(MUSIC) Read Daniel Columbian Harmonist No 2

Sale 2517 - Lot 157

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(MUSIC.) Read, Daniel. Columbian Harmonist, No. 2. 8, 41-71, [1], 16 engraved pages, followed by 2 [of 4?] leaves of printed blank staves, 2 of them completed in manuscript. Oblong 8vo, contemporary calf-backed boards, moderate wear; front pastedown defective, lacking front free endpaper, moderate dampstaining and foxing, one or two final blank leaves excised; part of a long 1818 ownership inscription by [Elizabeth?] Nichols on front pastedown. New Haven, CT, [1801]

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5th state of a compilation of popular psalm tunes, first issued in 1794. Amos Doolittle may have handled the engraving of the plates (he signed one of the plates in Volume I). 46 of the 63 tunes were composed by Americans. This edition is expanded to include 16 pages of "additional music." It marks the first appearance of 6 tunes. In the rear are 4 pages of manuscript tunes, including "America," "Jerusalem," "Portuguese Hymn," "German Air," and "Newry." Britton, American Sacred Music 420.