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Welcome to episode 346 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.

In the last episode of our five episode series on Music in Early America,

in episode 345, Glenda Goodman took us into the world of elite white Americans who used music as a way to create

American culture in the early United States.

But how did more everyday Americans in the early republic use and enjoy music.

How did they create and circulate new songs and lyrics?

Billy Coleman, an assistant teaching professor in history at the University of Missouri,

and the author of the book

Harnessing Harmony, Music, Power, and Politics in the United States, 1788 to

1865 joins us to investigate answers to these questions.

Now as we continue our exploration of the musical landscapes

of the early United States, Billy reveals

the popularity of music in early America

and the desire of early Americans to create new songs.

Information about how early Americans wrote songs to circulate ideas about politics in the early republic,

and a brief history of the Star Spangled Banner, the National Anthem of the United States.

But first, the musical sections in this episode come from the United States Marine Corps.

You will hear the Marine Corps band play Hail Columbia

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