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The sacred harp : a collection of psalm and hymn tunes, odes, and anthems, selected from the most eminent authors, together with nearly one hundred pieces never before published, suited to most metres, and well adapted to churches of every denomination, singing schools, and private societies, with plain rules for learners / by B.F. White & E.J. King ; to which is added an appendix containing a variety of standard and favourite tunes not comprised in the body of the work, compiled by a committee appointed by the Southern Musical Convention.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection M2117 .S134 1850
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- Format:
- Musical score
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shape-note hymnals.
- Tune-books.
- Hymns, English.
- Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied.
- Genre:
- Hymns, English.
- Hymns.
- Scores.
- Penn Provenance:
- Youngblood, G.W. (inscription)
- Shumway, Dr. (donor) (inscription, Hart Co.)
- Physical Description:
- 1 score (368 pages) ; 15 x 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : T.K. Collins Jr. and T.K. & P.G. Collins for the proprietors, White, Massengale & Co., Hamilton, Ga., [1850]
- Notes:
- 3-4 parts; shape-note notation.
- Pref. to appendix dated Jan. 12, 1850.
- Cited in:
- A checklist of four-shape shape-note tunebooks 275
- OCLC:
- 63611801
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