An Introduction to America’s Music

CHAPTER 1 | PROTESTANT MUSIC OUTSIDE THE CALVINIST ORBIT 39 THE ANGLICAN CHURCH The Church of England supported a musical life o ...

40 PART 1 | FROM COLONIZATION THROUGH THE CIVIL WAR members alone, Beissel’s music was not published; rather, in a spirit of dev ...

CHAPTER 1 | PROTESTANT MUSIC OUTSIDE THE CALVINIST ORBIT 41 K This watercolor depicts Moravian bishop Jacob Van Vleck at the key ...

42 PART 1 | FROM COLONIZATION THROUGH THE CIVIL WAR CD 1.5 Listening Guide 1.5 Ich will dir ein Freudenopfer thun JOHANN FRIEDRI ...

CHAPTER 1 | FURTHER LISTENING 43 QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION AND REVIEW On the basis of what we hear in the actual music, what can ...

44 A mericans make music in all sorts of settings, from concert halls to back porches. The kinds of music they make may vary acc ...

CHAPTER 2 | SONG, DANCE, AND HOME MUSIC MAKING 45 ample supply of music from the British Isles and the European Continent, made ...

46 PART 1 | FROM COLONIZATION THROUGH THE CIVIL WAR on broadsides and in newspapers during these years provide a window on the f ...

CHAPTER 2 | SONG, DANCE, AND HOME MUSIC MAKING 47 date: 1768 performers: Arthur F. Shrader, with David Robertson, Edward Olsen, ...

48 PART 1 | FROM COLONIZATION THROUGH THE CIVIL WAR DANCING AND DANCE MUSIC For centuries, dance has been a lightning rod for Am ...

CHAPTER 2 | SONG, DANCE, AND HOME MUSIC MAKING 49 considered a social accomplishment that was possible only through instruction; ...

50 PART 1 | FROM COLONIZATION THROUGH THE CIVIL WAR Also known as “Sailor’s Hornpipe,” “College Horn- pipe” was fi rst published ...

CHAPTER 2 | SONG, DANCE, AND HOME MUSIC MAKING 51 In early America, the word “amateur,” rather than referring to someone less sk ...

52 PART 1 | FROM COLONIZATION THROUGH THE CIVIL WAR for building musical performance more fully into the life of Monticello, his ...

SPOTLIGHT ON HISTORYSPOTLIGHT ON HISTORY Francis Hopkinson, Music Amateur P erhaps the most devoted musical amateur in eighteent ...

54 PART 1 | FROM COLONIZATION THROUGH THE CIVIL WAR rhythmic and melodic signals such as reveille, retreat, and tattoo. The Brit ...

CHAPTER 2 | MILITARY, CONCERT, AND THEATER MUSIC 55 to travel and to exist in a variety of forms has made it a uniquely practica ...

56 PART 1 | FROM COLONIZATION THROUGH THE CIVIL WAR were familiar with such secular assemblies; they had only to transplant and ...

CHAPTER 2 | MILITARY, CONCERT, AND THEATER MUSIC 57 Public concerts of the eighteenth century emphasized variety, running more t ...

58 PART 1 | FROM COLONIZATION THROUGH THE CIVIL WAR Hagen concert may be seen as an event in which Boston’s two leading musical ...