| Description |
1 score (241 pages) : facsimiles, color illustrations ; 29 cm |
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score |
| Note |
Facsimiles of published vocal and instrumental music, with added historical information on each work. |
| Contents |
Cambridge short tune -- Canterbury tune -- 100 Psalm tune new -- Der XXIII. Psalm -- Christmas -- The theoretical introduction from Urania -- Chorus from The military glory of Great Britain -- A hymn for Christmas. America -- Phoebus ; Lamentation over Boston ; The bird / William Billings -- Rondo III for piano or harpsichord / William Brown -- Kyrie from The holy Mass of the Blessed Trinity --Lobet den Herrn alle Seine Heerschaaren / Johannes Herbst -- Federal march / Alexander Reinagle -- An ode for the 4th of July, 1788 ; The trav'ler benighted and lost / Francis Hopkinson -- Ordination anthem / Oliver Holden -- An easy and familiar lesson for two performers on one piano forte / Raynor Taylor -- Sacred lines for Thanksgiving Day / Hans Gram -- Annapolis / Daniel Read -- Pennsylvania / Nehemiah Shumway -- The battle of Prague / Franz Kotzwara -- Farewell anthem : fragment / Jacob French -- The dying Christian's last farewell / William Billings -- The straw bonnet / Mary Pownall -- Major André's complaint -- Poor black boy / Stephen Storace -- Finale from The volunteers / Alexander Reinagle -- Two selections from A new assistant for the piano-forte / Francis Linley -- Money musk ; and, Martini's march : from Evening amusement -- The Anacreontic song -- Adams and liberty -- Washington and independence / Victor Pelissier -- The federal Constitution and liberty forever ; The battle of Trenton : fragment / James Hewitt -- A funeral elegy / Abraham Wood -- Mount Vernon : from Sacred dirges, hymns, and anthems / Oliver Holden -- Handel's water piece / Samuel Holyoke, arr. -- Little boy blew ; Shakespeare's willow / Benjamin Carr. |
| Subject |
Music -- United States -- 18th century.
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Music. |
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United States. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Songs and music.
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| Genre/Form |
Scores.
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Scores.
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Songs.
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Songs.
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Music.
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Music.
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| Added Author |
Wienandt, Elwyn A. (Elwyn Arthur)
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| ISBN |
$19.95 (v. 1) |
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