"Singing Merrily, Merrily, Merrily"
Songs for the Skeptics of 1838
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14802870 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carol A Pemberton (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 74 |
| Publication date | 1988-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Music (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0734-4392 • E-ISSN: 1945-2349 |
| Publisher | University of Illinois Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3448347 |
| OpenAlex | W2317867709 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
And a happy sight it must have been: public school children with faces bright, dressed in their Sunday best that Tuesday morning, August 14, 1838. With footsteps light they moved into pretty rows at the front of Boston's South Baptist Church. Proud parents strained to glimpse familiar faces, while skeptical townspeople sat quietly, reflecting upon recent developments in the public schools. A hush fell upon the crowd as the program was about to begin. Then came a performance unlike any that American audiences had ever heard from students of a public school. Flowers, wild wood flowers! In a sheltered dell they grew. . With that opening strain some listeners leaned forward as if to get closer to the ethereal sound of the children's voices. Others smiled and leaned back; a few looked down and brushed away tears. The skeptics waited, watched, and wondered
Acoustics · Art · Literature · Physics · Singing · Skepticism · Theology · American Literature and Humor Studies · History · Indigenous and Place-Based Education · Latin American and Latino Studies · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.03 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1988 - 1988 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |