Timeline of Music in The United States To 1819 - 1720

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.
Early 1720s music trends
  • New England psalmody begins to grow more organized and disciplined, through singing schools and other institutions. Public concerts, held alongside lectures or sermons, begin to be held in small towns throughout the region.

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