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
Condition
missing pages 195–198
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
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
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 URI
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2001081797
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
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.
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
Digital Format
image/tiff
Item Type
Print with non-autograph annotations
License Name
No Copyright - United States
Place of Publication FAST
Place of Publication FAST URI
http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1205142
State
- Indiana
- Ohio
- Massachusetts
County
- Hamilton, Ohio
- Suffolk, Massachusetts
- Harrison, Indiana
Inhabited Place
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- Corydon, Indiana
- Boston, Massachusetts
People
- Mason, Lowell, 1792-1872
- Mason, Timothy B. (Timothy Battelle), 1801-1861
