Chapter III: Part I: Appreciation

CHAPTER

I. OUR ENGLISH INHERITANCE 1

The foundation of American musical culture--State of
English musical culture in the seventeenth century--The
Virginia colonists--The Puritans in England and in America;
New England psalmody.

II. BEGINNINGS OF MUSICAL CULTURE IN AMERICA 22

The foundations of American music--New England's
musical awakening; early publications of psalm-tunes;
reform of church singing--Early concerts in Boston, New
York, Philadelphia, the South--The American attitude
toward music--The beginnings of American music: Hopkinson;
Lyon; Billings and their contemporaries.

III. EARLY CONCERT LIFE 55

Sources of information--Boston Concerts of the eighteenth
century; New England outside of Boston--Concerts in New
York--Concerts in Philadelphia; open-air concerts--Concert
life of the South; Charleston, Baltimore, etc.; Conclusion.