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After moving to this modern-day country, Charles Theodore Pachelbel, the son of Johann, opened a music school and wrote organ music. This country’s (15[1])Choristers Companion includes the piece “Green Field.” The Singing Master's Assistant contains a piece from this country whose lyrics depict a “trembling fear” that “seized all the guilty world around.” England and this country popularized “fuguing tunes,” which inspired the “When Jesus (15[1])Wept” movement of a 1956 (*) “Triptych” and are used in this (-5[1])country’s Sacred Harp style. (10[1])The hymn “Africa” is (10[1])by William Billings, who led a school of “tunesmiths” in this country whose second iteration included Amy Beach. The ballad opera The Disappointment quotes a tune from this country about a man who “stuck a feather in his cap.” For 10 points, (10[1])name this country whose early composers made arrangements of ■END■

ANSWER: United States of America [or USA; or colonial America]
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Taylor HarveyCharlotte Mewing to get that chiseled farmer’s bride jawlineNobodaddy but you2215
Matt JacksonChicago A Minus MinusNoli Me Tangerine6415
Nick Jensen>:3BHSU75-5
John MarvinChicago BOh the Missouri7910
Todd MaslykMichigan2 days into college and I'm 3 lectures behind8310
Tanis Nielsenpurdoobie brothersmalcolm in the middlemarch (Purdue 1)12510
Matt BollingerBHSU>:313710

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