The Christian Harmony (Andrew Law)
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Title: The Christian Harmony
Full Title: The Christian Harmony; Or the Second Part of the Art of Singing: Comprising a Select Variety of Psalm and Hymn Tunes; Together with a Number of Airs and Anthems: Calculated for Schools and Churches.
Editor – Compiler: Andrew Law
Publication date and place: 1794 – Volume 1, by Andrew Law in Cheshire, Pennsylvania, 64 pp. Volume 2 1796, 56 pp. Combined Edition (Parts 1–3) 1796, 32+64+56+64 pp. Another Combined Edition 1798, 40+64+56+64 pp. Second Combined Edition 1800, 224 pp. Fourth Combined Edition 1805, 256 pp. Fifth Combined Edition 1811, 16+64+120+128 pp.
Description: The Art of Singing had three parts: 1. The Musical Primer, 2. The Christian Harmony, 3. The Musical Magazine. Beginning in 1796 these were issued in combination.
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Title | Year | Composer | Lyricist | First Line | Genre | Subgenre | Vo. | Meter |
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All Saints | 1794 | Alexander Gillet | Isaac Watts | This life's a dream, an empty show | Sacred | Psalm-tunes | 4 | 88. 88 (L.M.) |
Babylon | 1794 | Alexander Gillet | Joel Barlow | Along the banks where Babel's current flows | Sacred | Psalm-tunes | 4 | 10 10. 10 10 |
Berkley | 1794 | Alexander Gillet | Joseph Addison | The Lord my pasture shall prepare | Sacred | Psalm-tunes | 4 | 88. 88 (L.M.) |
Granby | 1794 | Alexander Gillet | Isaac Watts | Come, sound his praise abroad | Sacred | Set pieces | 4 | 66. 86 (S.M.) |
Hatfield | 1794 | Alexander Gillet | Isaac Watts | This is the day the Lord hath made | Sacred | Set pieces | 4 | 86. 86 (C.M.) |
Plainfield | 1796 | Alexander Gillet | Isaac Watts | Show pity, Lord, O Lord, forgive | Sacred | Set pieces | 4 | 88. 88 (L.M.) |
Wethersfield | 1794 | Timothy Olmsted | Isaac Watts | Give to our God immortal praise | Sacred | Anthems | 4 | 88. 88 (L.M.) |