Music of the United States - MUH 3633 (Spring 2020) - Warfield

Review Sheet # 7 - Chapter 7, "All That Is Native and Fine": American Indian Music, Folk Songs, Spirituals, and Their Collectors

Any of the following concepts and terms (as well as any not specifically listed, but indicated in these review questions) may be included on the first test in MUH 3633. Know these concepts and terms, including their (1) spelling, (2) pronunciation, and (3) definition (if appropriate).

In addition to your notes and the daily PowerPoint slides, remember that there are links on the course home page that provide explanations and even audio and video demonstrations of many of the terms and concepts listed below.

    Chapter 7

  1. What is folk music? Who were "the folk" (das Volk) who created and used this sort of music?
  2. What is ethnic nationalism, and how does that help to define a group that creates folk music?
  3. Who was Johann Gottfried von Herder, and how did he help to develop the notion of folk music?

    4. American Indian Music and Its Collectors

  4. What were some of the major events in the history of the treatment of Native Americans by the US government?
  5. What were some of the factors that made it difficult to understand the nature of American Indian music in the 18th and 19th centuries?
  6. What did Lewis Cass, Henry Schoolcraft, and George Copway contribute to the understanding of American Indian music?
  7. Who was Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and what was his The Song of Hiawatha? How did this work influence opinions about Indians?
  8. Who was Theodore Baker, and what did he contribute to the study of American Indian music?
  9. Who was Alice C. Fletcher, and how did she contribute to the study of American Indians and their cultures?
  10. Who was Frances Densmore and what did she do for the study of American Indian music?
  11. Know the music example "A Buffalo Said to Me" (LG 7.1). What are its primary sounding traits? How does this recording exemplify some of the basic traits of American Indian Music?

    12. Anglo-Celtic Ballads and Their Collectors

  12. How and why might music from the British Isles have been important for folk music in the US?
  13. What are Child Ballads, and how do they contribute to our understanding of folk music in the US?
  14. Who was Cecil Sharp, and how did he contribute to the study of folk music?
  15. How does "The Gypsy Laddie" exemplify folk music and the issues encountered in collecting folk music?
  16. Know the music example "Black Jack Daisy" (LG 7.2). What are its primary sounding traits? How does this recording exemplify some of the basic traits of Anglo-Celtic Folk Music?

    17. American Fok Songs and Their Collectors

  17. What are some of the other types of folk songs found in the US West, Southwest, and elsewhere?
  18. How might Western songs, i/e., songs about the US West, have come into being and what sorts of subjects were used as texts?
  19. Who was Charles Lummis, and how did he contribute to the collection and dissemination of folk music?
  20. How might retexted songs ("contrafacts") been used in the labor movement and other social ovements?

    21. Spirituals and Their Collectors: From Contraband to Concert Hall

  21. During and after the Civil War, what were the contraband camps? What was "contraband", and why were slaves considered such?
  22. How did publications like "Let My People Go and Slave Songs of the United States contribute to increasing awareness of music made by slaves and former slaves? How accurate were such publications, and why is that so?
  23. What were "Freedmen", and what were Freedmen's Schools? Today, what is an HBUC and how are they related to the Freedmen's Schools?
  24. Who were the Fisk Jubilee Singers, and how did they contribute to the transformation of spiritual songs into a type of classical music?
  25. Who was Harry T. Burleigh, and how did he contribute to the invention of concert spirituals?
  26. Know the music example "Deep River" (LG 7.3). What are its primary sounding traits? How does this recording exemplify some of the basic traits of concert spirituals?

To supplement your textbook reading, make sure that you read the following primary documents in To Stretch Our Ears:

(updated 24 February 2020)