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1 MUH 3633 - Music in the United States
11/26/2019 Chapter One “Nature Must Inspire the Thought” : Sacred Music in the European Colonies DAY 5 (9 Sep 19)

2 “Regular Singing” vs. “Old Way”
Argument develops c. early 18th century Aural/Oral vs. Music Reading “Lining Out” – led by deacon/precentor - Lined-out Hymnody: Kentucky Old Regular Baptists Sing "Guide me, O Thou Great Jehovah Amazing Grace_by Old Regular Baptist - American Music: A Discussion on "Lining Out“ EX. "Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah" - also see LG 1.3 (text book, p. 30) Need for instruction (Cotton Mather, 1721) “Singing Schools”

3 Tufts and Walter John Tufts, An Introduction to the Singing of Psalm Tunes (Boston, 1715) Thomas Walter, The Grounds and Rules of Musick, Explained (Boston, 1721)

4 William Billlings (1746-1800) Singing School Master, Composer, etc.
The New-England Psalm-Singer, or American Chorister (Boston, 1770) [Textbook, p. 32] - 1st collection of entirely American works - theory, instructions, and music “Nature is the best Dictator, for all the hard dry studied Rules that ever was prescribed will not enable any Person to form an Air…without a Genius…Nature must inspire the Thought.”

5 MUH 3633 - Music in the United States
Billings Examples 11/26/2019 When Jesus Wept (1768) - William Billings (from The New England Psalm-Singer) William Billings - The Continental Harmony - Creation [1794] Anthem w/ fuging section I am the rose of Sharon (1778), by William Billings ( ) – YouTube Anthem DAY 5 (9 Sep 19)

6 MUH 3633 - Music in the United States
11/26/2019 Wake Ev'ry Breath [NEPS T.P.] Round (see text book, p. 32) DAY 5 (9 Sep 19)

7 Chester (1770) Part-writing? Tune?
Chester by William Billings [verses 1 & 5] American Revolutionary Song:Chester - William Billings [all 5 verses] (also see LG 1.4) Tune?

8 James Lyon (1735-94) – Urania (1761)
MUH Music in the United States 11/26/2019 1st American tunebook of any kind (but mixes original and British compositions) Princeton educated, European influences "The Lord descended" (p. 125 of Urania) (Psalm 18) “Christmas” – (p. 192 of Urania) (Luke 2) DAY 5 (9 Sep 19)

9 MUH 3633 - Music in the United States
Other Groups 11/26/2019 Anglican - Church of England (in America) Ephrata Cloisters (p ) - German-speaking separatists (PA) - Ephrata Cloister Chorus - Dank't dem Herrn, ihr Gottes Knechte... Moravians (p ) - Bethlehem, Nazareth (PA), Salem (NC) - collegium musicum - LG 1.5 “Ich will dir ein Freudenopfer thun.” - Johann Friedrich Peter - Quintet IV in C major (1789) - Gott ist mein Hort (Arr. N.R. Knouse for Male Choir) (Live) Sephardic Jews (p. 37) - SEPHARDIC JEWISH SINGING (not necessarily U.S.) DAY 5 (9 Sep 19)

10 Chapter Two “Old, Simple Ditties” : Secular Music in the Colonies and Early Republic

11 Secular Music in Colonies
MUH Music in the United States Secular Music in Colonies 11/26/2019 No royal patronage in colonies Chiefly amateur music-making Professional musicians in “large” cities: Boston, NYC, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Charleston Most professionals = Immigrants (who & why?) Most secular music “imported” from Europe DAY 5 (9 Sep 19)

12 Broadsides Topical songs printed on [cheap] “broad sheets”
No [printed] music Sung to well-known tunes [Oral] Ballad tradition British antecedents See: Isaiah Thomas Broadside Ballads Project for examples

13 “The Liberty Song” (p. 43-4)
MUH Music in the United States 11/26/2019 “The Liberty Song” (p. 43-4) Tune based on: Royal Navy - Heart of Oak Dickinson Parody: The Liberty Song (LG 2.1) Massachusetts Variant: The Massachusetts Song of Liberty British response: Come Shake Your Dull Noodles (lyrics, textbook, p. 43) DAY 5 (9 Sep 19)

14 Dance Music Problem of spiritual vs. physical (Puritans) - acceptable as means to self-discipline Non-Puritans : Social and Courting Activity Couples (European) vs. Longways Dances Anglo-Irish origins and imports Binary forms (and regular phrasing) Ex (LG. 2.2, p. 47) : Jefferson and Liberty - vocal version : Jefferson and Liberty - original version (?) : The Gobby-O Fiddle Tune Exs. (p. 46) - Jasper Bisbee - College Hornpipe - Irish Folk Song: Spanish Lady

15 Colonial Dance Examples
Couples Dances (European) - Menuett - Basic Steps for the Gavotte - Gavotte - La Bourrée 1612 Longways Dances (U.S.) - “La Bagatelle” - “Pluckemin” - Love in a Bottle (recreated from instructions printed w/ music)

16 “Barroom Dancing” (c. 1820) John Lewis Krimmel (1786-1821)

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