The Hesperian Harp (William Hauser)
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General Information
Title: The Hesperian Harp
Full Title: The Hesperian Harp: A Collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes, Odes and Anthems; and Sunday-School, Infant, Revival, Temperance, Patriotic, and Moral Pieces; Containing Also a Number of Scotch, German, Irish, and other Fine Compositions. Much New Music Never Before Published, And an Exposition of the Principles of Music and of Musical Composition.
Editor - Compiler: William Hauser
Publication date and place: 1848 by S. C. Collins in Philadelphia, 556 pp. Reprinted 1874.
Description: The largest shapenote publication in the Nineteenth Century.
External Links
- Scans of pages from the 1874 reprint from Shapenote.net
- The Hesperian Harp (William Hauser) at the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)
References
- Patterson, Daniel W. 1988. William Hauser's Hesperian Harp and Olive Leaf: Shape-Note Tunebooks as Emblems of Change and Progress. Journal of American Folklore 101(399):23-36.
List of works
Works at CPDL
Title | Year | Composer | Arranger | Lyricist | First Line | Subgenre | Vo. | Meter |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baldwin | 1848 | William Hauser | Charles Wesley | And let our bodies part | 4 | 66. 86 (S.M.) | ||
Bartimeus | 1799 | Amos Pilsbury | William Hauser | John Newton | Mercy, O thou son of David | 4 | 87. 87. D | |
Bruce's Address | 1835 | Anonymous | William Hauser | Jared Waterbury | Soldiers of the cross, arise / Lo, your leader | 4 | 77. 76. D | |
Charleston | 1799 | Amos Pilsbury | Robert Robinson | Come, thou fount of every blessing | 4 | 87. 87 | ||
Christian Warfare | 1830 | Anonymous | Deodatus Dutton | Anonymous | Soldiers of the cross, arise / Lo, your Captain | 3 | 77. 75. D | |
Complainer | 1835 | William Walker | William Hauser | Anonymous | I am a great complainer | 4 | 76. 76. D | |
Davis | 1813 | Anonymous | Joseph Swain | O thou in whose presence my soul takes delight | 3 | 11 8. 11 8 | ||
Elysian | 1820 | Ananias Davisson | William Hauser | Richard Kempenfelt | Burst ye emerald gates and bring | 4 | 76. 76. 77. 77 | |
Idumea | 1816 | Ananias Davisson | William Hauser | Charles Wesley | O come, and dwell in me | 4 | 66. 86 (S.M.) | |
Invitation | 1784 | Jacob Kimball | William Hauser | Isaac Watts | Come, my Beloved, haste away Hark! the Redeemer from on high |
4 | 88. 88 (L.M.) | |
Judgment | 1813 | Robert Boyd | Ananias Davisson | Isaac Watts | My God, what inward grief I feel | Psalm-tunes | 4 | 88. 88 (L.M.) |
Knoxville | 1820 | Reubin Monday | Anonymous | Rejoice, my friends, the Lord is King | Set pieces | 4 | 88. 887 | |
Milinda | 1816 | Robert Boyd | Isaac Watts | In vain the wealthy mortals toil | 4 | 88. 88 (L.M.) | ||
New Monmouth | 1813 | Lucius Chapin | Robert Robinson | Come thou fount of every blessing | 4 | 87. 87 | ||
Ninety-Fifth | 1813 | Lucius Chapin | Isaac Watts | When I can read my title clear | 4 | 86. 86 (C.M.) | ||
Redeeming Grace | 1813 | Anonymous | William Hauser | Anonymous lyricist | Come all that love my Lord and Master | 4 | 98. 98. D | |
Restoration | 1813 | Anonymous | William Hauser | Anonymous lyricist | Ye captives restored and saints of the Lord | 4 | 10 11. 10 11 | |
Road's Town | 1813 | Elkanah Dare | William Hauser | Joseph Humphreys | Blessed are the sons of God | 4 | 77. 77. 77 | |
Rockbridge | 1813 | Lucius Chapin | Isaac Watts | Sweet is the work, my God, my King | Psalm-tunes | 4 | 88. 88 (L.M.) | |
Salem | 1826 | William Moore | William Hauser | John Newton | How sweet the name of Jesus sounds | 4 | 86. 86 (C.M.) | |
Sweet Rivers | 1825 | William Moore | John Granade | Sweet rivers of redeeming love | 3 | 86. 86. D (C.M.D.) | ||
The Faithful Soldier | 1835 | William Hauser | John Leland | O when shall I see Jesus | 4 | 76. 76. D | ||
Transport | 1813 | Anonymous | John Granade | Ye children of Jesus, who're bound for the kingdom | 2 | 12 11.12 11.12 12.12 11 | ||
Tunbridge | 1793 | Jacob Kimball | Isaac Watts | Our sins, alas! how strong they be | 3 | 86. 86 (C.M.) | ||
Washington | 1818 | Reubin Monday | Joseph Hart | Dismiss us with thy blessing, Lord | 4 | 88. 88 (L.M.) |