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Recent Researches in American Music
Daniel ReadMusica Ecclesiae
Edited by Karl and Marie Kroeger
| Part 1 | |||
| A 48 | ISBN 0-89579-560-4 | (2004) xxiii + 211 pp. | $98.00 |
| ISBN 978-0-89579-560-1 (13-digit) |
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| Part 2 | |||
| A 49 | ISBN 0-89579-561-2 | (2004) ix + 215 pp. | $98.00 |
| ISBN 978-0-89579-561-8
(13-digit) |
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| Part 3 | |||
| A 50 | ISBN 0-89579-562-0 | (2004) ix + 256 pp. | $98.00 |
| ISBN 978-0-89579-562-5 (13-digit) |
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In the years following the Revolutionary War, Daniel Read (1757–1836) was a popular composer of hymn and fuging tunes and a successful compiler of tunebooks. During the last decade of his life, he compiled Musica Ecclesiae (1832), a tunebook that he offered to the American Home Missionary Society to publish for its profit. But the Society declined his offer, and the book was never published.
Musica Ecclesiae consists of 405 pieces arranged for
three or four voices with instrumental support from the organ. Most of the pieces are of
European origin, but edited and harmonized by Read. He includes 26 of his own tunes that had
never been published. The edition, in three volumes, includes many of the most popular psalm
and hymn tunes of the day, along with the editors' historical introduction, Read's extensive
discussion of musical rudiments, a critical commentary, and several indexes.
Music Sample (A48)
Music Sample (A49(
Music Sample (A50)
Contents:
Part 1
Common Meter Tunes, Major Mode
Common Meter Tunes, Minor Mode
Part 2
Long Meter Tunes, Major Mode
Long Meter Tunes, Minor Mode
Short Meter Tunes, Major Mode
Short Meter Tunes, Minor Mode
Part 3
Particular Meter Tunes