Southern Harmony Musical Companion
William Walker
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Description for Southern Harmony Musical Companion
Digital. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: AVQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 235 x 28. Weight in Grams: 748.
" William Walker's Southern Harmony, first published in 1835, was the most popular tune book of the nineteenth century, containing 335 sacred songs, dominated by the folk hymns of oral tradition and written in the old four-shape notation that was for generations the foundation of musical teaching in rural America. Born in 1809 in South Carolina, William Walker grew up near Spartanburg and early became devoted to the Welsh Baptist Church of his ancestors and to the musical heritage that church had brought to early America. Walker became a singing master, and Southern Harmony was compiled for his students in ... Read more
" William Walker's Southern Harmony, first published in 1835, was the most popular tune book of the nineteenth century, containing 335 sacred songs, dominated by the folk hymns of oral tradition and written in the old four-shape notation that was for generations the foundation of musical teaching in rural America. Born in 1809 in South Carolina, William Walker grew up near Spartanburg and early became devoted to the Welsh Baptist Church of his ancestors and to the musical heritage that church had brought to early America. Walker became a singing master, and Southern Harmony was compiled for his students in ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Condition
New
Number of Pages
392
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Lexington, United States
ISBN
9780813118598
SKU
V9780813118598
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99-50
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