Music of the United States of America

Timothy Swan
Psalmody and Secular Songs
Edited by Nym Cooke
 

A 26/MU 6	ISBN 0-89579-383-0	(1997) xlix+362 pp.	$166.00
	ISBN 978-0-89579-383-6 (13-digit)

Timothy Swan is an important figure in the beginnings of musical composition in America. Though his output was modest, he was perhaps the most original composer to emerge from the eighteenth-century New England singing school tradition. This comprehensive edition, based on a study of prints, manuscripts, sketches, and drafts, affords an unparalleled view of an eighteenth-century psalmodist at work. It also gives performers access to the music of one of America's earliest composers.

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Contents 

Timothy Swan, New England Original, by Nym Cooke

 Psalmody
Anthem from the 150th Psalm, Appleton, Arnon, Balloon, Bondage, Boxford, Bristol, Burwick, Calvary, Canaan, Canton, China, Claradon, Columbia, Concert Hall, Dedication Anthem, Digby, Dover, Dublin, Egypt, Energy, Flanders, Florence, Franklin, Government, Granby, Halifax, Holland, I'll lift my hands, I'll raise my voice, Judgment, Kinsale, Leeds, Leghorn, Lisbon, London, The Lord appears my helper now, Lutestring, Lyme, Majesty, Milton, Montague, Moreen, Orange, Patmos, Pitstown, Poland, Portland, Pownal, Queen Mary's Prayer, Quincy, Rainbow, Rome, Ronda, Ross, Russell, Scotland, The Seasons, Solomon's Song, Spring, Thanksgiving, Trinity, Upton, Vermont, Verona, Volta, Washington

 Secular Songs
Advice to the Fair, A Canon for Two Voices, Captain O'Blunder, Friendship, The Gentle Shepherd, The Highland Queen, Hunting Song, A Hunting Song, Independence, The Invitation, Lovely Spring, The Nymph's Complaint, The Shepherd's Complaint, The Soldier's Farewell, Spring, Strephon's Farewell, The Waterman