You're listening to an airwave media podcast.

Ben Franklin's world is a production of the

Omaha Institute and is sponsored by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. and welcome to episode 344 of Ben Franklin's world.

The podcast dedicated to helping you,

learn more about how the people and events

of our early American past have shaped

the present day world we live in.

And I'm your host, Liz Kovart.

Our five episode series about Music in Early America continues

with this second episode that seeks to answer your questions about music in early America.

David Hildebrand is a musicologist and an expert on early American music.

This research specialty is in Anglo-American music and he joins us today to answer your questions.

Now during our conversation David reveals what the musical landscape of European

music was like by 1492. The ways religious or church music shaped early American

musical tastes. And at different places and circumstances where you would have heard early

American singing and playing music outside of a church.

But first, thanks to our friends and sponsor the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, you will hear

a few musical examples and selections as we speak with David. I've placed the song titles

and album information for these songs in the show notes, which you can find at Ben Franklin's

World. All right, are you ready to investigate the European-inspired musical landscape of early America and get answers to your questions about it?

Let's go meet our guest musicologist. Our guest is an instructor of musicology at the PBD Institute at Johns Hopkins University.

He's a well-regarded expert on music in early America, who's written several articles and books on the subject, including the book Musical Maryland.

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