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Article: Early American wind and ceremonial music, 1636-1836: phase 2 of The National Tune Index.
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Some years ago Kate Keller was having difficulty matching the titles of some eighteenth-century fife tunes to the actual melodies. Quite frustrated by the lack of any reference tools, Keller made an index of the melodies and titles in whatever original sources she had at hand. Her working index was very limited since the field was far too large and the sources were scattered in libraries all over the United States and Europe. She discussed her idea of a larger and more comprehensive index with several colleagues, and then, with Carolyn Rabson and this writer, submitted an application to the National Endowment for the Humanities. The NEH looked favorably on the project, and ...
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