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==Life== | ==Life== | ||
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Nehemiah Shumway was an American composer and compiler of sacred music. He was born in {{w|Oxford, Massachusetts}}, and died in {{w|Freehold Borough, New Jersey|Freehold, New Jersey}}. The first edition of his compilation of church music, ''The American Harmony'', was published by John M'Culloch of Philadelphia in 1793: this included some original tunes by Shumway and other composers, in addition to music by others previously published elsewhere. A second edition of the book was published by the same publisher in 1801. In addition, other tunes attributed to Shumway were included in William Little and William Smith's collection ''The Easy Instructor''. | Nehemiah Shumway was an American composer and compiler of sacred music. He was born in {{w|Oxford, Massachusetts}}, and died in {{w|Freehold Borough, New Jersey|Freehold, New Jersey}}. The first edition of his compilation of church music, ''The American Harmony'', was published by John M'Culloch of Philadelphia in 1793: this included some original tunes by Shumway and other composers, in addition to music by others previously published elsewhere. A second edition of the book was published by the same publisher in 1801. In addition, other tunes attributed to Shumway were included in William Little and William Smith's collection ''The Easy Instructor''. | ||
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==List of choral works== | ==List of choral works== | ||
===LIST BY TITLE=== | ===LIST BY TITLE=== | ||
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*[[Nixington (Nehemiah Shumway)|Day of judgment, day of wonders]] | *[[Nixington (Nehemiah Shumway)|Day of judgment, day of wonders]] | ||
*[[New-Jersey (Nehemiah Shumway)|Erect your heads, eternal gates]] | *[[New-Jersey (Nehemiah Shumway)|Erect your heads, eternal gates]] | ||
*[[Schenectady (Nehemiah Shumway)|From all that dwell below the skies]] | |||
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*[[Cranbury (Nehemiah Shumway)|Great God, the heavens' well-ordered frame]] | *[[Cranbury (Nehemiah Shumway)|Great God, the heavens' well-ordered frame]] | ||
*[[Burlington (Nehemiah Shumway)|My God, my God, why leavest Thou me]] | *[[Burlington (Nehemiah Shumway)|My God, my God, why leavest Thou me]] | ||
*[[New Jordan (Nehemiah Shumway)|On Jordan's stormy banks I stand]] | *[[New Jordan (Nehemiah Shumway)|On Jordan's stormy banks I stand]] | ||
*[[Lewisburgh (Nehemiah Shumway)|Sweet is the day of sacred rest]] | |||
*[[Freehold (Nehemiah Shumway)|The God of Abraham praise]] | *[[Freehold (Nehemiah Shumway)|The God of Abraham praise]] | ||
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*[[Lancaster (Nehemiah Shumway)|The Lord, how fearful is his name]] | *[[Lancaster (Nehemiah Shumway)|The Lord, how fearful is his name]] | ||
*[[Lamberton (Nehemiah Shumway)|The Lord my shepherd is]] | *[[Lamberton (Nehemiah Shumway)|The Lord my shepherd is]] | ||
*[[Judgment (Nehemiah Shumway)|The Lord, the Judge, before His throne]] | *[[Judgment (Nehemiah Shumway)|The Lord, the Judge, before His throne]] | ||
*[[Westminster (Nehemiah Shumway)|Thou great and sovereign Lord of all]] | *[[Westminster (Nehemiah Shumway)|Thou great and sovereign Lord of all]] | ||
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==Publications== | ==Publications== | ||
*Shumway, Nehemiah, Editor. 1793. ''[[The American Harmony (Nehemiah Shumway)|The American Harmony]]''. Philadelphia: John McCullouch. 212 pp. | *Shumway, Nehemiah, Editor. 1793. ''[[The American Harmony (Nehemiah Shumway)|The American Harmony]]''. Philadelphia: John McCullouch. 212 pp. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Latest revision as of 01:53, 23 October 2022
Life
Born: 26 August 1761
Died: July 1843
Biography
Nehemiah Shumway was an American composer and compiler of sacred music. He was born in Oxford, Massachusetts
, and died in Freehold, New Jersey. The first edition of his compilation of church music, The American Harmony, was published by John M'Culloch of Philadelphia in 1793: this included some original tunes by Shumway and other composers, in addition to music by others previously published elsewhere. A second edition of the book was published by the same publisher in 1801. In addition, other tunes attributed to Shumway were included in William Little and William Smith's collection The Easy Instructor.
View the Wikipedia article on Nehemiah Shumway.
List of choral works
LIST BY TITLE
LIST BY FIRST LINE
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Publications
- Shumway, Nehemiah, Editor. 1793. The American Harmony. Philadelphia: John McCullouch. 212 pp.