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Shenandoah Harmony
The Shenandoah Harmony is a 2013 republication of the works of Ananias Davisson (1780–1857) and other composers of his era, in the format used by modern shape note singing groups. Although a number of new shape note tune books were compiled and published in the two decades leading up to the publication of the ''Shenandoah Harmony,'' this volume is notable as "the largest new four-shape tunebook published for more than 150 years." The book is named after Shenandoah Valley, whose importance in the emergence of a distinctive Southern shape-note singing tradition has been noted by many musicologists. ''Authentic South'' reporter Kelley Libby of WFAE, attending an all-day singing in Cross Keys, felt "transported to the Shenandoah Valley of the 1800s." Diffusion All-day singing events dedicated to the ''Shenandoah Harmony'' have emerged not only in the mid-Atlantic region, but also in the UK, Ireland, and Germany. The popularity of the regional tunebook outside of the core area can be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Davisson may refer to: People * Ananias Davisson (1780–1857), American singing school teacher * Clinton Davisson (1881–1958), American physicist * Kyle Davisson (born 1985), American football player * Muriel Davisson , neuroscientist * Richard Davisson (1922—2004), American physicist * Walther Davisson (1885-1973), German violinist and conductor Places * Davisson (crater), a lunar crater See also * Davidson (other) * Davison (other) Davison may refer to: * Davison (surname) Places in the United States *Davison, Michigan Davison is a city in Genesee County in the U.S. state of Michigan and a suburb of Flint. The population was 5,536 at the 2000 census and fell to 5,173 by ... * * Davis (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Wyeth
John Wyeth (1770–1858) was a printer in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania who is best-known for printing ''Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second'' (Harrisburg, PA: 1813), which marks an important transition in American music. Like the original ''Repository'' of 1810, ''Part Second'' used the four-shape system of Little and Smith in ''The Easy Instructor'' (Philadelphia, PA: 1801) to appeal to a wider audience; but its pioneering inclusion American folk tunes influenced all subsequent folk hymn, camp meeting, and shape note collections. Musicologist Warren Steel sees ''Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second'' as marking "the end of the age of New England composer-compilers (1770-1810) and the beginning of the age of southern collector-compilers (1816-1860)."David Warren Steel, "John Wyeth and the Development of Southern Folk Hymnody", ''Music from the Middle Ages Through the 20th Century: Essays in Honor of Gwynn McPeek,'' Carmelo P. Comberiati and Matthew C. Steel, eds. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hymnals
A hymnal or hymnary is a collection of hymns, usually in the form of a book, called a hymnbook (or hymn book). Hymnals are used in congregational singing. A hymnal may contain only hymn texts (normal for most hymnals for most centuries of Christian history); written melodies are extra, and more recently harmony parts have also been provided. Hymnals are omnipresent in churches but they are not often discussed; nevertheless, liturgical scholar Massey H. Shepherd once observed: "in all periods of the Church’s history, the theology of the people has been chiefly molded by their hymns." Elements and Format Since the twentieth century, singer-songwriter hymns have become common, but in previous centuries, generally poets wrote the words, and musicians wrote the tunes; the texts are known and indexed by their first lines ("incipits") and the hymn tunes are given names, sometimes geographical (the tune "New Britain" for the incipit "Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound"). The hym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shape Note
Shape notes are a musical notation designed to facilitate congregational and social singing. The notation, introduced in late 18th century England, became a popular teaching device in American singing schools. Shapes were added to the noteheads in written music to help singers find pitches within major and minor scales without the use of more complex information found in key signatures on the staff. Shape notes of various kinds have been used for over two centuries in a variety of music traditions, mostly sacred music but also secular, originating in New England, practiced primarily in the Southern United States for many years, and now experiencing a renaissance in other locations as well. Nomenclature Shape notes have also been called character notes and patent notes, respectfully, and buckwheat notes and dunce notes, pejoratively. Overview The idea behind shape notes is that the parts of a vocal work can be learned more quickly and easily if the music is printed i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boyce, Virginia
Boyce is a town in Clarke County, Virginia, Clarke County, Virginia, United States. The population was 749 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, up from 589 at the 2010 United States census, 2010 census. Geography Boyce is located in western Clarke County at (39.093118, −78.059190), along U.S. Route 340. It is southwest of Berryville, Virginia, Berryville, the county seat and northeast of Front Royal, Virginia, Front Royal. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land. The town is situated at the crossing of the Norfolk and Western Railway, Norfolk & Western Railway and the Winchester and Berry's Ferry Turnpike about northwest of Millwood, Virginia, Millwood, of which it is the shipping point; each from Old Chapel (Millwood, Virginia), Old Chapel and White Post, Virginia, White Post; and southeast of Winchester, Virginia. It is built upon a ridge, which drains on the east into Page Brook and to the west into Rosev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Hart
Joseph Hart (1711/12 – 24 May 1768) was a Calvinist minister in London. His works include ''Hart's Hymns'', a much-loved hymn book amongst evangelical Christians throughout its lifetime of over 200 years, which includes the well-known hymn, "Come ye sinners, poor and needy". One of Hart's early publications was a tract denouncing Christianity (prior to his conversion) called ''The Unreasonableness of Religion, Being Remarks and Animadversions on the Rev. John Wesley's Sermon on Romans 8:32''. His other works include a short autobiography and a few poetical translations of ancient classics. He preached at Jewin Street chapel in London, a building with multiple galleries, to a congregation of significant size. Only one of Hart's sermons is known: that of Christmas 1767. Several of his hymns appear in the ''Sacred Harp''. Early life Hart's early life is poorly documented. He had a good education, learning the classical languages (Latin, Hebrew, and Greek), which afterwar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isaac Watts
