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Category : Anthems
Languages : en
Pages : 360

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Author: Marion J. Hatchett
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 9781572332034
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 532

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"The shape-note tradition first flourished in the small towns and rural areas of early America. Church-sponsored "singing schools" taught a form of musical notation in which the notes were assigned different shapes to indicate variations in pitch; this method worked well with congregants who had little knowledge of standard musical notation. Today many enthusiasts carry on the shape-note tradition, and The New Harp of Columbia (recently published in a "restored edition" by the University of Tennessee Press) is one of five shape-note singing-manuals still in use."--Jacket.

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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 302

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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 858

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Category : Hymns, English
Languages : en
Pages : 468

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Author: Astor Library
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Languages : en
Pages : 1130

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Author: Peter Mercer-Taylor
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190842814
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.

Author: Charles S. Robinson
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Category : Hymns, English
Languages : en
Pages : 320

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Author: M. Frances Cooper
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810805132
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 570

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This printers, publishers and booksellers index is modeled after Bristol's Index of Printers, Publishers and Booksellers Indicated by Charles Evans in his American Bibliography. Each entry contains a name and place, with item numbers listed underneath by date. Personal names are listed in the most complete form that could be determined. Corporate names are listed in the form used by the Library of Congress. Newspapers and magazines are entered by their full titles as recorded in Brigham's American Newspapers, 1821-1936 and Union List of Serials. Also included is a geographical index by city and a list of omissions with explanations.

Author: C. Robinson
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368848798
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 314

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.