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    Title

    The Sacred Harp

    Authors

    Lowell Mason;T. B. Mason

    Publication Date

    1850

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    Language(s)

    • English

    Publisher

    Cincinnati, OH : Truman & Spofford
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    Full Title

    Sacred harp, The ; or, beauties of church music ; a new collection of Psalm and hymn tunes, anthems, sentences and chants, derived from the compositions of about one hundred eminent German, Swiss, Italian, French, English, and other European musicians ; also, original tunes by German, English and American authors many of them having been arranged or composed expressly for this work

    Pagination

    352 pages

    Condition

    missing pages 195–198

    Notation

    • Round

    Instrumentation

    • 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)
    • bass (chorus part)
    • bass (chorus part)
    • keyboard
    • bass, figured

    Still in Use

    No

    Subject

    • Tunebooks
    • Hymns, English
    • Hartford Theological Seminary--Provenance
    • Tunebooks--Advertising
    • Songsters--Advertising
    • Endorsements in advertising
    • Concerts--Wheeling, W.V.
    • Choruses, sacred (mixed voices) with basso continuo
    • Choruses, sacred (mixed voices) with keyboard
    • Anthems
    • Vocalises
    • Chants
    • Gregorian chants
    • Copyright--Music
    • Nostalgia in music
    • Arrangements (Music)
    • Regionalism in music
    • Choral societies
    • Musical notation--Instruction and study
    • Music theory--Instruction and study
    • Elocution--Instruction and study
    • Music--Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.)
    • Teaching
    • Blackboards
    • Chorales
    • Marginalia
    • Hymns--Baptists
    • Hymn tunes--Metrics and rhythmics
    • Good Friday music
    • Easter music

    Archive

    Pitts Theology Library

    Collection

    • Hymnody Collection

    Creator

    • Mason, Lowell, 1792-1872
    • Mason, Timothy B. (Timothy Battelle), 1801-1861

    Creator URI

    • http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84072209
    • http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85218594

    Place of Publication Getty

    • United States, Ohio, Hamilton, Cincinnati

    Place of Publication Getty URI

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

    Publisher Name

    • Truman & Spofford

    Publisher URI

    • http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2001081797

    OCLC Number

    32845505

    Place of Contributor Affiliation

    • United States, Ohio, Hamilton, Cincinnati
    • United States, Massachusetts, Suffolk, Boston

    Place of Contributor Affiliation URI

    • http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7013604
    • http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7013445

    Place of Use

    • United States, Indiana, Harrison, Corydon

    Place of Use URI

    • http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/2031490

    Language Code

    • eng

    Title Page Text

    [Revised and greatly Improved by the introduction of Eighty Tunes not contained in former Editions] | THE | SACRED HARP : | OR, | BEAUTIES OF CHURCH MUSIC; | A NEW COLLECTION OF | PSALM AND HYMN TUNES, ANTHEMS, SENTENCES AND CHANTS, | DERIVED FROM THE COMPOSITIONS OF ABOUT | One Hundred eminent German, Swiss, Italian, French, English, and other European musicians : also, Original Tunes by German, English and American Authors | many of them having been arranged or composed expressly for this work. | BY LOWELL MASON, | Professor in the Boston Academy of Music; Organist and Director of Music in the Bowdoin street church ; Editor of the Boston Academy's Collection ; Handel | and Haydn Collection ; Choir, or Union Collection ; Boston Collection of Anthems ; Lyra Sacra ; Choral Harmony ; Boston | Academy's Collection of Anthems ; Modern Psalmist ; Carmina Sacra, &c. and by his brother, | T. B. MASON, | Professor of Sacred Music, and Organist at Fourth Street Church. | NEW EDITION, REVISED, WITH IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENTS. | VOLUME I. | BOSTON : | STEREOTYPED FOR THE PUBLISHERS BY SHELPEY AND WRIGHT | CINCINNATI:--TRUMAN & SPOFFORD | 1850.

    Physical Description

    • 1 vocal score: 352 p.

    Scoring Summary

    V (5), Coro, keyb, b.fig

    Total Scoring

    Treble (2);A;T;B;Coro 1: Treble (2);Coro 2: Treble;Coro 1: A;Coro 2: A;Coro T;Coro 1: B;Coro 2: B;keyb;b.fig

    Medium

    songbook

    Digital Format

    image/tiff

    Dublin Core Type

    Image

    Item Type

    Print with non-autograph annotations

    License Name

    No Copyright - United States

    Place of Publication FAST

    • Ohio--Cincinnati

    Place of Publication FAST URI

    • http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1205142

    Country

    • United States

    State

    • Massachusetts
    • Indiana
    • Ohio

    County

    • Hamilton, Ohio
    • Suffolk, Massachusetts
    • Harrison, Indiana

    Inhabited Place

    • Cincinnati, Ohio
    • Boston, Massachusetts
    • Corydon, Indiana

    People

    • Mason, Lowell, 1792-1872
    • Mason, Timothy B. (Timothy Battelle), 1801-1861
  • Attribution
    Institution

    Emory University

    License

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

    Identifier

    1850 MASO A

    Scanned By

    Creekside Digital

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