Ananias Davisson

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Life

Born: 2 February 1780, Shenandoah County, Virginia

Died: 21 October 1857, Rockingham County, Virginia

Ananias Davisson was a printer, composer, and compiler of books of psalm-tunes and hymn-tunes, who lived most of his life in Rockingham County, northwest Virginia. He compiled four tunebooks, all in four-shape format, including Kentucky Harmony and Supplement to the Kentucky Harmony. He was a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church. The music books he compiled are all in four-shape format.

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List of choral works

1. Titles

1a. Psalm-tunes

Changing Seasons Crucifixion

Emerald Gates Idumea

Imandra New Hope

The Rose Tree Solemnity

Solitude in the Grove Staunton

Tender Thought

1b. Secular songs No works currently available

1c. Arrangements

• Condescending
• Friendship
• Mount Calvary
• Redemption
• Reflection
• Rochester

 

2. First Lines

Arise, my tenderest thoughts, arise Awake, our souls, and bless his name Come friends and relations, let's join heart and hand

Come, ye that love the Lord How condescending and how kind I love thee, my Savior, I love thee, my Lord

Saw ye my Savior When winter is over and spring is begun

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Publications

• Davisson, Ananias, Compiler. 1816. Kentucky Harmony. Harrisonburg, Virginia: Author. 140 pp. Second Edition 1817, 150 pp.; Third Edition 1819, 154 pp.; Fifth Edition 1826, 160 pp.
• Davisson, Ananias, Compiler. 1820. Supplement to the Kentucky Harmony. Harrisonburg, Virginia: Author. 103 pp. Second Edition, 1822, 128 pp.; Third Edition, 1825, 152 pp.

References

• Music, David W., Editor. 2005. A Selection of Shape-Note Folk Hymns From Southern United States Tune Books, 1816-61. Middleton, Wisconsin: A-R Editions. 91 pp.
• Steel, David Warren, and Richard H. Hulan. 2010. The Makers of the Sacred Harp. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press. 322 pp.

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