Isaac Watts (17 July 1674 – 25 November 1748) was an English Congregational minister, hymn writer, theologian, and logician. He was a prolific and popular hymn writer and is credited with some 750 hymns. His works include "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross", "Joy to the World", and "Our God, Our Help in Ages Past". He is recognized as the "Godfather of English Hymnody"; many of his hymns remain in use today and have been translated into numerous languages. Life Watts was born in Southampton, Hampshire, England, in 1674 and was brought up in the home of a committed religious nonconformist; his father, also Isaac Watts, had been incarcerated twice for his views. Watts had a classical education at King Edward VI School, Southampton, learning Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. Watts displayed a propensity for rhyme from an early age. He was once asked why he had his eyes open during prayers, to which he responded: He received corporal punishment for this, to which he cried: Watts co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amzi Chapin
Amzi Chapin (1768–19 February 1835) was an American cabinetmaker, singing-school teacher, shapenote proponent and composer. Biography Chapin was born in Springfield, Massachusetts into a family of cabinet-makers. His father was Edward Chapin (1724–1800) of Chicopee MA. He had four older brothers (Aaron, Lucius, Alpheus and Edward), and a younger sister and brother (Eunice and Calvin). The family is believed to be of Puritan descent. Chapin worked in Hartford, Connecticut from 1788 until 1791, when he moved to New Haven. Thereafter he embarked on a career as an itinerant singing teacher, composer and cabinetmaker in the South and Midwest. Chapin married Hannah Power, daughter of Rev. James Power, on 10 October 1800 in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, where he taught and farmed for the next thirty years. They had eight children including six daughters named Mary Jane, Eunice, Eliza, Rebecca and Hannah. All moved to Northfield except Mary who died in Pennsylvania at age 30. In 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hesperian Harp
''The Hesperian Harp'' is a shape note tunebook published in 1848 by Dr William Hauser, with reprintings issued in 1852, 1853, and 1874.Patterson 1988, p. 34 n. 1 Subtitled ''A Collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes, Odes and Anthems'', it is named after Hauser's plantation, Hesperia, in Jefferson County, Georgia. The word "harp" is often found in the titles of such tunebooks, most famously '' The Sacred Harp'' (although "Harmony" is also common, to emphasize the then-new concept of 4-part harmony, unlike the earlier method of lined-out hymnody Robert Gerhard's Hymnody is a contemporary classical work from 1963, which was an assignment from BBC. This piece was written during February and March of that year. Composer notes A note from the composer: First citation comes from Psalm ... that was being supplanted). The ''Hesperian Harp'' was probably the largest shape note tune book of its day, containing 552 pages of music, including 36 songs composed by Hauser. It uses the fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hauser
William Clarke Hauser was an American minister, medical doctor, teacher, composer, and music publisher. Biography He was born December 23, 1812 in Bethania, Forsyth County, North Carolina. He was the son of Martin Hauser and Leah Billiter. William Hauser united with the Methodist Church in 1827 and was licensed to preach in 1834 and was a circuit riding preacher for two years. On March 23, 1837, he married Eliza M. Renshaw (1813-1880), and they had three children: Carolina Elizabeth Hauser Parker (1838-1926), William Clarke Hauser (1844-1919), and Victor McLandhton Hauser (1847-1919). William Hauser raised his family in New Orleans, LA and Victor Hauser did the same in Ogden, Utah. William Hauser attended Henry College in Virginia, beginning in 1839. After moving to Georgia in 1841, he began the study of medicine. He later taught at Oglethorpe Medical College in Savannah, GA. Hauser died on September 18, 1880. His last words were ″I feel that my work on earth is done, and there ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elkanah Kelsey Dare
Elkanah Kelsey Dare (15 January 1782 – 26 August 1826) was a Mid-Atlantic schoolteacher, composer of music, and Presbyterian minister. He was among the first American composers who published music in shape notes. Life Elkanah Kelsey Dare was born in Salem, New Jersey, the son of Benoni Dare (1749-1802) and Damaris Kelsey (1748-1788). In 1804, he married Mary Shallcross Phillips (1785-1841), and they had ten children. They moved to Wilmington, Delaware some time before 1809, and to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, before 1818. Dare joined the Presbyterian church in Greenwich, Cumberland County, New Jersey, at age 23. Dare was hired by the Harrisburg printer John Wyeth as music editor for ''Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second'' (1813), where he is mentioned as being "late of Wilmington College,"John Wyeth, preface to "On the Genera of Music" in ''Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second'' Irving Lowens, ed. (New York: Da Capo Press, 1964), p. 3. so this may have b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ananias Davisson
Ananias Davisson (February 2, 1780 – October 21, 1857) was a singing school teacher, printer and compiler of shape note tunebooks. He is best known for his 1816 compilation ''Kentucky Harmony'', which is the first Southern shape-note tunebook. According to musicologist George Pullen Jackson, Davisson's compilations are "pioneer repositories of a sort of song that the rural South really liked." Life and career Davisson was born February 2, 1780, in Shenandoah County, Virginia. His wife was named Ann (surname unknown); they had no children. In 1804 he bought land in Rockingham County, supplementing his income as a farmer by conducting singing classes in the Shenandoah Valley. He established a printing shop in Harrisonburg in 1816, and in that year published the Kentucky Harmony, the first Southern shape note tunebook. As a printer, he cultivated a network of singing school teachers and composers in Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky who sold his tunebooks and sent him their ow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
