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Stand Up And Sing: Music Analysis Sheet

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At the turn of the century, one popular form of entertainment was purchasing popular sheet music and gathering around the piano to sing. Sheet music was mass produced, affordable, and appealed to people from all walks of life. Often this music reflected the topics and concerns of the time period. Use a piece of sheet music to answer the questions below:

1. What is the title of the sheet music?
    
    
    
2. If there is a cover to this piece of sheet music, examine it carefully and describe the image or design.
    
    
    
3. In your opinion, what is the message of this cover?
    
    
    
4. Identify the date that the sheet music was written. You may need to look throughout the piece for this information. It may appear in Roman numerals.
    
    
    
5. Read through the lyrics. Write a three sentence summary describing the main idea of the song.
    
    
    
6. Choose one or two phrases of the song that are interesting to you and explain why.
    
    
    
7. What industrialization topic is this song about?
    
    
    
8. Based on the lyrics, in your opinion, what seems to be the viewpoint expressed in the song?
    
    
    
9. Does the cover sheet express this viewpoint? How?
    
    
    
10. What types of people might buy and sing this song?
     
     
     
11. How might the public react to this song?