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18th-century hymns in Latin (2 P) Pages in category "18th-century hymns" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total. This list may not reflect ...
Songs of the American Revolutionary War (7 P) B. ... Songs of the French Revolution (7 P) H. 18th-century hymns (2 C, 37 P) Pages in category "18th-century songs"
This tune was originally published in The Choir or Union Collection of Church Music, as music for a hymn entitled "Our Days are as Grass". [3] In Methodist hymnals, "A Charge to Keep I Have" has sometimes been paired with St Thomas, written by Aaron Williams, [10] or Cambridge, by Ralph Harrison, [11] both composed in the 18th century.
These oldest songs also include a few from a remote ancestor of Sacred Harp singing, the tradition of religious choral music that flourished in rural England in the mid 18th century, for example "Milford" by Joseph Stephenson (D 273). Songs by the New England composers of ca. 1770–1810, sometimes referred to as the "First New England School".
This music was included in, and became profoundly associated with, books using the shape note style of notation popular in America in the 18th and early 19th centuries. [ 1 ] Sacred Harp music is performed a cappella (voice only, without instruments) and originated as Protestant music .
"Amazing Grace" is a Christian hymn published in 1779, written in 1772 by English Anglican clergyman and poet John Newton (1725–1807). It is possibly the most sung and most recorded hymn in the world, and especially popular in the United States, where it is used for both religious and secular purposes.
Wesley wrote a unique piece of music entitled "Soldiers of Christ" for the hymn to be set to. [1] However the hymn has been set to other tunes as well. One of several tunes for the hymn is by William P. Merrill (1867–1954). However, in the United States the main alternative piece of music that is used for the hymn is "Diademata" by George Job ...
William Billings' The New-England Psalm-Singer is the first compilation of entirely American music and the first compiled by a native-born American to be published, [102] first major publication by a singing master, [101] and the first tunebook in the country dedicated to the music of a single composer.