Vernacular Music Research is an archival and historical collection of music. It includes print (books, sheet music, orchestrations), 78' records, and other media featuring American music and dance from the early 19th century to the 1960s.
It was founded by
jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a m ...
historian Thornton Hagert. Jazz.com lists his name as "Tony Hagert" for albums "Come & Trip it" & "Too Much Mustard" with trombonist Dave Sager.
The Archive
The Archive itself consists of about 125,000 items of printed
music, 75,000 items of recorded music, 5,500 books and
2,000 periodicals on New World Vernacular music, dance, and
related topics.
Services
Research and historical writing has been compiled for has been prepared for
The Smithsonian
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's "An Experiment in Modern Music: Paul Whiteman at Aeolian Hall. Smithsonian Collection recording DMM 2-0518", and the Maryland Historical Society,
The archive has provided sheet music, recorded music, and referenced source material for books and publications including:
" Habaneras, Maxixies & Tangos: The Syncopated Piano Music of Latin America" author
Bill Matthiesen
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made special note of the use of Thornton Hagert's research, sheet music and orchestration.
''Ragged but Right'' by Lynn Abbott features sheet music from the Archive. Printed by University of Mississippi Come & Trip It "Instrumental Dance Music, 1780s-1920s" Released on
New World Records
New World Records is a record label that was established in 1975 through a Rockefeller Foundation grant to celebrate America's bicentennial (1976) by producing a 100-LP anthology, with American music from many genres.
The Release is even currently for sale on Amazon, with reviews included- Come & Trip It
It also received a special thanks from the author of "Black Manhattan", conductor Rick Benjamin. Maintained by Recorded Anthology of American Music, Inc.
Was a contributor to the
Eubie Blake
James Hubert "Eubie" Blake (February 7, 1887 – February 12, 1983) was an American pianist and composer of ragtime, jazz, and popular music. In 1921, he and his long-time collaborator Noble Sissle wrote '' Shuffle Along'', one of the first B ...
Collection with the
Maryland Historical Society
The Maryland Center for History and Culture (MCHC), formerly the Maryland Historical Society (MdHS), . founded on March 1, 1844, is the oldest cultural institution in the U.S. state of Maryland. The organization "collects, preserves, and inte ...
Record Research
Joel Carver Whitburn (November 29, 1939 – June 14, 2022) was an American author and music historian, responsible for setting up the Record Research, Inc. series of books on record chart placings.
Early life
Joel Carver Whitburn was born in Wa ...
features research and writing in partnership with Jean C Averty on numerous articles throughout the 70s and 80s.
Provided Samples of Music for book The Devil's Horn (The Devil's Horn: The Story of the Saxophone, From Noisy Novelty to King of Cool. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. )
Participated in the book Pioneers of Jazz: The Story of the Creole Band by Lawrence Gushee Page 552 https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0195161319
Provided sheet music cover of "Oh you Devil! Rag" for a
University of Mississippi
The University of Mississippi ( byname Ole Miss) is a public research university that is located adjacent to Oxford, Mississippi, and has a medical center in Jackson. It is Mississippi's oldest public university and its largest by enrollment ...