The Standard Oratorios: Their Stories, Their Music, And Their ComposersUpton, George P. (George Putnam)
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The Standard Oratorios: Their Stories, Their Music, And Their Composers
Upton, George P. (George Putnam)
Oratorio
Billings's other publications were "Music in Miniature," "Psalm Singers'
Amusement," "Suffolk Harmony," and "Continental Harmony." Though the
crudest of musical works, for he was entirely unacquainted with harmony
and musical rules, they had an immense influence. He was the pioneer, and
the path he cleared was soon crowded with his successors. The most
prominent of these were Andrew Law, born at Cheshire, Conn., in 1748, who
published many books and taught in most of the New England States; Jacob
Kimball, born at Topsfield, Mass., in 1761, who published the "Rural
Harmony;" Oliver Holden, of Charlestown, Mass., who published the
"American Harmony," "Union Harmony," and "Worcester Collection," and
wrote the favorite tune "Coronation;" Samuel Holyoke, born at Boxford,
Mass., in 1771, author of the "Harmonia Americana" and "Columbian
Repository;" Daniel Reed, born at Rehoboth, Mass., in 1757, who published
the "American Singing-Book" and "Columbian Harmony;" Jacob French, born
at Stoughton, Mass., in 1754, who issued a work entitled "Harmony of
Harmony;" Timothy Swan, born at Suffield, Conn., in 1757, who published
"Federal Harmony" and "New England Harmony," and wrote the familiar tunes
"Poland" and "China;" John Hubbard, who wrote many anthems and treatises
on music; Dutton, of Hartford, Conn., who issued the "Hartford
Collection," and wrote the tune of "Woodstock;" Oliver Shaw, born at
Middleborough, Mass., in 1799, who was totally blind, but became a very
successful teacher and composer. Gould says that his compositions were
"truly original," and one of them, "There's Nothing True but Heaven," was
repeated night after night by the Boston Handel and Haydn Society.
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