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Notated Music The Southern harmony, and musical companion : containing a choice collection of tunes, hymns, psalms, odes, and anthems, selected from the most eminent authors in the United States : together with nearly one hundred new tunes, which have never before been published, suited to most of the metres contained in Watts's hymns and psalms, Mercer's Cluster, Dossey's Choice, Dover selection, Methodist hymn book, and Baptist harmony : and well adapted to Christian churches of every denomination, singing schools, and private societies : also, an easy introduction to the grounds of music, the rudiments of music, and plain rules for beginners

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  • The Southern harmony, and musical companion : containing a choice collection of tunes, hymns, psalms, odes, and anthems, selected from the most eminent authors in the United States : together with nearly one hundred new tunes, which have never before been published, suited to most of the metres contained in Watts's hymns and psalms, Mercer's Cluster, Dossey's Choice, Dover selection, Methodist hymn book, and Baptist harmony : and well adapted to Christian churches of every denomination, singing schools, and private societies : also, an easy introduction to the grounds of music, the rudiments of music, and plain rules for beginners

Names

  • Walker, William, 1809-1875

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia : E.W. Miller, [1847]

Headings

  • -  Hymns, English
  • -  Psalms (Music)
  • -  Anthems
  • -  Tune-books
  • -  Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied
  • -  Shape-note hymnals

Notes

  • -  For 3-4 voices ; shape-note notation.
  • -  Includes general and metrical indexes.

Medium

  • 1 score (xxxii, 304 p.) ; 16 x 24 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • M2117.W18 S5 1847B

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2012562428

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Walker, William. The Southern harmony, and musical companion: containing a choice collection of tunes, hymns, psalms, odes, and anthems, selected from the most eminent authors in the United States: together with nearly one hundred new tunes, which have never before been published, suited to most of the metres contained in Watts's hymns and psalms, Mercer's Cluster, Dossey's Choice, Dover selection, Methodist hymn book, and Baptist harmony: and well adapted to Christian churches of every denomination, singing schools, and private societies: also, an easy introduction to the grounds of music, the rudiments of music, and plain rules for beginners. [Philadelphia: E.W. Miller, 1847] Notated Music. https://www.loc.gov/item/2012562428/.

APA citation style:

Walker, W. (1847) The Southern harmony, and musical companion: containing a choice collection of tunes, hymns, psalms, odes, and anthems, selected from the most eminent authors in the United States: together with nearly one hundred new tunes, which have never before been published, suited to most of the metres contained in Watts's hymns and psalms, Mercer's Cluster, Dossey's Choice, Dover selection, Methodist hymn book, and Baptist harmony: and well adapted to Christian churches of every denomination, singing schools, and private societies: also, an easy introduction to the grounds of music, the rudiments of music, and plain rules for beginners. [Philadelphia: E.W. Miller] [Notated Music] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2012562428/.

MLA citation style:

Walker, William. The Southern harmony, and musical companion: containing a choice collection of tunes, hymns, psalms, odes, and anthems, selected from the most eminent authors in the United States: together with nearly one hundred new tunes, which have never before been published, suited to most of the metres contained in Watts's hymns and psalms, Mercer's Cluster, Dossey's Choice, Dover selection, Methodist hymn book, and Baptist harmony: and well adapted to Christian churches of every denomination, singing schools, and private societies: also, an easy introduction to the grounds of music, the rudiments of music, and plain rules for beginners. [Philadelphia: E.W. Miller, 1847] Notated Music. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2012562428/>.