Primary Source Summary Project MUH 3633 - Music in the United States 11/13/2018 Primary Source Summary Project Instructions Remain Posted on course website Paper due on Monday, 19 Feb 18 @ 5:00 pm - Five Days From Today REMINDER: No class meeting on Friday, 16 Feb 18. Use for project. DAY 16 (14 Feb 18)
Friendly Alert Instructions for the “Music Description Project” are now posted on the course web site
MUH 3633 - Music in the United States 11/13/2018 Chapter Six “The Ethiopian Business” : Minstrelsy and Popular Song through the Civil War DAY 16 (14 Feb 18)
Civil War Songs Southern (Confederacy) Northern (Union) Images of Homeland (Sentimental) Unofficial Anthem "Dixie's Land" (1859-60) Minstrel song! Dan Emmett "Dixie" (CW Re-enacters) Dixie (Hastings [NE] College Choir, 2009) Ole Miss Band (2009) - TSSRA - tradition ended in 2016 Elvis (1973) Northern (Union) Religious Imagery (Abolitionist) Recruiting Song George F. Root, composer "The Battle Cry of Freedom" (1862) (LG 6.5) "Battle Hymn of the Republic“ (1862) - Biblical Imagery
MUH 3633 - Music in the United States 11/13/2018 Chapter Seven “After the Ball” : Band Music, Gospel Hymns, and Popular songs after the Civil War DAY 16 (14 Feb 18)
Civil War (Brass) Bands
Patrick S. Gilmore b. 1829 (Ireland) To Boston (1849) Cornetist and band leader “Gilmore’s Band” (1858-9) Civil War Band Peace Jubilee (1869) 22nd Regimental Band (1873) - toured Europe and US World Peace Jubilee (1872) d. 1892 (St. Louis)
Gilmore’s Band Shift to woodwind / brass / percussion ensemble Arrangements of classical works GILMORE - "22nd Regiment March"
1872 World Peace Jubilee Lengthy programs Massed bands 20,000 choristers “Anvil” Chorus 1872 World Peace Jubilee
“Business Bands” Professional Concert Bands 50+ members (winds, brass & percussion) Gilmore’s Band – first? Sousa Band – most famous Others – Giuseppe Creatore, Patrick Conway, Frederick Innes, Arthur Pryor, etc. Touring Ensembles (US & the World) Recording – early cylinders and records (Sousa opposed “mechanical music”)
John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) Father: Marine Band musician JPS – Marine Band apprentice 1880 – Leader of Marine Band 1892 – Professional Concert Band (rest of life) Fairs, Summer Parks, Tours Highest Musical Standards Classical Transcriptions, Solos, Marches, New Works
The Sousa Band