Level Two Repertory:

Exhortation

Composer: anonymous (from Wyeth's, Repository of Sacred Music, Part 2nd.)

Historical style: Early American Singing School

Musical terms used in this piece:

Allegro
mp  (mezzo piano)
f  (forte)
cresc.
repeat signs
1st & 2nd endings
fermata

Also see: Early American Singing School

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Exhortation

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