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Revision as of 14:11, 28 October 2017
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
1b. Secular songs
No works currently available
1c. Arrangements
2. First Lines
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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.
External links
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