America's Musical Heritage

America's Musical Heritage

Series from 2019

Series from 2019

Broadcast info
Genres: Documentary, Special Interest

In Professor Anthony Seeger’s America's Musical Heritage, learn how to listen to the music of America with new ears.

Produced in collaboration with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, proprietor of the vast treasury of American vernacular music, these 12 episodes explore more than 200 years of music from trailblazers like Scott Joplin, the Memphis Jug Band, Woody Guthrie, and many others.

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Inheriting America’s Musical Traditions

American Revolutionary and Wartime Music

European Empires and American Music

Minstrel Shows and Variety Shows

Music of American Movement and Dance

Hymns, Spirituals, and Chants in America

Brass Bands, Powwows, and Folk Festivals

American Music of Politics and Protest

The Banjo: An African Gift to American Music

The Roots of Country Music in America

American Piano, Ragtime, and Early Jazz

The Musical Gumbo of New Orleans