What cultural belief resulted in an influx of new, western-inspired songs into the later 19th century repertoire?

1. What cultural belief resulted in an influx of new, western-inspired songs into the later 19th century repertoire?

2. How does the song “Sweet Betsey from Pike” (1858) by John Stone attempt to maintain its status as an oral tradition?

(a) What images of frontier life does the song conjure up?

(b) What in the song reveals its British folk stylistic origins?

3. In class we will listen to “Home on the Range” (1904) by Daniel E. Kelly.

(a) How do the song’s images of frontier life contrast with those of “Sweet Betsey from Pike?”

4. How did American life change during the Industrial Revolution?

(a) How did gospel music fit in during this time?

5. Who is Dwight Moody, and why is he significant to 19th century gospel music history?

6. How does “Sweet By and By” (1867) by Joseph Webster typify the average gospel song of the time period?

7. Who is John Philip Sousa (1854-1932), and for which music genre is he best known?

6. In class we will listen to Stars and Stripes Forever (1897). How does the song exemplify march style in terms of the following?

(a) form

(b) instrumentation

7. When was the phonograph invented and by whom?

8. How did the phonograph change how music was produced, distributed, and consumed?