MUSI 2040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Psalm 100, Hymn, Thirteen Colonies
29 Sep 2016
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Religion: new england psalmody and hymnody (music in the thirteen colonies protestants) Ainsworth psalter (1612: the psalter is a psalm book of the pilgrims: henry ainsworth"s book of psalms englished. Both in prose and meter: more texts (59) than tunes (29) sang texts to any tune so tunes aren"t named after text but after random places. Hymn: old hundred (to the tune of psalm 100: calvinist simplicity, pilgrims, ainsworth psalter. The old way: result of falling musical literacy and children not going to work/school, printing was expensive, result was lining out . Leader sings and the rest of the congregation sings it back slower. Shape note singing: invented in new england popular in the south and west, same repertory, little and smith"s the easy instructor . Each shape got a specific symbol: fa sol la mi. Sacred heart most famous book with this style 1844. New repertory before singing the song, you sing with four syllables.
