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==Life==
==Life==
<b>Born: </b>[[1758]]
'''Born:''' 23 July 1758, Worcester, Massachusetts


<b>Died: </b>[[1843
'''Died:''' 23 July 1842, Northfield, Massachusetts
 
<b>Biography:</b>


'''Biography:'''
Timothy Swan was an American hatter, merchant, poet, and composer of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. During the American Revolution, he was a fifer. He contributed psalm-tunes to compilations from 1783, and published his own ''New England Harmony'' in 1801.
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==List of choral works==
==List of choral works==
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*[[Upton (Timothy Swan)|All honor and praise]]
*[[Bondage (Timothy Swan)|Along the banks where Babel's]]
*[[Ross (Timothy Swan)|As pants the hart for cooling streams]]
*[[Energy (Timothy Swan)|Attend our armies to the fight]]
*[[Quincy (Timothy Swan)|Awake, my soul, to sound his praise]]
*[[Balloon (Timothy Swan)|Behold, I fall before Thy face]]
*[[Vermont (Timothy Swan)|Come, let us join our cheerful songs]]
*[[Trinity (Timothy Swan)|Come, thou almighty King]]
*[[Leghorn (Timothy Swan)|Deep in our hearts let us record]]
*[[The Seasons (Timothy Swan)|Eternal source of every joy]]
*[[Verona (Timothy Swan)|From all that dwell below the skies]]
*[[Denbigh (Timothy Swan)|God counts the sorrows of his saints]]
*[[Digby (Timothy Swan)|God counts the sorrows of his saints]]
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*[[Poland (Timothy Swan)|God of my life, look gently down]]
*[[Arnon (Timothy Swan)|Great God, to thy almighty love]]
*[[Flanders (Timothy Swan)|Great God, whose universal sway]]
*[[Egypt (Timothy Swan)|He called for darkness, darkness came]]
*[[Majesty (Timothy Swan)|He framed the globe, He built the sky]]
*[[Franklin (Timothy Swan)|Hosanna to Jesus on high]]
*[[Canaan (Timothy Swan)|How sweet the voice, how sweet the hand]]
*[[Calvary (Timothy Swan)|Infinite grief! Amazing woe]]
*[[Let the shrill trumpet's warlike sound (Timothy Swan)|Let the shrill trumpet's warlike sound]]
*[[Thanksgiving (Timothy Swan)|Meet and right it is to sing]]
*[[London (Timothy Swan)|Methinks I hear the heavens resound]]
*[[Lisbon (Timothy Swan)|My Savior and my King]]
*[[Boxford (Timothy Swan)|My sorrows, like a flood]]
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*[[Dover (Timothy Swan)|My soul, thy great Creator praise]]
*[[Burwick (Timothy Swan)|Now for a tune of lofty praise]]
*[[Appleton (Timothy Swan)|Now to the Lord a noble song]]
*[[Claradon (Timothy Swan)|O come let us join]]
*[[Moreen (Timothy Swan)|Oft I am told the muse will prove]]
*[[Lutestring (Timothy Swan)|O God, my heart is fully bent]]
*[[Russell (Timothy Swan)|Our days are as the grass]]
*[[Bristol (Timothy Swan)|Rejoice, ye shining worlds on high]]
*[[Ronda (Timothy Swan)|Return, O God of love, return]]
*[[Pownal (Timothy Swan)|Sure there's a righteous God]]
*[[Portland (Timothy Swan)|Sweet is the work, my God, my King]]
*[[Judgment (Timothy Swan)|The God of glory sends his summons forth]]
*[[Bristol (Timothy Swan)|The lofty pillars of the sky]]
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*[[Government (Timothy Swan)|The Lord Jehovah reigns]]
*[[Scotland (Timothy Swan)|The Lord my Shepherd is]]
*[[Dedication Anthem (Timothy Swan)|The Lord reigneth, let the earth rejoice]]
*[[Solomon's Song (Timothy Swan)|The voice of my beloved sounds]]
*[[Patmos (Timothy Swan)|Think, mighty God, on feeble man]]
*[[Rainbow (Timothy Swan)|Tis by thy strength the mountains stand]]
*[[Holland (Timothy Swan)|Uncertain life, how soon it flies]]
*[[Rome (Timothy Swan)|Wandering pilgrims, mourning Christians]]
*[[Canton (Timothy Swan)|When marching to thy blest abode]]
*[[China (Timothy Swan)|Why do we mourn departing friends]]
*[[Orange (Timothy Swan)|Ye birds of lofty wing]]
*[[Montague (Timothy Swan)|Ye sons of men with joy, record]]
*[[Lyme (Timothy Swan)|Ye tribes of Adam, join]]
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==Publications==
==Publications==
*Swan, Timothy, Compiler. '''1801'''. ''[[New England Harmony (Timothy Swan)|New England Harmony]]''. Northampton, Massachusetts. 110 pp.


