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    Title

    The New Harp of Columbia

    Authors

    M. L. Swan

    Publication Date

    1916

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    Language(s)

    • English

    Publisher

    Nashville, TN;Dallas, TX;Richmond, VA; : Publishing House of the M.E. Church, South, Smith & Lamar, Publishing Agents
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    Full Title

    New harp of Columbia, The ; a system of musical notation, with a note for each sound, and a shape for each note; containing a variety of most excellent Psalm and hymn tunes, odes and anthems, happily adapted to church service, singing-schools and societies. Original and selected.

    Pagination

    224 pages

    Dimensions

    15.5 x 24 cm

    Condition

    complete

    Notation

    • Seven-shape Swan

    Instrumentation

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

    Content

    Sacred

    Still in Use

    Yes

    Subject

    • Tunebooks
    • Hymns, English
    • Musical notation
    • Church music
    • Singing schools
    • Choral societies
    • Methodist Episcopal Church, South--Hymns
    • Peach, Robert Westly, 1863-1936--Provenance
    • Hartford Theological Seminary--Provenance
    • American Antiquarian Society--Provenance
    • Teaching
    • Book design
    • Music theory
    • Musical notation--Instruction and study
    • Phonetics
    • Vocalises
    • Women composers
    • Contrafacta
    • Motherhood
    • Sacred songs
    • Choruses, sacred (mixed voices), unaccompanied
    • Gospel music
    • Anthems
    • Christmas music
    • Tunebooks--Prices
    • Songsters--Advertising
    • Songsters--Prices
    • Musical notation--Economic aspects
    • Bookbinding--Economic aspects
    • Booksellers and bookselling

    Archive

    Pitts Theology Library

    Creator

    • Swan, Marcus Lafayette

    Creator URI

    • http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78013127

    Place of Publication Getty

    • United States, Tennessee, Davidson, Nashville
    • United, States, Texas, Dallas County, Dallas
    • United States, Virginia, Richmond, Richmond

    Place of Publication Getty URI

    • http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7013959
    • http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7013503
    • http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7013964

    Publisher Name

    • Publishing House of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South

    Publisher URI

    • http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2006024791

    Place of Contributor Affiliation

    • United States, Alabama, Jackson, Bellefonte

    Place of Contributor Affiliation URI

    • http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/2002616

    Language Code

    • eng

    Title Page Text

    THE | New Harp of Columbia : | A SYSTEM OF MUSICAL NOTATION, | WITH A NOTE FOR EACH SOUND, AND A SHAPE FOR EACH NOTE; | CONTAINING A VARIETY OF MOST EXCELLENT | PSALM AND HYMN TUNES, ODES AND ANTHEMS, | HAPPILY ADAPTED TO | CHURCH SERVICE, SINGING-SCHOOLS AND SOCIETIES, | ORIGINAL AND SELECTED. | BY M. L. SWAN. | NASHVILLE, TENN. | DALLAS, TEX.; RICHMOND, VA. | PUBLISHING HOUSE OF THE M.E. CHURCH, SOUTH. | SMITH & LAMAR, PUBLISHING AGENTS. | 1916

    Physical Description

    • 1 vocal score: 224 p.

    Scoring Summary

    V (2), Coro, b

    Total Scoring

    Treble;T;Coro Treble;Coro A (Counter);Coro T (Air);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

    • Tennessee--Nashville
    • Texas--Dallas
    • Virginia--Richmond

    Place of Publication FAST URI

    • http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1204195
    • http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1204635
    • http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1205345

    Country

    • United States

    State

    • Alabama
    • Virginia
    • Tennessee

    County

    • Davidson, Tennessee
    • Jackson, Alabama
    • Richmond, Virginia

    Inhabited Place

    • Bellefonte, Alabama
    • Richmond, Virginia
    • Nashville, Tennessee

    People

    • Swan, Marcus Lafayette
  • Attribution
    Institution

    Emory University

    License

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

    Identifier

    1916 NEW C

    Scanned By

    Creekside Digital

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