THE COLLECTION OF PSALM AND HYMN TUNES

ASMI 156 

The Collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes Sung at the Chapel of the Lock Hospital. From the last London edition. Published by West & Blake, and Manning & Loring. Manning & Loring, Printers.

198, [2] p. 125.5 x 30 cm.

[1809.] Advertisement dated Boston, Sept. 1809; dedication dated Knightsbridge, 18 Aug. 1769 & prefatory remarks to London edition of 1792 dated 3 May 1792. p. [i], t-p.; p. [ii] blank; p. [iii]-iv, dedication to Governors of Lock Hospital; p. [v], prefatory remarks to London edition of 1792; p. [vi], 'Advertisement To The American Edition'; p. [vii]-viii, "Subscribers' Names'; blank leaf; p. 9-198, music; p. [199], "Table Of The First Lines'; p. [200], 'Index.' 'We have now the satisfaction of presenting to the lovers of classical sacred harmony, a work of the first celebrity; to the acknowledged merit of which few Musicians are strangers, though scarcely a copy has lately been found for sale, even in London. The avidity with which many good judges seized the occasion of promoting the republication of this Collection, induced us to hazard an ample edition; trusting for our remuneration to the taste and liberality of a discriminating public. [New par.] There is a character or style peculiar to every writer of Music, however distinguished: but the Lock Hospital Collection displays all the variety that can be desired; being selected from the most approved productions of the greatest masters in Europe... [The publishers hope] that this publication may prove useful in diffusing a taste for correct and refined composition, and by its animating and pathetic melodies promote the fervour of Christian devotion.' (Extract from Advertisement.)

          127 compositions, incl. 19 set-pieces, for 2 & 3 voices w. figured bass & some notated accompaniments for organ; full text, w. extra stanzas supplied for most pieces. Attribs. to F.A. [Felice Alessandri], S.A. [Samuel Arnold] (4), C.B. [Charles Burney] (6), I.B. [James Burney] (3), J.B. [James Burney?], W.B. [W. Burney ?] (9), F.E., F.G. [Felice Giardini] (7), Dr. H. [Musgrave Heighington], T.H. [Thomas Haweis] (2), W.I. [William Jackson] (2), C.L. [Charles Lockhart] (26), M.M. [Martin Madan] (45), M.V. [Mattia Vento], I.W. [John Worgan] (6), M.W. 25 1st Am. pr. identified (BATH, BEDFORD, BENNINGTON, BUCKINGHAM, CANTERBURY, CIRENCESTER, CROYDON, COLCHESTER, DALSTON, GLORIA PATRI (2), HARBOROUGH, LANCASTER, LOTHBURY, MELTON MOWBRAY, 

NORWICH, PILGRIM'S SONG, PLYMOUTH, READING, ST. KATHERINE CREE, SURRY, TADCASTER, WELLINGBOROUGH, WICKHAM, YARMOUTH. 127 non-Amer-ican compositions (116 attrib. non-Americans; 11 traced). 

4 Core Repertory.

          S17967 (MWA). Copies in CoDI, DLC (2), ICN, MB, MBHM, MH, MWA*, MiU-C (music inc.), NBuG, NN, NNUT, NRU-Mus, NcWsM, NjPT, PPPrHi, RPB, TxWaB.

NOTE: This work, customarily called the 'Lock Hospital Collection,' was first published in London in 1769, signed by Martin Madan as compiler. The enlarged London edition of 1792 is the model for this American edition.

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