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    Title

    The Sacred Harp

    Authors

    T. B. Mason

    Publication Date

    1847

    Collections

    Context of Use: Church Concerts and Pla… | Context of Use: Singing Schools | Format: Tunebooks | Geography: Cincinnati | Geography: Lower Ohio Valley | Geography: Northern Publishing Centers | Geography: St. Louis | Musical Style: Art Music | Musical Style: Instrumental Music | Musical Style: Scientific Music | Theme: Gentility and Respectability

    Language(s)

    • English

    Publisher

    Boston, MA : Kidder and Wright
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    Full Title

    Sacred harp, The ; or beauties of church music. volume II. A new collection of Psalm and hymn tunes, anthems, motetts, sentences and chants, derived from the highest sources of the musical talent of Europe and America, many of which were composed or arranged expressly for this work, constituting a work probably combining as much beauty and utility as was ever published.

    Pagination

    352 pages

    Dimensions

    15 x 24 cm

    Condition

    missing pages 166-167

    Notation

    Round

    Instrumentation

    • soprano (vocal solo)
    • treble (vocal solo)
    • alto (vocal solo)
    • tenor (vocal solo)
    • bass (vocal solo)
    • treble (chorus part)
    • treble (chorus part)
    • alto (chorus part)
    • alto (chorus part)
    • tenor (chorus part)
    • tenor (chorus part)
    • bass (chorus part)
    • bass (chorus part)
    • piano
    • organ
    • bass, figured

    Content

    Sacred

    Still in Use

    No

    Subject

    • Publishers--Advertising
    • Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
    • Anthems
    • Hymn tunes--Metrics and rhythmics
    • Vocalises
    • Hymn tunes, Arranged
    • Endorsements in advertising
    • Music theory--Instruction and study
    • Vocal music--Instruction and study
    • Chants
    • Hymns, English
    • Songsters--Advertising
    • Musical notation--Instruction and study
    • Hymnals--Advertising
    • Choruses, sacred (Mixed voices) with continuo
    • Choruses, sacred (Mixed voices) with piano

    Archive

    Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

    Collection

    Rare Music

    Creator

    Mason, Timothy B. (Timothy Battelle), 1801-1861

    Creator URI

    http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85218594

    Place of Publication Getty

    United States, Massachusetts, Suffolk, Boston

    Place of Publication Getty URI

    http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7013445

    Publisher Name

    Kidder and Wright

    Publisher URI

    http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no99002751

    OCLC Number

    31906331

    Place of Contributor Affiliation

    United States, Ohio, Hamilton, Cincinnati

    Place of Contributor Affiliation URI

    http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7013604

    Place of Manufacture

    United States, Massachusetts, Suffolk, Boston

    Place of Manufacture URI

    http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7013445

    Place of Distribution

    • United States, Ohio, Hamilton, Cincinnati
    • United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
    • United States, Kentucky, Jefferson, Louisville
    • United States, Missouri, independent city, Saint Louis
    • United States, Ohio, Cuyahoga, Cleveland
    • United States, New York, New York

    Place of Distribution URI

    • http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7013604
    • http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7014406
    • http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7013915
    • http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7014444
    • http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7013608
    • http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1002715

    Title Page Text

    Enlarged, Revised, and Improved, by the addition of One Hundred and twenty pages, not contained in former Editions. | THE SACRED HARP: | OR BEAUTIES OF CHURCH MUSIC. | VOLUME II. | A NEW COLLECTION OF | PSALM AND HYMN TUNES, ANTHEMS, MOTETTS, SENTENCES AND CHANTS, | DERIVED FROM THE HIGHEST SOURCES OF THE MUSICAL TALENT OF EUROPE AND AMERICA, | MANY OF WHICH WERE COMPOSED OR ARRANGED EXPRESSLY FOR THIS WORK, | CONSTITUTING A WORK PROBABLY COMBINING AS MUCH BEAUTY AND UTILITY AS WAS EVER PUBLISHED. | COLLECTED AND ARRANGED BY T.B. MASON, PROFESSOR OF MUSIC AND ORGANIST. | NEW EDITION; ENLARGED AND IMPROVED. | BOSTON: | STEREOTYPED FOR THE PUBLISHERS BY KIDDER AND WRIGHT. | SOLD BY ROBINSON, PRATT AND CO., NEW YORK; GRIGG AND ELLIOTT, PHILADELPHIA; WILLIAM T. TRUMAN, CINCINNATI; | KELLOG & CO., AND JAS. MAXWELL, LOUISVILLE; S. W. MEECH, AND H. CRITTENDEN, ST. LOUIS. | 1847.

    Physical Description

    1 vocal score: 352 p.

    Scoring Summary

    V (6), Coro, pf (org), b.fig

    Total Scoring

    S; Treble (2); A; T; B; Coro 1: Treble; (Coro 2: Treble); Coro 1: A; (Coro 2: A); Coro 1: T; (Coro 2: T); Coro 1: B; (Coro 2: B); pf (org); b.fig

    Medium

    songbook

    Digital Format

    image/tiff

    Dublin Core Type

    Image

    Item Type

    Print

    License Name

    No Copyright - United States

    Place of Publication FAST

    Massachusetts--Boston

    Place of Publication FAST URI

    http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1205012

    Country

    United States

    State

    • Pennsylvania
    • Massachusetts
    • Missouri
    • New York
    • Kentucky
    • Ohio

    County

    • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • Hamilton, Ohio
    • Jefferson, Kentucky
    • Cuyahoga, Ohio
    • independent city, Missouri
    • Suffolk, Massachusetts

    Inhabited Place

    • Boston, Massachusetts
    • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • Saint Louis, Missouri
    • Louisville, Kentucky
    • Cleveland, Ohio
    • Cincinnati, Ohio
    • New York, New York

    People

    Mason, Timothy B. (Timothy Battelle), 1801-1861
  • Attribution
    Institution

    Emory University Libraries

    License

    https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/

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