Timeline of Music in The United States To 1819 - 1746

1746

  • The oldest extant manuscript of Das Gesäng de einsamen und verlassenen Turtel-Taub (Turtle-Taube), the central music text of the Ephrata Cloister, dates to this year; it is the first original hymnbook published in the American colonies.
Early 1750s music trends
  • The custom of giving African American workers vacations during the spring election period begins in Connecticut; the workers establish secular festivals that include song and dance, with elections of "governors" and "kings" as part of the celebrations.

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