The Hesperian Harp (William Hauser)
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General Information
Title: The Hesperian Harp
Full Title: The Hesperian Harp: A Collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes, Odes and Anthems; and Sunday-School, Infant, Revival, Temperance, Patriotic, and Moral Pieces; Containing Also a Number of Scotch, German, Irish, and other Fine Compositions. Much New Music Never Before Published, And an Exposition of the Principles of Music and of Musical Composition.
Editor - Compiler: William Hauser
Publication date and place: 1848 by S. C. Collins in Philadelphia, 556 pp. Reprinted 1874.
Description: The largest shapenote publication in the Nineteenth Century.
External Links
- Scans of pages from the 1874 reprint from Shapenote.net
- The Hesperian Harp (William Hauser) at the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)
References
- Patterson, Daniel W. 1988. William Hauser's Hesperian Harp and Olive Leaf: Shape-Note Tunebooks as Emblems of Change and Progress. Journal of American Folklore 101(399):23-36.
Works at CPDL
| Title | Year | Composer | Arranger | Lyricist | First Line | Subgenre | Vo. | Meter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baldwin | 1848 | William Hauser | Charles Wesley | And let our bodies part | 4 | 66. 86 (S.M.) | ||
| Bridgewater | 1782 | Lewis Edson | Tate and Brady | O come, loud anthems let us sing | Psalm-tunes | 4 | 86. 86 (C.M.) | |
| Brightest and best of the stars of the morning | 1831 | Anonymous | Reginald Heber | Hymns | 1 | 11 10. 11 10 | ||
| Charleston | 1799 | Amos Pilsbury | Robert Robinson | Come, thou fount of every blessing Mercy, O thou son of David |
4 | 87. 87 | ||
| Davis | 1813 | Anonymous | Joseph Swain | O thou in whose presence my soul takes delight | 3 | 11 8. 11 8 | ||
| Dunlap's Creek | 1814 | S. McFarland | Isaac Watts | Think, O my soul, the dreadful day | Folk hymns | 4 | 86. 86 (C.M.) | |
| Emerald Gates | 1820 | Ananias Davisson | Richard Kempenfelt | Burst ye emerald gates and bring | 4 | 76. 76. 77. 77 | ||
| Faithful Soldier | 1835 | Anonymous | William Walker | John Leland | O when shall I see Jesus | 4 | 76. 76. D | |
| Holy Manna | 1825 | William Moore | George Askins | Brethren, we have met to worship | 4 | 87. 87. D | ||
| Idumea | 1816 | Ananias Davisson | Isaac Watts | My God, my life, my love | 4 | 66. 86 (S.M.) | ||
| Invitation | 1784 | Jacob Kimball | Isaac Watts | Come, my Beloved, haste away Hark! the Redeemer from on high |
4 | 88. 88 (L.M.) | ||
| Judgment | 1813 | Robert Boyd | Isaac Watts | My God, what inward grief I feel | Psalm-tunes | 4 | 88. 88 (L.M.) | |
| Kedron | 1799 | Amos Pilsbury | Charles Wesley | Thou man of griefs, remember me | 4 | 88. 88 (L.M.) | ||
| Knoxville | 1820 | Reubin Monday | Anonymous | Rejoice, my friends, the Lord is King | Set pieces | 4 | 88. 887 | |
| Liberty Hall | 1810 | Lucius Chapin | Isaac Watts | Alas! And did my Savior bleed | 3 | 86. 86 (C.M.) | ||
| Mecklenburg | 1820 | Anonymous | Anonymous | Bright scenes of glory strike my sense | 4 | 87. 87. D | ||
| Middlebury | 1820 | Anonymous | R. D. Humphreys | Charles Wesley | Come away to the skies | Hymns | 3 | 669. 669 |
| Milinda | 1816 | Robert Boyd | Isaac Watts | In vain the wealthy mortals toil | 4 | 88. 88 (L.M.) | ||
| New Monmouth | 1813 | Lucius Chapin | Robert Robinson | Come thou fount of every blessing | 4 | 87. 87 | ||
| Ninety-Fifth | 1813 | Lucius Chapin | Isaac Watts | When I can read my title clear | 4 | 86. 86 (C.M.) | ||
| Pilgrim's Farewell | 1793 | Jacob French | Samuel Crossman | Fare you well, my friends | Psalm-tunes | 4 | ||
| Redeeming Grace | 1813 | Anonymous | Anonymous lyricist | Come all that love my Lord and Master | 4 | 98. 98. D | ||
| Reflection | 1813 | Anonymous | Ananias Davisson | Isaac Watts | No sleep or slumber to his eyes | Psalm-tunes | 4 | 86. 86 (C.M.) |
| Restoration | 1813 | Anonymous | Anonymous lyricist | Ye captives restored and saints of the Lord | 4 | 10 11. 10 11 | ||
| Road's Town | 1813 | Elkanah Dare | Joseph Humphreys | Blessed are the sons of God | 4 | 77. 77. 77 | ||
| Rockbridge | 1813 | Lucius Chapin | Isaac Watts | Sweet is the work, my God, my King | Psalm-tunes | 4 | 88. 88 (L.M.) | |
| Salem | 1826 | William Moore | John Newton (hymnwriter) | How sweet the name of Jesus sounds | 3 | 86. 86 (C.M.) | ||
| Sounding Joy | 1790 | Justin Morgan | Isaac Watts | Come, sound his praise abroad | Psalm-tunes | 4 | 66. 86 (S.M.) | |
| Star in the East | 1831 | Deodatus Dutton | Reginald Heber | Hail the blest morn, see the great mediator | 2 | 11 10. 11 10 with refrain | ||
| Sweet Rivers | 1825 | William Moore | John Granade | Sweet rivers of redeeming love | 3 | 86. 86. D (C.M.D.) | ||
| The promised land | 1835 | Matilda T. Durham | Samuel Stennett | On Jordan's stormy banks I stand | 3 | 86. 86 (C.M.) | ||
| Transport | 1813 | Anonymous | John Granade | Ye children of Jesus, who're bound for the kingdom | 2 | 12 11.12 11.12 12.12 11 | ||
| Tunbridge | 1793 | Jacob Kimball | Isaac Watts | Our sins, alas! how strong they be | 3 | 86. 86 (C.M.) | ||
| Wallace | 1830 | Deodatus Dutton | Jared Waterbury | Soldiers of the cross, arise / Lo, your Captain | 2 | 77. 76. D | ||
| Washington | 1818 | Reubin Monday | Joseph Hart | Dismiss us with thy blessing, Lord | 4 | 88. 88 (L.M.) |