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Social harmony: containing first, the rudiments of psalmody made easy. Second, a collection of modern music, calculated for the use of singing schools and worshipping assemblies. / By Asahel Benham, author of Federal harmony. ; Published according to act of Congress.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Benham, Asahel, 1754-1803, author.
- Series:
- Early American imprints. First series ; no. 36331.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Psalms (Music).
- Anthems.
- Tune-books.
- Genre:
- Hymnals.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (4 unnumbered pages, 9-14 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 5-8, 17-56 pages of plates) : music
- Place of Publication:
- [Connecticut?] : [publisher not identified], [1799]
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- Forty-five compositions for four voices, with full text; including one anthem and two set-pieces.
- Preface dated: Wallingford, September 6, 1799.
- Plates 5-8 inserted after pages [4].
- Music engraved by C. Beecher (probably Clement Beecher). See: Curtis, G.M. Early silver of Connecticut and its makers, 1913, pages 84-85.
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 36331).
- Cited in:
- Evans 36331
- Trumbull, J.H. Connecticut (supplement), 1910
- Amer. sacred music, 96
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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