Alan Clark Buechner
Chapter I: The Decline of Congregational Music in New England
The Puritan Ideal of Congregational Music
Congregational Music in Seventeenth-Century New England
Congregational Music in Eighteenth-Century New England
The Common Way of Singing
The Folk Psalmody Hypothesis
Chapter II: The Establishment of Regular Singing
The First Singing Schools
The First Singing Books
The First Singing Societies
Harvard College, the Wellspring for Regular Singing
The Eventual Triumph of Regular Singing
Chapter III: The Singing School as an Educational Institutio
Singing Masters
Singing Scholars
Singing Schools—Promotion and Organization
Singing Schools—Materials, Methods, and Objectives
Singing Lectures and Exhibitions
Chapter IV: The Golden Age of Choral Music
The Establishment of Choirs
The Choir and Community Life
The Choir and Family Life
The Establishment of Collegiate Musical Societies
Appendixes
Tables
Notes
Bibliography
Index