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7th grade trimester 3
American Songs
First American Music
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The first of many songs of America was the songs of
the INDIANS. Native American drums, rattles, and
shakers were the instruments made by hand by the
INDIANS to celebrate births, cure the sick.
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Drums used for communication from tribe to tribe
Flutes were made from hollow trees
c. Music was sung and danced by the men in the
tribe
d. Music was passed down orally from generation to
generation
(father to son, mother to daughter) and only written
down recently.
First American Composer
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1620… the Pilgrims landed in Plymouth Rock, MA.
The ENGLISH settlers landed and brought with them
the AINSWORHT PSALTER, a book of psalms.
The FIRST hymnal printed in AMERICA was THE BAY
PSALM BOOK in 1640.
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Pilgrims settled in NEW ENGLAND
NO INSTRUMENTS PERMITTED IN THE HOME OR
CHURCH
Example of PILGRIM SONGS
WHEN JESUS WEPT by WILLIAM BILLINGS, the
first American Composer. This song is in our
BREAKING BREAD hymnal.
4. Early American Songs
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The colonists sang about life in
AMERICA or the country from which they
had come.
STORY SONGS are called BALLADS.
Example of a ballad: CLEMENTINE
(1800); On Top of Old Smoky, She’ll be
coming round the mountain
Most ballads have no name for a
composer
5. Revolutionary War Songs
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Colonists were also singing of their discontent. In 1776 THE
REVOLUTIONARY WAR BEGAN…
• BOSTON TEA PARTY : DISCONTENT BECAME
REBELLION
Hymn-writer WILLIAM BILLINGS penned an original song,
CHESTER. This song became a marching song that was sung
from Maine to Georgia throughout the Revolutionary War.
Colonial Fife and Drums trilled YANKEE DOODLE, poking fun at
the British Army and hailing George Washington as the better
general. Original tune was named “YANKEE TOOTLE”
Did you know what instruments Ben Franklin played?
(the Cello and Glass Armonica)
Thomas Jefferson? (The Violin)
First American President’s
1. George became our first President in 1789.
The song HAIL COLUMBIA was written by
Joseph Hopkinson, the son of one of the
signers of the Declaration of Independence
and performed at his first inauguration as
President of the United States. Sharing his
father's talents for verse and song, Joseph
Hopkinson in 1798 composed the lyrics for the
patriotic song "Hail Columbia" to be sung to
the tune of "The President's March
9.Our National Anthem
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The United States emerged from the
WAR of 1812. FRANCES SCOTT KEY,
wrote THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER,
while a prisoner of war during the Battle
of Fort McHenry near Baltimore,
Maryland. He wrote the first verse on a
envelope in his pocket. He later wrote
THREE more verses. The original verse three
has been dropped from most music books leaving
three verses. (Extra credit to memorize verses 2 and 3
and find missing verse during trimester 3)
Can you analyze the song?
• Analysis of the music Francis S. Key wrote in
1814.
• a. Key of the song: Key of Ab major
• b. Meter (Time signature) of the music:
3
4
• c. This Song starts on two pick-up notes on the 3rd beat
of that “invisible measure”. (a pick-up measure)
• d. Form of the song:
ABABCDEF
• e. Song form: Verse only
• f. style of song Patriotic
Other songs about America
• Irving Berlin: God Bless America
He wrote the words and the music!
• Katherine Lee Bates:
America the Beautiful
She only wrote the words in a poem.
• Samuel Smith: America
He only wrote the words in a poem.
Every song except God Bless America Irving
Berlin first a poem and put to another song
melody.
10-11. Sea Chanteys
• Sea Chanteys flourished…
• New England down the Eastern coast of the
USA…Plymouth, MA, Boston, MA, New York
Harbor; Philadelphia, PA; Providence, RI; Bath,
MA; Norfolk, VA; Baltimore, MD; Charlotte, NC
(Fort Sumter) Blow the Man Down, Cape Cod
Girls… Sung by men Form:
• CALL (1st mate) AND RESPONSE (men)
• Boatman’s Dance: a River work song
• Music was used as a way to keep the sailors in
UNISON
• The purpose was to ease and reduce the
strain of often brutal work
12. Settler’s Song
• Songs were sung in BALLADS Songs that told a
story…..
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Ballad of the Edmund Fitzgerald
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Clementine
• Simple Gifts was a “Shaker” tune used by Aaron
Copland, an American composer in his “Appalachian
Spring”, an American ballet.
• Early American instruments: Fiddle, the guitar, the banjo,
washboard and jaw harp, Traditional instruments from
Europe: Violin, piano, were played at home in a room
dedicated to music.
• drum and bugles were played in the military bands.
13. Railroad Songs
• Railroad Songs of Early America
I’ve been working on the railroad
Casey Jones
She’ll Be Coming Round the Mountain
14. Cowboys
• Our western states….music around
campfires on the trail during cattle drives.
• Home on the Range
• Red River Valley
The cowboy’s favorite instrument was the
acoustic guitar. Why?
Spirituals and Southern
work songs
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Songs of deliverance from slavery
Songs of hope in God
Songs to show faith in God
EX. I’ve got a robe p162 (SPOTLIGHT)
P44 (Share) Oh, Sinner Man
P53 (Share) I Saw the Light
What instrument was brought from Africa
and became an American instrument?
Civil War 1861- 64.
16. In 1861, Julia Ward Howe, an
Southerner, abolitionist and Feminist,
wrote a poem to the tune” “John Brown’s
Body”. In the Civil War, it became the
marching song of the NORTH because
President Abraham Lincoln said. “I like
that song!” The hymn version is still in the
breaking bread. Julia was a poet and
lyricist…She didn’t know it would become
a favorite American song even today!
Southern Army Songs
• 16. The South marched to a popular song in the
Days before the war…”Dixie” written by a
Northern songwriter, Daniel Decatur Emmett.
He was a minstrel, a traveling musician…and
was performing in a minstrel show before the
war broke out…The song gave the southern
states a name for their country…DIXIE
More POPULAR SONGS from
the 1800’s
• 16 Another popular song during the Civil
War….When Johnny Comes Marching
Home again... Patrick Gilmore
Morton Gould composed American
Salute, a THEME AND VARIATIONS
ARRANGEMENT for orchestra using
“When Johnny Comes Marching Home” as
his THEME. How did he change it in the
variations?
18. Stephen Foster
a. He was born in Pennsylvania
b. He moved south before the Civil War.
c. He wrote over 200 songs about life in the
south
• Minstrel: traveling musician (Troubadour)
d. His most memorable songs:
• Oh Susanna, My Old Kentucky Home,
and Camptown Races
19. Famous American Marches
• March King: John Phillip Sousa
• (1854-1932)
• 1. known as the “March King”
wrote many American marches
(over 100)
2. Director of the Marine Band called “The
President’s Own” (performs at the White House)
3. HE create his own band Sousa Band,
Sousaphone, Philadelphia/Willow Grove Park
Form: A A B B C D C D C
Stars and Stripes; Washington Post, and
Sempre Fideles
Song analysis project
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Song teams
1. pick a song group leader
2. Find a song to analyze
3. Check with Mrs. H. to see if it is
approved
• 4. Fill out paper…in class May 9/10
• 5. Performance due in May 16/24
Music Videos
• Music videos are due to Mrs. Helinsky on
or before Friday, June 6/7
Your video attached with a rubric and
lyrics (Your name must be on label or
taped to video)