42 Renner ⦁ Revolutions Mason presents the question “why this particular means of celebration?” She answered with the idea that music was free, enjoyable, inspiring, and entertaining and that “during moments of crisis, it relieved tension and drew singers together against threatening enemies.”110 This comforting and inspiring power of music is the main reason that it was so prominent within both the French and American societies during the Revolutions. It is unquestionable that music played an important role in the military and the lives of the civilians during the American and French Revolutions. Music was instrumental in organizing the military with standardized drill calls on the drum. Additionally, composers during the French Revolution used music to present political ideologies in French opera. While music was used for both comfort and violence within these Revolutions, the power of music should not be underestimated when it comes to unifying a group of people, even in the midst of war. Bibliography Anderson, Simon V. “The Unofficial Bands of the American Revolution.” Music Educators Journal 61, no. 4 (1974): 26–33. https://doi.org/10.2307/3394749. Bingham, Jane, Fiona Chandler, and Sam Taplin. Usborne World History: The Last 500 Years. London: Usborne Publishing Ltd, 2001. Blake, Henry. Diary of Henry Blake. 1776. https://archive.org/details/DiaryBelongingToHenryBlake /page/n49/mode/2up Boyd, Malcolm, ed. Music and the French Revolution. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db =cat02507a&AN=ohiolink.b 12275289&site=eds-live. Camus, Raoul F. Military Music of the American Revolution. Westerville, Ohio: Integrity Press, 1975. 110 Mason, 108.
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