:"Florida Photograph... More
Songwriter Charlie "Hoss" Singleton: Jacksonville, Florida
Local call number: FS864080..Title: Songwriter Charlie "Hoss" Singleton: Jacksonville, Florida..Date: August 9, 1985..Photographer: David Alan Taylor ( http://floridamemory.com/solr-search/results/?q=collection... More
Lillian Kalikow playing piano during vaudeville show at the Florida Fo...
Local call number: FS864689..Title: Lillian Kalikow playing piano during vaudeville show at the Florida Folk Festival: White Springs, Florida..Date: May 25, 1986..Photographer: Peggy A. Bulger ( http://www.flor... More
Jesus Rodriguez playing the Venezuelan harp: Naples, Florida
Local call number: FA1543..Title: Jesus Rodriguez playing the Venezuelan harp: Naples, Florida..Date: March 1988..Photographer: Riki Saltzman ( http://floridamemory.com/solr-search/results/?q=collection:"Florid... More
San Juan Island, Michael Cohen, - San Juan Island
Folk musician Michael Cohen has been a constant at the Holiday Social since 1995.
Scott Kirby plays show at Guantanamo Bay
Scott Kirby plays a free show at Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay Cuba Dec. 17 at the Tiki Bar. Kirby played songs from his newest album "Row Me Home" for the troops.
A group of people dressed in traditional clothing. Midsummer midsummer...
A group of people in traditional costumes dancing. Public domain stock photographs related to music and performing arts.
A group of people that are on a stage. China the band rock ' n ' roll.
The band plays music on stage. Public domain stock photographs related to music and performing arts.
A group of people that are on a stage. China the band rock ' n ' roll.
A group of people playing instruments on stage / A band playing on stage with a screen projected on it / Public domain stock photo of a ship.
A person holding a guitar and a mirror. Guitar music woman, music.
A woman playing a guitar with a man behind her / A person holding a guitar and a mirror / Public domain stock illustration.
A man playing a guitar and singing into a microphone. Pete seeger folk...
Playing the banjo / A man with a banjo and a woman in a red shirt and hat singing into a microphone / Public domain stock photo.
A group of men wearing hats and holding guitars. Music guitars music g...
A group of men playing music in front of palm trees. Public domain stock photographs related to music and performing arts.
A group of men in traditional bavarian clothing marching down a dirt r...
A group of men in traditional german clothing are marching down a path / A marching band in traditional bavarian clothing public domain stock photo.
Zach Jones Performs with National Park Radio
Local musician Jach Jones played banjo with National Park Radio during the 2nd Annual NPS Birthday Bash
Stefan, the lead vocalist of National Park Radio, performs at Shiloh o...
Stefan Szabo, lead vocalist of National Park Radio, performs at the 2nd Annual NPS Birthday Bash.
A Large and Enthusiastic Crowd Enjoys the 2nd Annual NPS Birthday Bash...
Crowd enjoys music during the Birthday Bash concert. Happy birthday National Park Service.
National Park Radio from Arkansas perform at Shiloh
The indie-folk band, National Park Radio, headlined our 2nd Annual NPS Birthday Bash concert.
National Park Radio - National Parks Gallery
The 'indie-folk" band National Park Radio performs during our 2nd Annual NPS Birthday Bash.
A U.S. Air Force Band’s Celtic Aire ensemble member
A U.S. Air Force Band’s Celtic Aire ensemble member plays the flute during a Memorial Day weekend show at the National Harbor in Fort Washington, Md., May 27, 2017. Celtic Aire is a Celtic and folk ensemble for... More
Home Sweet Home: Life in Nineteenth-century Ohio
Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Folklore music map of the United States from the Primer of American Mu...
Copyright Hagstrom Map Company, Inc., NY, Lic. No.: H-2194.
[Il ballo della tarantella] - Drawing. Public domain image.
Public domain image of a 17th-18th century fashion, costume design, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Dance American Indian melodies - Public domain musical sheets
Songs of the Omaha Indians. (general) For piano. (general) Collected by Alice Fletcher. (general) Harmonized by Arthur Farwell. (statement of responsibility) Historical and performance notes by A. Farwell in In... More