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*Brownson, Oliver. 1783. {{NoComp|Select Harmony|Oliver Brownson}}'', Containing the Necessary Rules of Psalmody, Together With a Collection of Approved Psalm Tunes, Hymns and Anthems''. Hartford, Connecticut. | *Brownson, Oliver. 1783. {{NoComp|Select Harmony|Oliver Brownson}}'', Containing the Necessary Rules of Psalmody, Together With a Collection of Approved Psalm Tunes, Hymns and Anthems''. Hartford, Connecticut. 100 pp. Further editions in 1784, 1785, and 1790. | ||
*Brownson, Oliver. 1797. {{NoComp|A New Collection of Sacred Harmony|Oliver Brownson}}. Simsbury, Connecticut. 56 pp. | *Brownson, Oliver. 1797. {{NoComp|A New Collection of Sacred Harmony|Oliver Brownson}}. Simsbury, Connecticut. 56 pp. | ||
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Revision as of 16:32, 7 November 2020
Life
Born: 13 May 1746 in Bolton, Tolland County, Connecticut
Died: 20 Oct 1815 in Smithfield, New York
Biography
Oliver Brownson was an American composer, who lived in Connecticut for much of his life. In 1775 he married Sarah Merrels, and they had at least one child. Oliver Brownson was a singing master in Connecticut during the last two to three decades of the 18th Century.
View the Wikipedia article on Oliver Brownson.
List of choral works
LISTED BY TITLE
Psalm-Tunes
- Bancroft 1797
- Bedford 1783
- Bolton 1783
- Brownson 1802
- Buckland 1783
- Byford 1783
- Cambridge 1783
- Colchester 1783
- Dresden 1783
- Guildford 1783
- Invitation 1783
- Jubilee 1779
- Litchfield 1783
- Newport 1783
- Ninety-Fifth 1783
- Norfolk 1782
- Norwich 1779
- Ontario 1797
- Salisbury 1782
- Sharon 1790
- Stafford 1783
- Sunday 1783
- Sutton 1783
- Trumpet 1790
- Victory 1790
- Virginia 1782
- Westfield (1797) 1797
- Westfield 1783
- Windham 1784
- York 1783
LISTED BY FIRST LINE
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Publications
- Brownson, Oliver. 1783. Select Harmony, Containing the Necessary Rules of Psalmody, Together With a Collection of Approved Psalm Tunes, Hymns and Anthems. Hartford, Connecticut. 100 pp. Further editions in 1784, 1785, and 1790.
- Brownson, Oliver. 1797. A New Collection of Sacred Harmony. Simsbury, Connecticut. 56 pp.
References
- Kroeger, Karl, Editor. 1997. Three Connecticut Composers: Oliver Brownson, Alexander Gillet, and Solomon Chandler: The Collected Works. Garland Publishing, reprinted 2013 by Routledge, New York. 184 pp.
- Steel, David Warren; Richard H. Hulan. 2010. The makers of the Sacred Harp. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press. 321 pp.