Researching Secular Music and Dance in the Early United States

Laura Lohman is Professor of Music and Director at Queens University of Charlotte. Her previous publications in music include Umm Kulthum: Artistic Agency and the Shaping of an Arab Legend, 1967–2007 (2010) and Hail Columbia! American Music and Politics in the Early Nation (2020).

• IntroductionDavid K. Hildebrand and Laura Lohman Part I Interpreting Material Objects of Music and Dance Culture Early American Secular Music and Its European Sources, 1589–1839: An IndexRaoul F. Camus Aaron Thompson, His Book of Notes: First American Transcription of Five Country Dances From the Revolutionary War era Richard C. Spicer A Scrapbooking President and a Few Good Tunes: Researching Early American Musical Practices through the Jefferson-Randolph Family ScrapbooksLaura Lohman Part II Situating Dance and Its Music in Early American Society Keller’s Approach: New Perspectives in Dance HistoryHeather Blasdale Clarke Successful Campaigns: The Commercialization of Leisure and Self-Presentation in Early AmericaGraham Christian Mozart, America’s First Waltz-KingMichael Broyles Part III Research and Contemporary Performance A Practical Guide for Recreating Early American Music: Thoughts after 40 Years in the TrenchesDavid K. Hildebrand Soundscapes of Tradition: Ancient Fifing and Drumming and the Embodiment of Place in the Connecticut River ValleyTimothy Murray Imagining Colonial America and the Early Republic in Musical Theater: Historical Tensions and Creative Possibilities in Dearest Enemy (1925) and Hamilton (2015)William A. Everett ConclusionLaura Lohman, David K. Hildebrand, and Heather Blasdale ClarkePostludeRobert M. Keller, Anne Keller Geraci, and Margaret Keller Dimock

"the range of topics and theoretical approaches are of great value to scholars, with insights into an evolution from English practice to the different milieu of the new country. - Anne Daye, Folk music Journal