/ Music / American Music Timeline Cite American Music Timeline Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff American Music TimelinePart I: Colonial Musicby David Johnson 1640170017751776Next: 1800s 1640 The Bay Psalm Book, Cambridge, Massachusetts, first book printed in British Colonial America, entire Book of Psalms translated into English meter; indicates dominance of religious musicTopCirca 1700 Black slaves include songs based on Old Testament stories in their worship services; beginnings of Negro SpiritualsTopCirca 1775British soldiers sing "Yankee Doodle" to mock colonists; Americans adopt it as their own tuneTopCirca 1776"Johnny's Gone for a Soldier," adaptation of Irish folk tune, popular during American Revolutionary WarTopNext: Francis Scott Key writes "The Star-Spangled Banner" Sources + Our Common Sources ✖ See also: Timeline: Martin Luther King Jr.
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff American Music TimelinePart I: Colonial Musicby David Johnson 1640170017751776Next: 1800s 1640 The Bay Psalm Book, Cambridge, Massachusetts, first book printed in British Colonial America, entire Book of Psalms translated into English meter; indicates dominance of religious musicTopCirca 1700 Black slaves include songs based on Old Testament stories in their worship services; beginnings of Negro SpiritualsTopCirca 1775British soldiers sing "Yankee Doodle" to mock colonists; Americans adopt it as their own tuneTopCirca 1776"Johnny's Gone for a Soldier," adaptation of Irish folk tune, popular during American Revolutionary WarTopNext: Francis Scott Key writes "The Star-Spangled Banner" Sources + Our Common Sources