1720
- The lined-out style of hymnody begins to be criticized for abandoning conservative notation in favor of an oral tradition.
- Reverend Thomas Symmes publishes an essay, The Reasonableness of Regular Singing, in which he proposes schools to educate the public in psalm singing. Such schools were to become a major musical institution in New England in the 18th and 19th centuries.
- The Amish arrive in Pennsylvania, thus beginning the Amish music tradition in the United States.
- The Ephrata Cloister is founded in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; they will develop their own musical system and form of hymnody.
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