Full Title
Union harp and history of songs ; brief sketch of the authors of tunes and hymns ; newly arranged tune and song book consisting of sacred tunes, songs and anthems ; prepared for churches, Sunday-schools, singing schools, conventions and all public gatherings as well as private classes and the home.
Pagination
[i–v], vi–vii, 4–45, 1–220, i–x pages
Instrumentation
- soprano (vocal solo)
- alto (vocal solo)
- tenor (vocal solo)
- soprano (chorus part)
- alto (chorus part)
- tenor (chorus part)
- bass (chorus part)
- organ
- piano
Subject
- Sacred vocal music
- Christian union
- Hymn texts
- Hymn writers
- Musical notation
- Musical intervals and scales
- Musical meter and rhythm
- Composition (Music)
- Sacred vocal music--Analysis, appreciation
- Hymn texts--Publishing
- Copyright--Music
- Book design
- Hymns, English
- Choruses, sacred (mixed voices) with keyboard
- Choruses, sacred (mixed voices), unaccompanied
- Sacred songs with keyboard
- Hymn tunes
- Anthems
- Gospel music
- Polychoral muisc
- Transposition (Music)
- Women composers
- Shape-note singing
- Songbooks
- Songbooks--Editing
- Songbooks--Publishing
- Shape-note singing--Publishing
- Songbooks--Indexes
- Pictorial bindings
- Inscriptions
- Hamrick, Raymond C., 1915-2014--Provenance
- Edenfield, R. W. (Robert Wilson), 1874-1954--Provenance
- Vaughan, James L.--Provenance
- Church music
- Sunday school music
- Families--Religious life
- Singing schools
- Choral societies
- Congresses and conventions
- Revival hymns
- Funeral hymns
- Camp meetings
- Prayer meetings--Songs and music
- Georgia--Atlanta
- Georgia--Macon
- Watts, Isaac, 1674-1788
- Wesley, Charles, 1707-1788
- Mason, Lowell, 1792-1872
- Hastings, Thomas, 1784-1872
- Pollock, Charles Edward, 1823-1897
- Showalter, A. J. (Anthony Johnson), 1858-1924
- Bradbury, William B. (William Batchelder), 1816-1868
- Denson, S. M. (Seaborn McDaniel), 1854-1936
- Denson, T. J. (Thomas Jackson), 1863-1935
- White, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1800-1879
- Ingalls, Jeremiah, 1764-1838
- Fillmore, J. H. (James Henry), 1849-1936
- Crosby, Fanny, 1820-1915
- Chattahoochee Musical Convention
- Southern Musical Convention
Archive
Pitts Theology Library
Collection
Raymond C. Hamrick Hymnal Collection
Creator
James, J. S. (Joseph Summerlin), 1849-1931
Creator URI
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no93028526
Place of Publication Getty
United States, Georgia, Douglas, Douglasville
Place of Publication Getty URI
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/2022711
Place of Contributor Affiliation
- United States, Georgia, Douglas, Douglasville
- United States, Georgia, Fulton, East Point
- United States, Georgia, Wheeler, Alamo
- United States, Georgia, Douglas, Douglasville
- United States, Georgia, Fulton, Atlanta
- United States, Georgia, Jasper
- United States, Georgia, Haralson, Buchanan
- United States, Georgia, Coweta, Newnan
- United States, Georgia, Newton
- United States, Alabama, Winston
- United States, Alabama, Cleburne, Muscadine
- United States, Alabama, Cleburne, Edwardsville
- United States, Georgia, Pike, Williamson
- United States, Alabama, Cleburne, Oak Level
- United States, Georgia, Carroll
- United States, Georgia, Spalding
- United States, Georgia, Floyd, Rome
- United States, Georgia, Carroll, Villa Rica
Place of Contributor Affiliation URI
- http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/2022711
- http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/2022774
- http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/2021884
- http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/2022711
- http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7013331
- http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/2000370
- http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/2022289
- http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/2023732
- http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/2000398
- http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/2000066
- http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/2004638
- http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/2003383
- http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/2024735
- http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/2004743
- http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/2000313
- http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/2000417
- http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/2024102
- http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/2024623
Title Page Text
UNION HARP AND HISTORY OF SONGS | Brief Sketch of the Authors of Tunes and Hymns | Newly Arranged Tune and Song Book Consisting of Sacred Tunes, Songs and Anthems | Prepared For Churches, Sunday-Schools, Singing Schools, | Conventions and all Public Gatherings | As Well as Private Classes and the Home | Arranged so as to be easily understood by amateurs and new beginners, as well as musicians. Up to date im- | proved methods, and made attractive. Every tune arranged so as to present at sight everything necessary to suc- | cessfully sing or play the music. | Full rudiments, specially arranged, and a new way of locating the key, note, letters and leading notes with | ease. Showing how to render music in any notation, four, seven or other numbers of notes, regardless of their shape, | and a history of the author of words and music, printed in connection with each tune. | Copyright, 1909, by J. S. JAMES.
Physical Description
- 1 text document: 41 p.
- 1 vocal score: 220 p.
- 1 text document: 10 p.
Scoring Summary
V (3), Coro, (keyb)
Total Scoring
S;A;T;Coro S;Coro A;Coro T;Coro B;(org);(pno)
Digital Format
image/tiff
License Name
No Copyright - United States
Place of Publication FAST
Place of Publication FAST URI
http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1226235
County
- Carroll, Georgia
- Coweta, Georgia
- Haralson, Georgia
- Cleburne, Alabama
- Wheeler, Georgia
- Pike, Georgia
- Fulton, Georgia
- Floyd, Georgia
- Douglas, Georgia
Inhabited Place
- Newton, Georgia
- Carroll, Georgia
- Muscadine, Alabama
- Oak Level, Alabama
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Jasper, Georgia
- Rome, Georgia
- Buchanan, Georgia
- Williamson, Georgia
- Newnan, Georgia
- Spalding, Georgia
- Winston, Alabama
- Edwardsville, Alabama
- Villa Rica, Georgia
- Douglasville, Georgia
- East Point, Georgia
- Alamo, Georgia
People
James, J. S. (Joseph Summerlin), 1849-1931
