JOHN WARD GILMAN

John Ward Gilman (b. Exeter, N.H., 9 May 1741; d. there, 16 June 1823) was a music engraver and postmaster of Exeter for some forty years. During the 1760s and early 1770s he engraved many of the collections published by Daniel Bayley of Newburyport, Massachusetts.

Gilman 1869, p. 96; Wolfe 1980, p. 21-22.

A NEW INTRODUCTION TO PSALMODY, 1771

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A New Introduction to Psalmody; or The Art of Singing Psalms. With a variety of psalm tunes, hymns & chorus's; in three & four musical parts[.] The whole engrav'd on copper-plates. An alphabetical table of the tunes [an index of the tunes in three columns follows.] Engrav'd printed & sold by John Wd. Gilman. Exeter-1771.

24 p. 115 x 9.5 cm. Engraved throughout by the author.

P. [1], t-p. & index; p. 2-3, rudiments; p. 4-24, music.

57 compositions for 3 & 4 voices; most textless, a few w. full text. No attribs. 1 1st Am. pr. identified (BURLINGTON). I composition traced to American source (ANTHEM το 100), 52 to non-American, 4 unidentified (BURLINGTON, NEWBURYPORT, NEW YORK, WARWICK).

29 Core Repertory.

E42240 (CSmH). CSmH* (lacks all after p. 22), NBuG (t-p. mutilated; lacks p. 19-22).

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