Abraham Maxim

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Life

Born: 3 January 1773, South Carver, Massachusetts

Died: 28 March 1829, Palmyra, Maine

Biography

Abraham Maxim was an American composer of the early nineteenth century. In the 1790's he settled in Turner, Maine, where he was a schoolteacher and singing master. In 1827 he moved to Palmyra, Maine, where ... in 1829 he 'dropped dead in the street with [manuscripts of] music and a spelling book in his pocket' " (Steel and Hulan 2010). He published several books, mostly of his own compositions.

List of choral works

A. Listed by Title

Augusta Falmouth

Fluvanna Knoxville

Machias Poland

B. Listed by First Line

How pleasant tis to see Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear Say, Live for ever, wondrous King

Shall we go on to sin Shout to the Lord, and let our joys

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Publications

• Maxim, Abraham, Compiler. 1802. The Oriental Harmony. Exeter, New Hampshire: Henry Ranlet. 56 pp.
• Maxim, Abraham, Compiler. 1805. The Northern Harmony. Exeter, New Hampshire: Henry Ranlet. 151 pp. Second Edition, 205 pp., 1808; Fourth Edition, 242 pp, 1816; Fifth Edition, 140 pp., 1819.

References

• Steel, David Warren, and Richard H. Hulan. 2010. The Makers of the Sacred Harp. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press. 322 pp.