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    Title

    The Hesperian Harp

    Authors

    William Houser

    Publication Date

    1848

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    Language(s)

    • English

    Publisher

    Philadelphia, PA : T. K. & P. G. Collins
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    Full Title

    Hesperian harp, The ; a collection of Psalm and hymn tunes, odes and anthems, and Sunday-school, infant, revival, temperance, patriotic and moral pieces ; containing also a number of Scotch, German, Irish, and other fine compositions, much new music never before published and an exposition of the principles of music and of musical composition.

    Pagination

    xx, 558 pages

    Condition

    copy imperfect: pp. 178-9 lacking

    Notation

    • Four-shape

    Instrumentation

    • treble (vocal solo)
    • counter (vocal solo)
    • tenor (vocal solo)
    • bass (vocal solo)
    • treble (chorus part)
    • counter (chorus part)
    • tenor (chorus part)
    • bass (chorus part)
    • bass instrument

    Content

    Sacred

    Still in Use

    No

    Subject

    • Hymns, English
    • Tunebooks
    • Hamrick, Raymond C.--Provenance
    • Anthems
    • Sunday school music
    • Preschool music
    • Revival hymns
    • Patriotic music
    • Temperance--Songs and music
    • Choruses, sacred (mixed voices), unaccompanied
    • Folk music--Scotland
    • Folk music--Germany
    • Folk music--Ireland
    • Musical notation--Instruction and study
    • Music theory--Instruction and study
    • Composition (Music)--Instruction and study
    • Church music
    • Tunebooks--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
    • Anonyms and pseudonyms
    • Motherhood
    • Oral tradition
    • Songsters--Advertising
    • Book design
    • English language--Orthography and spelling
    • Tempo (Music)
    • Music--Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.)
    • Hymn texts--Metrics and rhythmics
    • MacKellar, Thomas, 1812-1899
    • Mason, Lowell, 1792-1872
    • Hastings, Thomas, 1784-1872
    • Shape-note hymnals
    • Vocalises
    • Musical intervals and scales
    • Contrafacta
    • Hymn tunes--Editing
    • Refrains
    • Shakers
    • Dwight, Timothy, 1752-1817
    • Masonic music
    • Christmas
    • Christmas music
    • Sacred songs
    • Martyn, Henry, 1781-1812
    • Iranians--Missions
    • Bihari (South Asian people)--Missions
    • Bengali (South Asian people)--Missions
    • Funeral hymns
    • Hawaiians--Missions
    • Emory and Henry College
    • Anti-Catholicism in literature
    • American Indians--Missions
    • Collins, Charles, 1813-1875
    • Performance practice (Music)
    • Singing schools
    • Folk music--Wales

    Archive

    Pitts Theology Library

    Collection

    • Special Collections

    Creator

    • Hauser, William, 1812-1880

    Creator URI

    • http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2012161666

    Place of Publication Getty

    • United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia

    Place of Publication Getty URI

    • http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7014406

    Publisher Name

    • T.K. & P.G. Collins (Firm)

    Publisher URI

    • http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2002011607

    OCLC Number

    910915911

    Place of Contributor Affiliation

    • United States, Georgia, Jefferson, Wadley

    Place of Contributor Affiliation URI

    • http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/2024633

    Place of Manufacture

    • United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia

    Place of Manufacture URI

    • http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7014406

    Place of Use

    • United States, Georgia, Bibb, Macon

    Place of Use URI

    • http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7013980

    Language Code

    • eng

    Title Page Text

    THE HESPERIAN HARP: | A COLLECTION OF | PSALM AND HYMN TUNES, ODES AND ANTHEMS; | AND | SUNDAY-SCHOOL, INFANT, REVIVAL, TEMPERANCE, PATRIOTIC AND MORAL PIECES: | CONTAINING ALSO A NUMBER OF | SCOTCH, GERMAN, IRISH, AND OTHER FINE COMPOSITIONS, | Much New Music never before Published, | AND AN | EXPOSITION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF MUSIC AND OF MUSICAL COMPOSITION. | BY WILLIAM HOUSER. | PHILADELPHIA: | PRINTED BY T. K. & P. G. COLLINS, LODGE ALLEY. | 1848.

    Physical Description

    • 1 vocal score: xx, 556 p.

    Scoring Summary

    V (3-4), Coro, b

    Total Scoring

    Treble;Counter;T ;(B);Coro Treble;Coro Counter;Coro T;Coro B;b

    Medium

    songbook

    Digital Format

    image/tiff

    Dublin Core Type

    Image

    Item Type

    Print

    License Name

    No Copyright - United States

    Place of Publication FAST

    • Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

    Place of Publication FAST URI

    • http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1204170

    Country

    • United States

    State

    • Georgia
    • Pennsylvania

    County

    • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • Bibb, Georgia
    • Jefferson, Georgia

    Inhabited Place

    • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • Macon, Georgia
    • Wadley, Georgia

    People

    • Hauser, William, 1812-1880
  • Attribution
    Institution

    Emory University

    License

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

    Identifier

    1848 HESP

    Scanned By

    Emory University

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