07:700:131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Protestantism, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences, Work Song
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Poetic forms can determine the musical form of a song. Strophic - songs that feature repeated music. Diagram aaaa - the letter a informs that music is repeated with each new stanza, so the words change, but the music doesn"t. There can be any number of stanzas, it"s up to the composer. In popular music, strophes can contain any number of stanzas. Music that uses aaaa with 4 lines of text in either 8 or 16 measure is considered to be a protestant hymn. Eight measure stanza was created by the first century of american colonization. Immigrants from europe who were escaping religious persecution were viewed as protestant extremists and they brought their hymns along with them. Broadside ballads - music brought by later immigrants; music was printed out on cheap paper and were sold for pennies. Chanties - music made by british sailors.
