1848-Hesper-EMU

Item

PID
1848-Hesper-EMU
Short Title
The Hesperian Harp
Title
Hesperian harp, The ; a collection of Psalm and hymn tunes, odes and anthems, and Sunday-school, infant, revival, temperance, patriotic and moral pieces ; containing also a number of Scotch, German, Irish, and other fine compositions, much new music never before published and an exposition of the principles of music and of musical composition.
Title on Source
THE HESPERIAN HARP: | A COLLECTION OF | PSALM AND HYMN TUNES, ODES AND ANTHEMS; | AND | SUNDAY-SCHOOL, INFANT, REVIVAL, TEMPERANCE, PATRIOTIC AND MORAL PIECES: | CONTAINING ALSO A NUMBER OF | SCOTCH, GERMAN, IRISH, AND OTHER FINE COMPOSITIONS, | Much New Music never before Published, | AND AN | EXPOSITION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF MUSIC AND OF MUSICAL COMPOSITION. | BY WILLIAM HOUSER. | PHILADELPHIA: | PRINTED BY T. K. & P. G. COLLINS, LODGE ALLEY. | 1848.
Responsibility
William Houser
Creator Name
Hauser, William, 1812-1880
Creator URI
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2012161666
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, PA
Spatial Coverage FAST
Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Spatial Coverage FAST URI
http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1204170
Spatial Coverage Getty
United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
Spatial Coverage Getty URI
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7014406
Date of Publication
1848
Publisher on Source
T. K. & P. G. Collins
Publisher
T.K. & P.G. Collins (Firm)
Publisher URI
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2002011607
Language
English
Language Code
eng
Holding Institution
Holding Archive
Collection
Special Collections
OCLC Number
910915911
Medium
songbook
Type
Image
Rights Statement Name
No Copyright - United States
Rights Statement URI
https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/
Place of Contributor Affiliation
United States, Georgia, Jefferson, Wadley
Place of Contributor Affiliation URI
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/2024633
Place of Manufacture
United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
Place of Manufacture URI
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7014406
Place of Use
United States, Georgia, Bibb, Macon
Place of Use URI
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7013980
Source Type
Print
Physical Description
1 vocal score: xx, 556 p.
Material Held
copy imperfect: pp. 178-9 lacking
Pagination
xx, 558 pages
Notation
Four-shape
Scoring Summary
V (3-4), Coro, b
Total Scoring
Treble
Counter
T
(B)
Coro Treble
Coro Counter
Coro T
Coro B
b
Content
Sacred
Still in Use
No
Subject
Hymns, English
Tunebooks
Hamrick, Raymond C.--Provenance
Anthems
Sunday school music
Preschool music
Revival hymns
Patriotic music
Temperance--Songs and music
Choruses, sacred (mixed voices), unaccompanied
Folk music--Scotland
Folk music--Germany
Folk music--Ireland
Musical notation--Instruction and study
Music theory--Instruction and study
Composition (Music)--Instruction and study
Church music
Tunebooks--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Anonyms and pseudonyms
Motherhood
Oral tradition
Songsters--Advertising
Book design
English language--Orthography and spelling
Tempo (Music)
Music--Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.)
Hymn texts--Metrics and rhythmics
MacKellar, Thomas, 1812-1899
Mason, Lowell, 1792-1872
Hastings, Thomas, 1784-1872
Shape-note hymnals
Vocalises
Musical intervals and scales
Contrafacta
Hymn tunes--Editing
Refrains
Shakers
Dwight, Timothy, 1752-1817
Masonic music
Christmas
Christmas music
Sacred songs
Martyn, Henry, 1781-1812
Iranians--Missions
Bihari (South Asian people)--Missions
Bengali (South Asian people)--Missions
Funeral hymns
Hawaiians--Missions
Emory and Henry College
Anti-Catholicism in literature
American Indians--Missions
Collins, Charles, 1813-1875
Performance practice (Music)
Singing schools
Folk music--Wales
Local Identifier
1848 HESP
Project Name
Sounding Spirit
Data Entry
Nordling, Em
Fulton, Erin