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Divine song on the Northeast frontier : Maine's sacred tunebooks, 1800-1830
- Title
- Divine song on the Northeast frontier : Maine's sacred tunebooks, 1800-1830 / Linda Gilbert Davenport.
- Author
- Davenport, Linda Gilbert, 1951-
- Publication
- Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, ©1996.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | ML3186 .D26 1995 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xi, 428 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
- Series Statement
- Composers of North America ; no. 18
- Uniform Title
- Composers of North America ; no. 18.
- Alternative Title
- Maine's sacred tunebooks, 1800-1830
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Hymns.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Note
- Revision of the author's thesis (Ph.D.--University of Colorado-Boulder, 1991) under title: Maine's sacred tunebooks, 1800-1830.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- I. Introduction -- II. The Maine Context -- III. Music in Maine Churches -- IV. Music in Maine Singing Schools and Musical Societies -- V. Tunebooks Available in Maine -- VI. Eighteenth-Century Maine Antecedents: James Lyon and Supply Belcher -- VII. Abraham Maxim -- VIII. Japheth Coombs Washburn -- IX. Other Maine Compilers -- X. Prefaces and Advertisements -- XI. Theoretical Introductions -- XII. Repertory -- XIII. Tunes by the Maine Compilers -- XIV. Maine and Massachusetts in 1830: A Glance at the Past, a Glimpse into the Future -- A. Index of Tunes by Maine Compilers in Maine Tunebooks, 1794-1830 -- B. Surviving Copies of Maine Tunebooks, 1794-1830.
- ISBN
- 0810830256
- 9780810830257
- LCCN
- 95009756
- OCLC
- ocm32131536
- 32131536
- SCSB-9778248
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library