Review Sheets #1, #2 & #3 are now posted! MUH 3633 - Music in the United States 12/7/2019 Review Sheets #1, #2 & #3 are now posted! Use these questions to guide your studying. Do not forget the supplemental reading. DAY 11 (23 Sep 19)
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MUH 3633 - Music in the United States 12/7/2019 Chapter Four “Make A Noise” : African American Music before the Civil War DAY 11 (23 Sep 19)
General African Music Traits MUH 3633 - Music in the United States General African Music Traits 12/7/2019 Non-notated (=Oral) tradition Emphasis on Rhythm (often: Polyrhythm) Use of Percussion Density of Timbre (“buzzy sound”) Use of Ostinato Use of interlocking parts Call and Response Controlled Improvisation Associated w/ Dance and/or Ceremony DAY 11 (23 Sep 19)
MUH 3633 - Music in the United States AF-Am Music-Making 12/7/2019 Oral Tradition from 18th C (no written records) Distinguish between: - Slaves performing for whites (encouraged) - Blacks performing for blacks (discouraged) Traditional (Southern) Af-Am Music-Making Pattin’ Juba: Danny “Slapjazz” Barber Hollerin’ (Spivey’s Corner, NC): Champions… Field Holler: Whoa Buck Quitting Time: Quittin' time song Work Song: Lightning- Long John (by a chain gang) Work Song: “Carrie Belle” [LG 4.1, textbook, p. 79] DAY 11 (23 Sep 19)
Sacred Music in Northern States MUH 3633 - Music in the United States Sacred Music in Northern States 12/7/2019 Limited slavery in North Christianized Blacks Segregated Services A[frican] M[ethodist] E[piscopal] Church (1816) Hymnal – 1801 (Allen) Refrains/Call & Response Am I a Soldier of the Cross? [LG 4.2, p. 82] Soldier of the Cross - Congregational Hymn [white] Reverend Richard Allen (1760-1831) DAY 11 (23 Sep 19)
Af-Am Professional Musicians Frank Johnson (1792-1844) Philadelphia Bandmaster Ex. Fireman’s Cotillion Wm. Henry Lane “Boz’s Juba” (1825?-1852/3) Dancer – Five Points, NY Elizabeth Greenfield (1824?-1876) “The Black Swan” Natchez – Phila – Buffalo - England
Music in Southern States MUH 3633 - Music in the United States 12/7/2019 Music in Southern States Significant % of slaves (often majority) Possibility of slave revolts (see Wikipedia) - Stono Rebellion (1739, SC) – 25 white, 35/50 black dead - Nat Turner (1831, VA) – 50+ white killed, 56 black executed - Amistad (1839) – 49 captives (39 survived), 4-6(?) killed Mixed attitudes toward Christianization, etc. General discouragement of African music-making Few records of actual practice (no notation) Isolated observations DAY 11 (23 Sep 19)
MUH 3633 - Music in the United States 12/7/2019 Runaway Slave Ads NC Runaway Slave Advertisements DAY 11 (23 Sep 19)
MUH 3633 - Music in the United States 12/7/2019 Lewis Miller (1796-1882) DAY 11 (23 Sep 19)