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Revision as of 22:54, 3 July 2018
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General Information
William Walker's Southern Harmony, first published in 1835, is one of the most important and influential books of American music. Walker says in his 1835 Preface,
- "I have composed the parts to a great many good airs (which I could not find in any publication, nor in manuscript) and assigned my name as the author. I have also composed several tunes wholly, and inserted them in this work, which also bear my name."
Citation
- Walker, William. 1835. The Southern Harmony, and Musical Companion: Containing a Choice Collection of Tunes, Hymns, Psalms, Odes and Anthems: Selected From the Most Eminent Authors in the United States, Together with Nearly One Hundred New Tunes, Which Have Never Before Been Published; Suited to Most Of the Metres Contained in Watts’ Hymns and Psalms, Mercer’s Cluster, Dossey’s Choice, Dover Selection, Methodist Hymn Book and Baptist Harmony; and Well Adapted to Christian Churches of Every Denomination, Singing Schools and Private Societies. Spartansburg, South Carolina: William Walker. Printed by Nathan Whiting, New Haven, Connecticut. i-xxxii + 216 pp.
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Editions
Edition 1
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Edition 5
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References
- Eskew, Harry. 1986. William Walker's "Southern Harmony": Its Basic Editions. Latin American Music Review 7(2):137-148.
- Imler, James R. 2007. The Legacy of William Walker’s Southern Harmony: Tunes and Arrangements From a Nineteenth-Century American Tune Book. Thesis, University of South Carolina, School of Music.
- Music, David W. 2012. The Second Edition (1837) of William Walker's the Southern Harmony. American Music Research Center Journal 21:93-99.
- Steel, David Warren, and Richard H. Hulan. 2010. The Makers of the Sacred Harp. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press. 322 pp.
External Links
- Scan of 1835 Edition at Archive.org
- Scan of 1845 reprint of 1840 Edition at Archive.org
- Scan of Southern and Western Pocket Harmonist – 1860 reprint of 1845 Edition – at Archive.org
- Scan of 1854 Edition at Archive.org
- Scan and Indexes of 1854 Edition at the Christian Classical Ethereal Library
- Compilation of scans, lyrics, and notes on each tune; Introduction by Harry Eskew; from CCEL
- Scans of 1835, 1845, 1854 Editions at IMSLP.org
Table 1. Pages for all tunes in Southern Harmony, 1835-1847
- Printable version of this table (pdf): SoHarmIndex4a.pdf .
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Sources for Table 1
Edition | Title | Pref. | Copy | Index | Pages | Comments |
1835 | 1835 | 1835 | 1835 | xxxi | 216 | Archive.org, from Oberlin College |
1837 | 1837 | 1835 | 1835 | 217 | 218 | Described in D. Music 2012 |
1838 | 1838 | 1835 | 1835 | 217 | 218 | Described in H. Eskew 1996 |
1840 | 1840 | 1835 | 1835 | 231 | 232 | 1845 reprint from Archive.org |
1847 | 1847 | 1847 | 303 | 304 | Archive.org | |
1854 | 1854 | 1847 | 335 | 336 | Reprint Los Angeles 1966, Archive.org, etc. |