The Music Of Williamsburg DVD

Part 2 of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Archive Series: Colonial Life through a Lens. Filmed in 1960, this docudrama explores how music in 18th-century Williamsburg was a ritual of everyday life—the accompaniment to everything from...

Colonial Keyboard Tunes

Ten eighteenth-century tunes that our ancestors played, sang, or danced to are featured in this Colonial Keyboard Tunes publication. They are suitable for playing on a keyboard instrument. Softbound Features Ten 18th-Century Tunes Set for Piano or...

Musick Of The Fifes & Drums - Slow

Scored for fifes and drums. Music arrangements by John C. Moon and the staff members of the Fifes and Drums of Colonial Williamsburg. Volume Two features 12 slow marches scored for fifes and drums. 24 pages.

A Little Keyboard Book

These sprightly pieces have been arranged in eighteenth-century style for keyboard instruments-harpsichord, piano, or chamber organ. Of particular interest is the "Minuet" of Peter Pelham, the only song known to have been written by the first organist of...

A Rollick of Recorders Book

The pieces in this collection have been arranged for the recorder, an instrument that in the eighteenth century was known as the English or common flute.  Included are thirteen tunes that our colonial forebears used for lighthearted music making...

Melody Harp Christmas Songs

Twelve carols children can play instantly of Christmas Melody Harp Songs: Angels We Have Heard On High, Deck the Halls, Go Tell It On the Mountain, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, Jingle Bells, Jolly Old St. Nick, Joy to the...

Folk Melody Harp Songs

Twelve traditional folk melody harp songs young ones - or adults - can play instantly: Blue Tail Fly, Buffalo Gals, Clementine, Cripple Creek, Down In The Valley, Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes, I've Been Working On The Railroad, Little Brown Jug,...

Children's Melody Harp Songs

Twelve traditional children's songs young ones can play instantly: A Hunting We Will Go, A Tisket, A Tasket, Are You Sleeping?, Baa Baa Black Sheep, Froggie Went A Courtin', Hickory Dickory Dock, I'm A Little Teapot, Mary Had A Little Lamb, Polly Wolly...

Melody Harp

This finely crafted wood zither, or melody harp, is one of the easiest instruments a child can play. Simply slide one of 12 song sheets under the strings and follow the "dots" with the pick. A great way to start a child onto a lifetime of music. 14 1/2"...

Changing Keys: Keyboard Instruments for America

The transition from harpsichord to piano and the accompanying shift in taste between 1700 and 1830 was a musical revolution in revolutionary times. So, also, was the transition from London's monopoly on the manufacture of instruments to a burgeoning...

Hamilton: The Revolution

Hamilton: The Revolution written by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter, this behind-the-scenes take gives readers an unprecedented view of both revolutions, from the only two writers able to provide it. The book traces the Broadway show's development...