| Description |
1 audio disc (60 minutes, 34 seconds) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (62 pages : illustrations ; 13 cm) |
| Note |
Compact disc. |
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Program notes in English, French and German, and texts in original languages with English, French and German translations (62 p.) included. |
| Contents |
Holy manna (Brethren, we have met to worship) (2:15) -- Abbeville (Come, Holy Spirit, come) (2:27) -- Wondrous love (What wondrous love is this!) (2:35) -- Sweet hour of prayer (3:13) -- Jewett (Amazing grace, how sweet the sound) (3:11) -- Dunlap's Creek (My God, my portion and my love) (2:16) -- New Britain (Amazing grace, how sweet the sound) (3:05) -- The morning trumpet (O when shall I see Jesus) (3:22) -- Resignation (My shepherd will supply my need) (3:10) -- Poland (God of my life, look gently down) (2:54) -- Wayfaring stranger (I am a poor, wayfaring stranger) (2:47) -- Sweet by and by (There's a land that is fairer than day) (2:51) -- Blooming vale (O, were I like a feathered dove) (2:35) -- Indumea (I) (And am I born to die) ; Idumea (II) (My God, my life, my love) (3:36) -- Sweet prospect (On Jordan's stormy banks I stand) (3:03) -- Shall we gather at the river (4:52) -- Amanda (Death, like an overflowing stream) (2:17) -- Invitation (Hark! I hear the harps eternal) (2:32) -- Parting hand (My Christian friends, in bonds of love) (2:56) -- Angel band (My latest sun is sinking fast) (3:09). |
| Performer |
Anonymous 4 (Marsha Genensky ; Susan Hellauer ; Jacqueline Horner ; Johanna Maria Rose). |
| Event |
Recorded May 12-15, 2003, Skywalker Sound, Marin County, California. |
| Summary |
A vivid portrait of the roots of Anglo-American sacred music, including 18th-century psalmody from New England, 19th-century shape-note songs from the rural South, and some of the longest-lived and best-loved gospel songs. (Cf. container) |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
Sacred vocal music -- United States -- 18th century.
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Sacred vocal music -- United States -- 19th century.
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Sacred songs, Unaccompanied.
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Shape-note singing.
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Gospel music.
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Vocal quartets, Unaccompanied.
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Folk songs, English -- United States.
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| Added Title |
Songs of hope, redemption, & glory |
| Standard No. |
093046732622 |
| Music No. |
HMU 907326 Harmonia Mundi USA |
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