OCCASIONAL MUSIC, 1804

ASMI 470 

Occasional Music. Composed from the request of the Musical Society in Bernardston, for the Thanksgiving of 1804. By Sikes and Newhall. Printed at Northampton, by Andrew Wright.-1804.

8 p. 16 x 20 cm.

The Northampton Republican Spy, 27 Nov. 1804, advertises the item as 'just published,' and the advertisement is dated 9 Oct. 1804. p. [1], t-p.; p. 2-8, music.

          5 compositions, incl. I anthem, for 4 voices; full text. Attribs. to Newhall (2), Sikes (3).15 1st pr. identified. 15 American compositions. 

No Core Repertory.

          Not in Shaw-Shoemaker (no copy on Readex). MNF*.

NOTE: See Osterhout 1978, p. 273-75. For a biographical sketch of co-compiler James Newhall, see No. 399.

ASMI p. 557.