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Transcripts For CSPAN3 Founding Era Music And Politics 20160125

Of music in the politics of early American Republic. U. S. Mattered in the early even though the musical parts were not yet well developed here. In Thomas Jeffersons admittedly music in america was in a state of deplorable barbarism. At the most basic level it serves to rally support. Below is it used to rally support for . Music could generate patriotic feelings of goodwill and harmony but it can also energize protests and express sentiments such as rage or scorn. Music could do all of this for several reasons. The secular and political songs of the early American Republic were easily learned by ear. Psalms also uses a kind of shorthand because the melodies were easy to recognize. Just a couple of measures could evoke a whole set of political beliefs. Quite a different experience from listening to speech. Throu ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN3 Founding Era Music And Politics 20160130

Professor wood this is my first visit to smu, my first visit to dallas. Its a beautiful campus and i hope i have a chance to come back sometime. Tonight, we will explore some of the uses of music in the politics of the early american republic. Music mattered in the early u. S. , even though the musical arts were not well developed here. In Thomas Jeffersons view, music in america was in a state of deplorable barbarism. At the most basic level, political music used to rally support, but what americans used music to rally support for very considerably very considerably. Varied considerably. It could be used to animate goodwill and harmony, or it could also energize scorn. These songs were easily learned by ear. Songs also served as a kind of shorthand, because the melodies were easily recognized, a couple measures could evoke a whole set of political debate. In their favor, songs could be performed collectively quite a different ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN3 Founding Era Music And Politics 20160130

State of deplorable barbarism. It was used to rally support, but what americans used music to rally support for very considerably. Or it could also energize scorn. These songs were easily learned byear. By ear. Songs also served as a kind of shorthand because the melodies were easily recognized, a couple measures could evoke a whole set of political debate. Also, songs could be performed collectively, quite a different experience from listening to a speech. And through various modes, songs could evoke different kinds of emotion. For all of these reasons, the chief medical factions of today had their own songs. Such uses of music were not unique to the early republic, but could be found across many times and places. There were ways that music played a special or distinctive role in early u. S. Culture and can help us and the discipline of musicology can help us discover them. Musicologists study music in many different ways, most fundamentally for our purposes tonight, historical musico ....

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