READ: Chapter 3 “How Sweet the Sound: Sacred Music in the New Republic,” An Introduction to America’s Music, by Richard Crawford & Larry Hamberlin (2013).
Compare and contrast Lowell Mason’s lifelong promotion of Musical Edification linked to the Northern Reform movement with the Southern Praise Movement and its shape-note music practitioners.
Was one movement more democratic than the other? Explain why or why not.
After listening to Mason’s “Olivet” and the folk hymn, “Wondrous Love,” compare Mason’s scientifically written hymn with the folk art of “Wondrous Love.” Which do you prefer and why do you prefer it?
In what ways were the musical and performance aesthetics different between the Reform and Praise movements? How were they the same?
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