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Category : Anthems
Languages : en
Pages : 80
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Taylor's Choral Anthems
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Category : Anthems
Languages : en
Pages : 80
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Languages : en
Pages : 80
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Gems of Exquisite Beauty
Author: Peter Mercer-Taylor
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190842806
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 399
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In the decades leading up to the Civil War, most Americans probably encountered European classical music primarily through hymn tunes. Hymnody was the most popular and commercially successful genre of the antebellum period in the United States, and the unquenchable thirst for new tunes to sing led to a phenomenon largely forgotten today: in their search for fresh material, editors lifted hundreds of tunes from the works of major classical composers to use as settings of psalms and hymns. The few that remain popular today millions have sung "Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee" to Beethoven and "Hark, The Herald Angels Sing" to Mendelssohn are vestiges of one of the most distinctive trends in antebellum music-making. Gems of Exquisite Beauty is the first in-depth study of the historical rise and fall of this adaptation practice, its artistic achievements, and its place in nineteenth-century American musical life. It traces the contributions of pioneering figures like Arthur Clifton and the impact of bestsellers like the Handel and Haydn Society Collection, which helped turn Lowell Mason into America's most influential musician. By telling the tales of these hymns and those who brought them into the world, author Peter Mercer-Taylor reveals a central part of the history of how the American public first came to meet and creatively engage with Europe's rich musical practices.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190842806
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 399
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In the decades leading up to the Civil War, most Americans probably encountered European classical music primarily through hymn tunes. Hymnody was the most popular and commercially successful genre of the antebellum period in the United States, and the unquenchable thirst for new tunes to sing led to a phenomenon largely forgotten today: in their search for fresh material, editors lifted hundreds of tunes from the works of major classical composers to use as settings of psalms and hymns. The few that remain popular today millions have sung "Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee" to Beethoven and "Hark, The Herald Angels Sing" to Mendelssohn are vestiges of one of the most distinctive trends in antebellum music-making. Gems of Exquisite Beauty is the first in-depth study of the historical rise and fall of this adaptation practice, its artistic achievements, and its place in nineteenth-century American musical life. It traces the contributions of pioneering figures like Arthur Clifton and the impact of bestsellers like the Handel and Haydn Society Collection, which helped turn Lowell Mason into America's most influential musician. By telling the tales of these hymns and those who brought them into the world, author Peter Mercer-Taylor reveals a central part of the history of how the American public first came to meet and creatively engage with Europe's rich musical practices.
Musical World and New York Musical Times
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 290
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 290
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Journal of the Fine Arts and Musical World
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 424
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 424
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The Chime
Author: Virgil Corydon Taylor
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Category : Anthems
Languages : en
Pages : 404
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Category : Anthems
Languages : en
Pages : 404
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The National Preacher and Village Pulpit
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Category : Sermons
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Category : Sermons
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors, Living and Deceased, from the Earliest Accounts to the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century
Author: Samuel Austin Allibone
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 830
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 830
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Christian Examiner and Theological Review
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Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 548
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Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 548
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The Christian Examiner and Religious Miscellany
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Category : Liberalism (Religion)
Languages : en
Pages : 546
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Category : Liberalism (Religion)
Languages : en
Pages : 546
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Norton's Literary Gazette and Publishers' Circular
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 622
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 622
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