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Part I: Colonial Music
The Bay Psalm Book, Cambridge, Massachusetts, first book printed in British Colonial America, entire Book of Psalms translated into English meter; indicates dominance of religious music
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Black slaves include songs based on Old Testament stories in their worship services; beginnings of Negro Spirituals
British soldiers sing “Yankee Doodle” to mock colonists; Americans adopt it as their own tune
“Johnny’s Gone for a Soldier,” adaptation of Irish folk tune, popular during American Revolutionary War
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The Twelve Dancing Princesses
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The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales
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Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs?
The Twelve Dancing Princesses
Current Events This Week: January 2023
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Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents
The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales
- Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs?
- The Twelve Dancing Princesses
- Current Events This Week: January 2023
- African Americans by the Numbers
- Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents
- The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales
