Nehemiah Shumway

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.

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List of choral works

LIST BY TITLE

Burlington Cranbury Freehold

Judgment Lamberton Lancaster

Lewisburgh New Jordan New-Jersey

Nixington Pennsylvania Pittsgrove

Schenectady Scotland Westminster

LIST BY FIRST LINE

Awake, our souls, away, our fears Bless, O Lord, the opening year Day of judgment, day of wonders Erect your heads, eternal gates Great God, the heavens' well-ordered frame

My God, my God, why leavest Thou me On Jordan's stormy banks I stand Sweet is the day of sacred rest The God of Abraham praise The Lord, how fearful is his name

The Lord my shepherd is The Lord, the Judge, before His throne Thou great and sovereign Lord of all When shall Thy lovely face be seen

 
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Publications

• Shumway, Nehemiah, Editor. 1793. The American Harmony. Philadelphia: John McCullouch. 212 pp. [1]

External links

• Copy of The American Harmony, first edition, at the Internet Archive