English Dances and Hymns in Early American Life
The piece traces colonial music from English Christmas songs and ballads to the Puritan shift toward hymnody with Old Hundredth and Dundee tunes. It notes early American singing in Virginia and the mountains, with a Boston singing school in 1717, and Cecil Sharp’s later study finding key English airs in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Virginia
Carolina
Tennessee
Kentucky
Dundee
America
Boston
King's Chapel
Cecil Sharpe
Great Britain
Visitors remembered and travels noted in Princeton column
A local column recalls visitors such as Mrs H C Roney ill with tonsillitis at Walnut Street home, Ada Mae Lilly returning from Roanoke, and Caroline Pelton of Roanoke on business. Mr and Mrs Hunt toured Florida while J G Mather rushed to Welch for a hospitalized relative. The piece discusses Shakespearean music influences from England and early American settlers with references to Jamestown and Mayflower era groups and colonial music preferences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Stinson
Elisen
Princeton
Miss Snow Alfred
Concord College
Amen Woods
College i
Clara McClaugherty
Frances
Kenvir
Hugh G. Woods
Newton Moye
Camp Creek
Lautie H. J. Cook
Matoaka
Robert Cornett
Bluefield
Carl Carper
Pearisbore
Woods
S. A. Tabor
McComas
C. F. Bonham
Little Son
Lebanon
G. B. Daniels
Walnut Street
Tom Hughes
Athens
H. C. Hadden
Bluefield Sanitarium
I. D. Ceetro
Havana
Cuba
City
George Halstead
College Avenue
Castro
H. C. Roney
Z. B. Randall
Roanoke
Ada Mae Lilly
Caroline Pelton
Kemper-Thomas Company
C. Hunt
B. Hunt
Florida
J. G. Mather
Welch
W. B. Wall
America
Virginia
Plymouth
Jamestown
Bern
Charles the First
England
Janes
Engand
England’s Colonial Music Lovers Reminisce Shakespearean Tunes
A column notes English colonists’ fondness for period songs tied to Shakespeare. It cites tunes from Henry VIII through Twelfth Night and As You Like It, including Hold Thy Peace O Knave and When That I Was a Little Tiny Boy, highlighting their continued availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvia
Schubert
Mendelssohn
Arthur Sullivan
England
Queen Elizabeth
America
Ben Johnson
Toby
Andrew Aguecheek
Maria
Knave
Feaste
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BY Ahern
Sewia
Kee Street
Wien
Pikes Peak
Tolv
Emma Peck
i-Teacher Association
Mercer Street
Episcopal Guild
W. W. Rixey
D A
Matthew French
D. C. Rice
Forest Street
Mra Rice
Miss May Thornton
W. C. Huffman
Aspertax
the Stag Clothing Co
Cor
Mercer
2Nd Streets
Princeton, W. Va
Sir Thomas Morley
Shakepeare
Peggy Paige
Coats
Hadden’s
West Virginia
Corit
Orange & Black
Princeton Merchants’ Association
Rusmisell
Princeton, W. V
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