Make a Joyful Noise: Mainstreams and Backwaters of American Psalmody, 1770-1840

Make a Joyful Noise: Mainstreams and Backwaters of American Psalmody, 1770-1840

Make a Joyful Noise: Mainstreams and Backwaters of American Psalmody, 1770-1840
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Performer: Oregon State University Choir
Conductor: Ron Jeffers
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1996-07-16
Music Label: New World Records
Soundtracks:
  1. An Anthem Of Praise
  2. Chesterfield
  3. Newburgh
  4. Crucifixion
  5. Invitation
  6. Montague
  7. Providence
  8. New Jordan
  9. The Dying Christian's Last Farewell
  10. Washington - Washington
  11. Sunderland
  12. Heroism
  13. Richmond
  14. Macedonia
  15. Ode On Martyrdom
  16. Summons
  17. Middletown

Music reviews of Make a Joyful Noise: Mainstreams and Backwaters of American Psalmody, 1770-1840

Music Review: A good introduction to some little-known music
Rating: 4 Stars

I first heard this recording on an old scratchy LP in a college course on American music. Like most people, I was ignorant of the existence of 'fuging tunes', which are an odd and uniquely American blend of baroque counterpoint and homespun harmonies. This extended polyphony is often tacked onto the end of the homophonic chorales or hymns which constitute the standard fare of modern American Protestant church services (and are often boring and bland by comparison, in my opinion). What was in Europe a past-time for the elite became music for the masses in the New World: These tunes were sung not by choirs but by congregations, and proliferated in folk tunebooks such as the 'Southern Harmony', which still survives today.

The performance by the Oregon State group is youthful and exuberant... Overall intonation and clarity are excellent, while vocal technique is somewhat unrefined (this is actually appropriate, given the origins of this music). If you've never experienced early American vocal music, you will be surprised and pleased with this recording.

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