Samuel Holyoke: Difference between revisions
(New work entry: Austria) |
(Entry for Austria) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
<!-- [[Image:John_Doe.jpg|thumb|John Doe]] --><!-- image must be uploaded previously --> | <!-- [[Image:John_Doe.jpg|thumb|John Doe]] --><!-- image must be uploaded previously --> | ||
<!-- '''Aliases:''' --> | <!-- '''Aliases:''' --> | ||
| Line 31: | Line 26: | ||
*[[Andover (Samuel Holyoke)|And let this feeble body fail]] | *[[Andover (Samuel Holyoke)|And let this feeble body fail]] | ||
*[[Ohio (Samuel Holyoke)|I'll praise my Maker with my breath]] | *[[Ohio (Samuel Holyoke)|I'll praise my Maker with my breath]] | ||
*[[Praise waiteth for thee (Samuel Holyoke)|Praise waiteth for thee]] | |||
{{middle}} | {{middle}} | ||
*[[The Close of the Year (Samuel Holyoke)|So fly our months and years]] | *[[The Close of the Year (Samuel Holyoke)|So fly our months and years]] | ||
*[[Chelsea (Samuel Holyoke)|Thou sacred one, almighty three]] | *[[Chelsea (Samuel Holyoke)|Thou sacred one, almighty three]] | ||
*[[Hinsdale (Samuel Holyoke)|Thou wilt reveal the paths of life]] | *[[Hinsdale (Samuel Holyoke)|Thou wilt reveal the paths of life]] | ||
*[[Austria (Samuel Holyoke)|Ye that obey the immortal King]] | |||
{{bottom}} | {{bottom}} | ||
Revision as of 14:10, 7 October 2016
Life
Born: 15 October 1762, Boxford, Massachusetts
Died: 7 February 1820, Concord, New Hampshire
Biography Samuel Holyoke was an American composer and teacher of vocal and instrumental music. He was a Congregationalist and a Mason, and never married. After preparatory training at Phillips Academy, Andover, Holyoke matriculated at Harvard College in 1786. The source of his musical training is unknown, but he was composing music before he graduated from Harvard in 1789; in June of that year, a newspaper announcement of his proposed book, Harmonia Americana was said to be endorsed by the Singing Club of Harvard. A prolific composer, he composed some 700 pieces, including psalm tunes and anthems and occasional pieces, some with instrumental accompaniment. In his compositions, "he aligned himself with the forces of musical reform" (Britton and others 1990).
In 1793, Holyoke helped to found Groton Academy in Groton, Massachusetts, where he served as the first headmaster.
View the Wikipedia article on Samuel Holyoke.
List of choral works
LIST BY TITLE
1. Psalm-Tunes
2. Anthems
3. Secular Songs
LIST BY FIRST LINE
Click here to search for this composer on CPDL
Publications
- Holyoke, Samuel. 1791. Harmonia Americana. Boston, Massachusetts: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews. 120 pp.
- Holyoke, Samuel. 1800. Hark! from the Tombs, etc., and Beneath the Honors, etc. ... for the Memory of our Beloved Washington. Exeter, New Hampshire: Henry Ranlet. 12 pp.
- Holyoke, Samuel, 1803. The Columbian Repository of Sacred Harmony. Exeter, New Hampshire: Henry Ranlet. 472 pp.
- Holyoke, Samuel. 1804. The Christian Harmonist. Salem, Massachusetts: Joshua Cushing. 199 pp.
- Holyoke, Samuel. 1807. The Vocal Companion. Exeter, New Hampshire: Norris and Sawyer. 176 pp.
External links
Scans of books by Samuel Holyoke at IMSLP
References
- Britton, Allen P.; Irving Lowens; and Richard Crawford. 1990. American Sacred Music Imprints 1698-1810: A Bibiography. Worcester, Massachusetts: American Antiquarian Society. 798 pp.
- Eskew, Harry; and Karl Kroeger. 1998. Samuel Holyoke (1762-1820) and Jacob Kimball (1761-1826): Selected Works. New York, New York: Garland. 256 pp.
- Steel, David Warren; and Richard H. Hulan. 2010. The Makers of The Sacred Harp. Urbana, Illinois. University of Illinois. 322 pp.