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Selected secular and sacred songs / Benjamin Carr ; edited by Eve R. Meyer.
- Format:
- Musical score
- Author/Creator:
- Carr, Benjamin, 1768-1831, composer.
- Series:
- Recent researches in American music ; 15.
- Recent researches in Music Online. 2577-4573.
- Recent researches in American music ; 15
- Recent researches in Music Online, 2577-4573
- Standardized Title:
- Songs. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Songs (High voice) with piano--Scores.
- Songs (High voice) with piano.
- Sacred songs (High voice) with piano--Scores.
- Sacred songs (High voice) with piano.
- Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble--Scores.
- Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble.
- Genre:
- Songs.
- Chamber music.
- Sacred music.
- Scores.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 score (xxiii, 86 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates)) : facsimiles.
- Place of Publication:
- Middleton, Wisconsin : A-R Editions, Inc., 2021.
- Language Note:
- Staff notation.
- Summary:
- "As a versatile performer, distinguished teacher, and prolific composer and publisher, Benjamin Carr made major contributions to the vocal repertoire and to the elevation of musical taste in early America. His songs are noted for their graceful melodic lines and sensitivity to the text, especially in the settings of poetry by Shakespeare and Scott." -- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- When icicles hang by the wall
- Take, oh, take those lips away
- Tell me where is fancy bred
- Shakespeare's willow
- Why, huntress, why
- Soldier, rest!
- Hymn to the virgin : Ave Maria
- Blanche of Devan
- The wandering Harper
- A weary lot is thine, sweet maid
- Allen-a-dale
- Thy smiles are all decaying, love
- Noah's dove
- The minstrel knight
- Sea of Susa
- Song of the Hebrew captive : O Sion, O Jerusalem
- An autumnal hymn
- As pants the hart
- A requiem
- Adieu ye streams that sweetly flow
- When nights were cold
- Ellen, arise
- Appendix: The Vi'let nurs'd in woodland wild.
- Notes:
- Principally for voice and piano; 3 songs with accompaniment for flute, violoncello and piano.
- Includes introduction and critical notes.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Online resource (A-R Editions, viewed July 2, 2021).
- ISBN:
- 9781987205930
- 1987205936
- OCLC:
- 1259629437
- Publisher Number:
- A015 A-R Editions, Inc. (score)
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