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The Missouri Harmony, Or, A Collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes, and Anthems: An Introduction to the Grounds and Rudiments of Music

Door Allen D. Carden

Categorie
Bladmuziek, Liederen & Songteksten
Boeknummer
#420591-KF45
Titel
The Missouri Harmony, Or, A Collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes, and Anthems: An Introduction to the Grounds and Rudiments of Music
Auteur
Carden, Allen D.
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
University of Nebraska Press
Jaar van uitgave
1994
ISBN10
0803261144
ISBN13
9780803261143
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Paperback, musical scales, oblong (circa 23x15cm).
Samenvatting
The Missouri Harmony was the most popular of all frontier tunebooks, with a history going back to 1820, when singing master Allen Carden introduced it into his St. Louis school. The 185 selections in The Missouri Harmony, compiled from earlier tunebooks, were old favorites used in churches and singing schools which sometimes convened in taverns. Abraham Lincoln and his sweetheart, Ann Rutledge, are said to have sung from The Missouri Harmony at her father's tavern in New Salem, Illinois. Shirley Bean points out in her introduction the importance of tunebooks and frontier singing schools in teaching Americans to read music. The Missouri Harmony, continuing the European tradition of shaped notes, contained the largest collection of compositions for congregations and choirs. Carden included t... (Lees verder)hirty-seven fuguing tunes, among them "Lenox" and "Sherburne." The Supplement, added in the seventh edition in 1835, contains twenty-three hymn tunes, four choral numbers, a sacred song, and a duet; Isaac Watts was the author of most of the texts. This Bison Book edition duplicates the 1846 reprint of the popular ninth edition, which first came out in 1840. Shirley Bean's introduction provides a historical framework that will be welcomed not only by scholars but also by the modern shape-note singing community.
Pagina's
200
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 8,00

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