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QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION AND REVIEW
- On the basis of what we hear in the actual music, what can we say about the
different ways music functioned in the religious lives of Franciscan mis-
sionaries in California, Calvinist settlers in New England, and the Moravian
communities in Pennsylvania and North Carolina? - An important aspect of the Old Way of singing is that it was fully participa-
tory. There was no “audience” listening to the singing, unless that audience
was the deity to whom the congregation directed their praise. W hat would
be the difference between listening to the performance of “Guide Me, O
Thou Great Jehovah” (LG 1.3), and participating in it? If there is an aspect of
this musical practice that can be accessed only through participation, what
might it be, and why would its adherents value it so highly? - Old Hundred is a tune suitable for any text in long meter. Try singing the
words of Chester to the tune of Old Hundred. Now try singing the metrical
translation of Psalm 100 (in LG 1.2) to the tune of Chester. - Three songs that have texts in common meter are “America the Beautiful,”
“Auld Lang Syne,” often sung on New Year’s Eve, and “Amazing Grace.” Try
singing the words of any of these songs to the tune of one of the others. - W hat does this experiment reveal about the New England psalmodists’ mix-
and-match attitude toward music and text?
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