Where can I find Public Domain Civil War Era Music?

John Brown Song

While music is an important part to any documentary, it can be difficult to find free (and legal) music to download. Listed below are a few sites and selected Civil War Era music from their collections. Also check out House Divided’s public domain music and sound effects.

Band Music from the Civil War Era (Library of Congress Music Division)

• Hunters’ Chorus, from The Rose of Erin (Band)
• Ah! May the Red Rose Live Alway (Vocal)
• The Herdsman’s Mountain Song (Vocal)
• Captain Shepherd’s Quickstep (Band)
• Captain Finch’s Quickstep (Band)
• Indiana Polka (Band)
• The Moonbeam Waltzes (Band)
• La Fontaine (Piano)
• Slow March: Midnight! (Band)
• Scots Wha Hae: Variations (Piano)
• General Taylor Storming Monterey (Band)
• Lilly Bell Quickstep (Band)
• Door Latch Quickstep (Band)
• Free and Easy (Band)

Civil War Music – Primary Source Set (Library of Congress )

• When Johnny Comes Marching Home (Airforce Band)
• When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again (John Terrill)

Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project (University of California – Santa Barbara)

• Marching through Georgia

Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project Collections

• Band music
• Civil War
• Fife and drum
• Patriotic music

Musopen (Non-Profit Organization)

• Stars and Stripes Forever (Vocal)
• The Glory of the Yankee Navy