The Vermont Early Music Project is reproducing the following books compiled by Vermont residents in the early 1800’s:
Vermont Harmony 1801 - Uri K. Hill, Rutland
Musical Concert 1802 - Elisha West, Woodstock
New York and Vermont Collection of Sacred Harmony 1804 - Thomas Atwill, Castleton
Sacred Musician 1804 - Ebenezer Child, Brandon/ Castleton
Christian Harmony 1805 - Jeremiah Ingalls, Newbury
Province Harmony 1809 - Hezekiah Moors, Mount Holly
Columbian Sacred Minstrel 1809 - Joel Harmon, Pawlet
We are attempting to give the reader the experience of purchasing a tunebook at a print shop /bookshop at the time of each book's printing. As much of the original presentation as is possible has been retained, including the size of the book. If content is altered, a comment will be placed in the appendix by the book editor(s).
The note heads of the songs have been modified to shapes to facilitate the learning and singing of the music. For those unfamiliar with this type of musical sight reading, a “Shape Note Singing School” video can be found on this website.
Kerry Cullinan, Director
Vermont Early Music Project
vermontearlymusicproject.org
Note: Tunebooks are in production and will be released individually upon completion.