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American Church Music Composers of the Early Nineteenth Century

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2009

Robert G. McCutchan
Robert G. McCutchan
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De Pauw University, Greencastle, Indiana
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The first dozen years of the nineteenth century were momentous ones in the history of our country. Thomas Jefferson was elected President in 1800, and his inaugural in March of the next year marked the republicanization of the government. John Adams in 1801 signed the treaty with France that prevented another European war and led to the purchase of the Louisiana Territory in 1803. Late in the same year Meriwether Lewis went into camp with his subordinates at St. Louis preparatory to starting westward the following spring on the famous Lewis and Clark expedition. Events leading to the War of 1812 followed and the conflict settled disputed points that allowed this country to feel comparatively safe from European interference.

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Church History , Volume 2 , Issue 3 , September 1933 , pp. 139 - 151
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Copyright © American Society of Church History 1933

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2 Ibid., p. 314.

3 Ibid., p. 328.

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19 From a letter to the writer of this paper.

20 Since this paper was prepared, it was the good fortune of the writer to attend the ninety-eighth annual meeting of The Diapason Society, held at Morristown, Indiana, where descendants of early members of this Society have kept alive the traditions of the singing classes of a century ago.