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"Shakespeare, could he read it, would be glad that he was dead". So read one contemporary review of the poems of Julia A. Moore (1847-1920), the Sweet Singer of Michigan. In the late 1870s, this gifted writer of hilarious, bad verse had a national following. Mark Twain even wrote that he always carried with him a copy of Julia's first book of poems, The Sentimental Song Book (1876). "I find in them the same grace and melody that attracted me when they were first published twenty years ago, and have held me in happy bonds ever since", he explained. Twain attributed the "deep charm" of Julia's poems to her innocent habit of making "an intentionally humorous episode pathetic and an intentionally pathetic one funny". Twain immortalized Julia's style in the writings of Emmeline Grangerford, a character in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. She also influenced the writing -- in fact, the career -- of the doggerel poet Ogden Nash, who reportedly said that her example convinced him to try to become "a great bad poet" rather than "a bad good poet". The late Walter Blair, a highly respected professor of American literature at the University of Chicago, put it like this in his introduction to the last published collection of Julia's poems in 1928: Mortal Refrains is the first complete, published collection of Julia Moore's work -- poetry, short stories, songs (including sheet music), and newspaper interviews -- compiled from the earliest published versions found in various public libraries, rare book collections, museums, and archives.

Werner Icking Music Archive - The Werner Icking Music Archive, often abbreviated WIMA, is a web archive of public domain sheet music. WIMA continues the defunct GMD Music Archive and is named after its founder, the late Werner Icking.

Internet Underground Music Archive - The Internet Underground Music Archive (IUMA) was a pioneer of on-line music. IUMA was started by Rob Lord, Jeff Patterson (IUMA)|Jeff Patterson and Jon Luini from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1993, for the purpose of providing a venue for unsigned artists to share their music and communicate with their audience.

Detroit Electronic Music Archive - The Detroit Electronic Music Archive (DEMA) began in June 2005 in Detroit, Michigan. It is housed in the Detroit Public Library.

Sheet music - Sheet music is musical notation written down on paper; it is the musical analog of a book.

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Live Music Archive - Live Music Archive The Phish Book by Richard Gehr, Having played more than a thousand shows live music archive and recorded ten albums during their fifteen years together, Phish now brings us a different kind of performance -- a written one. The first live music archive and only authorized book about the band, The Phish Book is an extraordinary verbal live music archive and visual chronicle of a year in the life of Phish, featuring extensive interviews with the four band members -- ...

Live Music Archive - Live Music Archive Werner Icking Music Archive - The Werner Icking Music Archive, often abbreviated WIMA, is a web archive of public domain sheet music. WIMA continues the defunct GMD Music Archive and is named after its founder, the late Werner Icking. Internet Underground Music Archive - The Internet Underground Music Archive (IUMA) was a pioneer of on-line music. IUMA was started by Rob Lord, Jeff Patterson (IUMA)|Jeff Patterson and Jon Luini from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1993, ...

Internet Live Music Archive - Internet Live Music Archive WEBB, JIMMY - ARCHIVE & LIVE (AT THE ALBERT HALL 1972) [IMPORT] P.F. SLOAN LOVE SONG THREE SONGS: (LET IT BE ME, NEVER MY LOVE & I WANNA BE FREE) MET HER ON A PLANE ALL MY LOVE'S LAUGHTER ONE LADY IF SHIPS WERE MADE TO SAIL GALVESTON ONCE IN THE MORNING WHEN CAN BROWN BEGIN PIANO HIGHWAYMAN CHRISTIAAN NO WHERE THE UNIVERSES ARE MOON'S A HARSH MISTRESS FEET IN THE SUNSHINE LADY FITS HER BLUE JEANS ...

Public Domain Sheet Music - Public Domain Sheet Music The Public Domain: How to Find & Use Copyright-Free Writings, Music, Art & More The Public Domain: How to Find & Use Copyright-Free Writings, Music, Art & More Public Domain Public Domain Mutopia project - The Mutopia project is an effort to create a library of public domain sheet music, in a way similar to Project Gutenberg's library of public domain books. Choral Public Domain Library - The Choral Public Domain Library is a website that allows the editing and ...

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