The Chorister : a collection of chants & melodies adapted to the psalms & hymns of the Episcopal Church : op. 12 / selected, composed, arranged and respectfully inscribed to the ladies and gentlemen forming the Choral Association of St. Peters Church by Benjamin Carr.

Format:

• Musical score

Contributor:

• Carr, Benjamin, 1768-1831.
• St. Peter's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.). Choral Association, dedicatee.
• Keffer Collection of Sheet Music (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

• Carr's musical miscellany in occasional numbers ; no. 58.
• Carr's musical miscellany in occasional numbers ; no. 59.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Episcopal Church--Hymns.
• Episcopal Church.
• Anglican Communion--United States--Hymns.
• Anglican Communion.
• Hymns.
• United States.
• Hymns, English.
• Psalms (Music).
• Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with organ.

Genre:

• Hymns, English.
• Scores.

Penn Provenance:

• Hopkinson, Edward Jr. (donor) (copy 2)
• Cooper, Francis (inscription) (copy 2)
• Hopkinson, Oliver (copy 2)
• Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia (stamp) (copy 3)
• Richardson, Samuel (inscription, 1824) (copy 3)
• Schetky, Caroline (inscription, 1824) (copy 3)

Physical Description:

1 score (36 pages) ; 34 cm

Contained In:

• Keffer Collection of Sheet Music (University of Pennsylvania)
• Hopkinson collection of music. v. 2 (copy 2)

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Published for B. Carr, [1820]

Contents:

• Miserere, or the 51st psalm : as chaunted in the churches during the season of Lent / B. Carr (No. 58 of Carr's musical miscellany in occasional number)
• Eloi : selected from Dr. Harrington's sacred dirge : composed by him for a solemn service in Passion week ... (No. 59 of Carr's musical miscellany in occasional numbers).

Notes:

• Works by B. Carr and others.
• For chorus (1-5 mixed voices) with organ acc.

Local Notes:

Copy 3 lacking p. 3-4.

Cited in:

Wolfe, R. J. Secular music, 1622 (Carr: Miserere); 3393 (Harrington: Eloi).

Contains:

• Carr, Benjamin, 1768-1831. Miserere.
• Harington, Henry, 1727-1816. Eloi.

OCLC:

17708039