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Apple Cider in Popular Culture
As a symbol of a simpler time, apple cider has appeared in popular culture, including paintings, songs, and even a Presidential election. -
I’ll See You in My Dreams: 1920s Records and Record Players
Overview of record players and records sold in Geneva during the 1920s based on ads in the Geneva Daily Times. -
Music in Geneva: Jack Bullock
Brief biography of musician Jack Bullock. -
Music in Geneva: Ken Petersen, Legendary Appleknocker
The story of Ken Petersen and the Appleknockers -
William and Luella Gracey
The musical talents of the Graceys. -
Ella Cripps: “Hobby and Occupation – Music”
Brief biography of Ella Cripps -
‘Twas Always Thus: Record Cylinders
Brief history of early recorded music -
New: “Music in the Key of Geneva” Podcast
In our latest podcast Geoffrey Herd, Hannah Collins, and Eliot Heaton discuss the Geneva Music Festival. -
New: “Music in Geneva” Podcast
In our latest podcast David Brent Johnson, jazz director at WFIU public radio in Bloomington and musician Gap Mangione discuss jazz bassist Scott LaFaro. -
Suffrage Songs
Overview of suffrage songs. -
Classical Music in Geneva, Part II
The second in a series about classical music performances in Geneva. -
Youth and Music in Geneva
Excerpts from the Historical Society's zine about youth and music in Geneva. -
New: “Music in the Key of Geneva” Video and Podcast
Latest additions to our "Geneva Stories" video series and "Music in the Key of Geneva" podcasts. -
Classical Music in Geneva, Part 1
The first in a series about classical music performances in Geneva. -
New “Music in the Key of Geneva” Video and Podcast
Latest additions to our "Geneva Stories" video series and "Music in the Key of Geneva" podcasts. -
Home Music: 19th Century Bands in Geneva
Chronicling 19th Century bands in Geneva, New York through newspapers. -
The Last Music Store
Brief history of music stores in Geneva, New York -
Music in the Key of Geneva Podcasts
The first in a series of podcasts for the Geneva Historical Society's Music in the Key of Geneva project. -
Just a Piece of Wood?
A piece from a piano provides a glimpse into Geneva's past. -
Geneva Stories: Music in Geneva, Part 1
The first in a series about music in Geneva. -
The Sounds of Music
Through National Jukebox, sample sound recordings can be found of various musicians who performed in Geneva in the early 1900s. -
Famous 19th-Century Musicians in Geneva
I have been researching music in Geneva for several years. If I found a newspaper article while searching for something else, I saved it. In this way I came across a number of unfamiliar names who performed in Geneva in the 19th century. The advertisements, previews, and reviews certainly made them sound important, but who were they? -
Hidden Music in Geneva
Music is everywhere in Geneva for those with eyes to see. The digital marquee on Seneca Street, event flyers in many downtown store windows, and websites like www.thesmith.org. -
Banjos, Mandolins, and Glee
I have many favorite historical photos of Geneva, but the 1893 Hobart College Banjo & Glee Club is in my Top Ten. Those clothes, those haircuts, those instruments! As a player and fan of banjos and mandolins, I am interested in their popularity at that time. -
Music In Geneva
I have learned more as I work through the Historical Society archives, but there is much history not written down. We have an impressive list of village “firsts”: a hotel, a post office, a church, and a school. However, no one recorded the first person to bring a piano to town, or the name of the fiddler who played the first dance. -
45s, B-sides, and Albums
Alice Askins wrote about live music in Geneva in the 1960s . As she pointed out, most groups played the hits of the day. If you wanted to hear the real thing, you bought the record. -
Playing What They Loved: Geneva’s Music Scene in the 1960s
Recently I talked with Geneva's Chuck Agonito about the rock and roll music scene in Geneva during in the 1960s. Since he was part of that scene, he is a wealth of information on the subject and has often written about it in his “Good Times” column for the Finger Lakes Times. -
Girl Bands and Geneva
Recently, I got the book Swing Shift by Sherrie Tucker. The book was published in 2000 and Professor Tucker was a professor at Hobart and William Smith when she wrote it. Swing Shift is about the all-women bands of the 1930s and 1940s. I wondered if any of the bands in the book were seen or heard in Geneva. It turns out some of them More » -
Community Stories
Some of the best history is given to us as stories from the community. -
When Hobby Meets Work
How music has been incorporated into various activities of the Geneva Historical Society.
Historic Geneva is a history museum in the Finger Lakes region of New York State which focuses on the history of Geneva, NY, historic architecture, genealogy, and the area's industry and agriculture. The Society maintains four historic 19th century properties, an archive and library, a museum and runs programs and events related to the history of Geneva and the Finger Lakes area.