Your first stop in joining the Academy for your personal learning experience. Meet the faculty and find out more about the Academy's learning opportunities.
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About the Academy
The Parlor Songs Academy has been founded as a part of the Open Educational Resources (OER) Movement. According to the American Council on Education, “Higher education institutions worldwide are joining an emerging movement to provide universal and free access to digital educational content through OER”.
The visitor (you!) can learn at your own pace in two main ways. First, you can browse through our over 130 articles about America's music and read about the songs and narratives about the various aspects of our music. Secondly, you can self enroll in any of the learning courses we have provided that use the articles and other resources to help you learn about America's music. Or, you can just enjoy the music on the site. To learn more about Parlor Songs, see our about page
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Resources
Articles about America's Music
Our main resource is all of the articles we've written that are available to you for entertainment or learning. Check our site map which lists all of the articles and other resources on the site.
Composer Biographies
A compilation of hundreds of biographies of America's music composers. A good quick reference if you are looking for life and career details for these songwriters.
Catalog of Published Music
A listing of all the music available to listen to and view published to date.. -
Learning
You can become a member of the Academy while helping us pay for our expenses. Lots of benefits including a free CD and access to our PDF archive.
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Products
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Here you can purchase our CDs, download MP3 files, order sheet music reproductions and we even have some free screen savers for you..
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