==External links==
==External links==
http://www.suffield-library.org/localhistory/swan.htm
*[http://www.suffield-library.org/localhistory/swan.htm Biography at the Suffield Library]
*[http://imslp.org/wiki/New_England_Harmony_(Swan,_Timothy) Swan 1801 at IMSLP]
 
==References==
*Bayley, Daniel. '''1785'''. ''The Essex Harmony, or Musical Miscellany''. Newburyport: The Author and Son. 40 pp.
*Benham, Asahel. '''1790'''. ''[[Federal Harmony (Asahel Benham)|Federal Harmony]]''. New Haven: A. Morse. 36 pp.
*Benjamin, Jonathan. '''1799'''. ''[[Harmonia Cœlestis]]''. Northampton: Andrew Wright. 79 pp.
*Brownson, Oliver. '''1785'''. ''[[Select Harmony (Oliver Brownson)|Select Harmony]]''. [Hartford, Connecticut?] 84 pp.
*Brownson, Oliver. '''1797'''. ''[[A New Collection of Sacred Harmony (Oliver Brownson)|A New Collection of Sacred Harmony]]''. [Hartford, Connecticut?] 56 pp.
*Cooke, Nym, Editor. '''1997'''. ''Timothy Swan: Psalmody and secular songs''. Madison, Wisconsin: American Musicological Society and A-R Editions.
*Ely, Alexander. '''1792'''. ''[[The Baltimore Collection of Church Music]]''. Baltimore: John Hagerty. 48 pp.
*Little, William, and William Smith. '''1801'''. ''The Easy Instructor, or A New Method of Teaching Sacred Harmony''. [Philadelphia] . 105 pp.
*Steel, David Warren, and Richard H. Hulan. '''2010'''. ''The Makers of the Sacred Harp''. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press. 322 pp.
*Stickney, John. '''1783'''. ''[[The Gentleman and Lady’s Musical Companion (John Stickney)|The Gentleman and Lady’s Musical Companion]]''. Newburyport: Daniel Bayley. 160 pp.


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Latest revision as of 02:04, 23 October 2022

Life

Born: 23 July 1758, Worcester, Massachusetts

Died: 23 July 1842, Northfield, Massachusetts

Biography: Timothy Swan was an American hatter, merchant, poet, and composer of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. During the American Revolution, he was a fifer. He contributed psalm-tunes to compilations from 1783, and published his own New England Harmony in 1801.

View the Wikipedia article on Timothy Swan.

NOTE. New works added to this page should be automatically placed in the correct position below. Listing by First Line should be added manually.

List of choral works

1. Listed by Title

Psalm-Tunes
Anthems and Set-Pieces

 

2. Listed by First Line


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Publications

External links

References

  • Bayley, Daniel. 1785. The Essex Harmony, or Musical Miscellany. Newburyport: The Author and Son. 40 pp.
  • Benham, Asahel. 1790. Federal Harmony. New Haven: A. Morse. 36 pp.
  • Benjamin, Jonathan. 1799. Harmonia Cœlestis. Northampton: Andrew Wright. 79 pp.
  • Brownson, Oliver. 1785. Select Harmony. [Hartford, Connecticut?] 84 pp.
  • Brownson, Oliver. 1797. A New Collection of Sacred Harmony. [Hartford, Connecticut?] 56 pp.
  • Cooke, Nym, Editor. 1997. Timothy Swan: Psalmody and secular songs. Madison, Wisconsin: American Musicological Society and A-R Editions.
  • Ely, Alexander. 1792. The Baltimore Collection of Church Music. Baltimore: John Hagerty. 48 pp.
  • Little, William, and William Smith. 1801. The Easy Instructor, or A New Method of Teaching Sacred Harmony. [Philadelphia] . 105 pp.
  • Steel, David Warren, and Richard H. Hulan. 2010. The Makers of the Sacred Harp. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press. 322 pp.
  • Stickney, John. 1783. The Gentleman and Lady’s Musical Companion. Newburyport: Daniel Bayley. 160 pp.
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