Cambridge, MA

Music connected to Cambridge

About Cambridge

• Matt Damon, the acclaimed actor, was born in Cambridge on October 8, 1970.
• IMSLP, the vast online sheet music library, was founded in Cambridge.
• Harvard University's founding in 1636 cemented Cambridge as an education hub.
• A secret tunnel system exists beneath MIT, connecting buildings across campus.
• The Great Molasses Flood of 1919 killed 21 people and reshaped the waterfront.
• Named for Cambridge, England, it was established in 1630 as Newtowne.
• With 118,403 residents, it has more people than Greenland.
• The city sits at 40 feet above sea level, a gentle rise from the Charles River.
• Education and technology are the dominant industries in Cambridge.
• The atmosphere is intellectually stimulating, yet also relaxed and quirky.
• The Boston Celtics, with 17 NBA titles, play a few miles away.
• Harvard and Yale's football rivalry, "The Game," is a historic tradition.
• The Charles River forms the southern border of Cambridge.
• The Charles River is home to alewife, a type of river herring.
• The Massachusett tribe inhabited the area before European colonization.
• George Washington took command of the Continental Army in Cambridge on July 3, 1775.
• Harvard's Memorial Hall, built in the 1870s, commemorates Harvard men who died in the Civil War.
• Massachusetts Avenue, part of Route 2A, connects Cambridge to Boston.

Artists From Cambridge

27 Abernathy Alisa Amador Alloy Orchestra Amelia Meath Anne Stevenson Arlon Ober Art Lane Arthur Bird Barbara Ward Bead Game Bennett Lerner Betty Ann Grove Blanks. Cambridge Bach Ensemble Capella Alamire Cavetown Charles Callahan Charles River Valley Boys Chuck Folds Clairvoyants Corinthian “Kripp” Johnson CUFFS Cyrus St. Clair Daniel Striped Tiger Dick Higgins Dig Wayne Donna Fuller Douglas Preston Drug Rug e. e. cummings Eddie Higgins Eddy Duchin Edward Burlingame Hill Eileen Myles Elijah Wald Eric Gaffney Eugenia Zukerman Eye for an Eye Franc Luz Frank Fontaine Frank Lane Fred Allen Galaxie 500 George DeLancey Gordon Beeferman Greg Dalton Harry Oster Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum Hayes Davenport Jane Curtin Jesse Peretz Jessica Lurie Joe Keenan John Glenn Johnny Hodges K-the-I??? Kingsley Flood Kolya Laura Orshaw Lenny Clarke Leroy Anderson Mabel Hubbard Mal Sharpe Margaret Fuller Mark Kaplan Matt Damon Maya Forbes Mayne Smith Nnenna Freelon Noam Weinstein Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Passion Pit Pete Lane Peter Janson Phluph Pousette-Dart Band Quivvver Radcliffe Choral Society Raphe Malik Rex Morrill Richard Hayman Russi Taylor Sam Ellis Sammy Adams Skitzofreniks Specta Ciera Steven Wright STP Susanna Kaysen Suzanne Adams Tapestry Tarbox Ramblers Teddy Johns The Alamire Consort The Harvard Krokodiloes The International Submarine Band The Push Stars The Weepies Tim ‘Love’ Lee Twinemen U.S. Steel Cello Ensemble Walter Donovan William Wells Newell Willie Lynch

Songs About Cambridge

Dedicate by

The Symbol by

Swing by

SLR 2 by

12.38 by

Truth Hurts (DaBaby Remix) by

Do Better by

Blinded by the Light by

Jedi Code by

Crew Love by

Believe Me by

Book of Rhymes by

Nearby Places

27 Abernathy Alisa Amador Alloy Orchestra Amelia Meath Anne Stevenson Arlon Ober Art Lane Arthur Bird Barbara Ward Bead Game Bennett Lerner Betty Ann Grove Blanks. CUFFS Cambridge Bach Ensemble Capella Alamire Cavetown Charles Callahan Charles River Valley Boys Chuck Folds Clairvoyants Corinthian “Kripp” Johnson Cyrus St. Clair Daniel Striped Tiger Dick Higgins Dig Wayne Donna Fuller Douglas Preston Drug Rug Eddie Higgins Eddy Duchin Edward Burlingame Hill Eileen Myles Elijah Wald Eric Gaffney Eugenia Zukerman Eye for an Eye Franc Luz Frank Fontaine Frank Lane Fred Allen Galaxie 500 George DeLancey Gordon Beeferman Greg Dalton Harry Oster Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum Hayes Davenport Jane Curtin Jesse Peretz Jessica Lurie Joe Keenan John Glenn Johnny Hodges K-the-I??? Kingsley Flood Kolya Laura Orshaw Lenny Clarke Leroy Anderson Mabel Hubbard Mal Sharpe Margaret Fuller Mark Kaplan Matt Damon Maya Forbes Mayne Smith Nnenna Freelon Noam Weinstein Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Passion Pit Pete Lane Peter Janson Phluph Pousette-Dart Band Quivvver Radcliffe Choral Society Raphe Malik Rex Morrill Richard Hayman Russi Taylor STP Sam Ellis Sammy Adams Skitzofreniks Specta Ciera Steven Wright Susanna Kaysen Suzanne Adams Tapestry Tarbox Ramblers Teddy Johns The Alamire Consort The Harvard Krokodiloes The International Submarine Band The Push Stars The Weepies Tim ‘Love’ Lee Twinemen U.S. Steel Cello Ensemble Walter Donovan William Wells Newell Willie Lynch e. e. cummings Amherst, MA Boston, MA Bridgeport, CT Cape Cod, MA Carlisle, MA Dorchester, MA East Hartford, CT Fairfield, CT Framingham, MA Hartford, CT