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'''Biography'''
'''Biography'''
Abraham Wood spent most of his life in Northborough, where he was Captain in a Revolutionary militia and fuller. He was leader of the Northborough choir for most of his life.
Abraham Wood spent most of his life in Northborough, where he was Captain in a Revolutionary militia and fuller. He was leader of the Northborough choir for most of his life.
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==List of choral works==
==List of choral works==
===LIST BY TITLE===
===LIST BY TITLE===
===1. Psalm-Tunes===
===1. Psalm-Tunes===
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===2. Secular Songs===
===2. Set Pieces===
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===3. Secular Songs===
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{{#SortWorks:Secular music}}
===3. Anthems===
===4. Anthems===
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===LIST BY FIRST LINE===
===LIST BY FIRST LINE===
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*[[Pepperell (Abraham Wood)|As pants the hart for cooling streams]]  
*[[Pepperell (Abraham Wood)|As pants the hart for cooling streams]]
*[[A Hymn on Peace (Abraham Wood)|Behold, array'd in light, and by divine command]]
*[[A Hymn on Peace (Abraham Wood)|Behold, array'd in light, and by divine command]]
*[[Warren (Abraham Wood)|Descend, immortal muse, inspire my song]]
*[[Warren (Abraham Wood)|Descend, immortal muse, inspire my song]]
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*[[Worcester (Abraham Wood)|How beauteous are their feet]]
*[[Worcester (Abraham Wood)|How beauteous are their feet]]
*[[Hanley (Abraham Wood)|How long wilt thou conceal thy face]]
*[[Hanley (Abraham Wood)|How long wilt thou conceal thy face]]
*[[Portland (Abraham Wood)|Jesus, Lord of life and peace]]
*[[Ascension (Abraham Wood)|Jesus, our triumphant head]]
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*[[Lincoln (Abraham Wood)|Join all the glorious names]]
*[[A Funeral Elegy on the Death of George Washington (Abraham_Wood)|Know ye not that a great man hath fall'n today?]]
*[[A Funeral Elegy on the Death of George Washington (Abraham_Wood)|Know ye not that a great man hath fall'n today?]]
*[[Boxborough (Abraham Wood)|Like sheep we went astray]]
*[[Brevity (Abraham Wood)|Man, born of woman, like a flower]]
*[[Brevity (Abraham Wood)|Man, born of woman, like a flower]]
*[[Musical Captive (Abraham Wood)|Music, descending on a silent cloud]]
*[[Musical Captive (Abraham Wood)|Music, descending on a silent cloud]]
*[[Andover (Abraham Wood)|My passions fly to seek their King]]
*[[Andover (Abraham Wood)|My passions fly to seek their King]]
*[[Shrewsbury (Abraham Wood)|Now in the heat of youthful blood]]
*[[Shrewsbury (Abraham Wood)|Now in the heat of youthful blood]]
*[[Southborough (Abraham Wood)|Now let our lips with holy fear]]
*[[Marlborough (Abraham Wood)|O for a shout of sacred joy]]
*[[Marlborough (Abraham Wood)|O for a shout of sacred joy]]
*[[Walpole (Abraham Wood)|O, if my soul was formed for woe]]
*[[Walpole (Abraham Wood)|O, if my soul was formed for woe]]
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*[[Wilton (Abraham Wood)|Our days, alas! our mortal days]]
*[[Wilton (Abraham Wood)|Our days, alas! our mortal days]]
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*[[Methuen (Abraham Wood)|The moment a sinner believes]]
*[[Methuen (Abraham Wood)|The moment a sinner believes]]
*[[Brevity (Abraham Wood)|Time, what an empty vapor tis]]
*[[Brevity (Abraham Wood)|Time, what an empty vapor tis]]
*[[Aspiration (Abraham Wood)|Tis pure delight without alloy]]
*[[Aspiration (Abraham Wood)|Tis pure delight without alloy]]
*[[Acton (Abraham Wood)|Vain man, thy fond pursuits forbear]]
*[[Acton (Abraham Wood)|Vain man, thy fond pursuits forbear]]
*[[Bunker Hill (Abraham Wood)|We are exposed all day to die]]
*[[Dedication (Abraham Wood)|Where shall we go]]
*[[Dedication (Abraham Wood)|Where shall we go]]
*[[Royalston (Abraham Wood)|With cheerful voice I sing]]
*[[Royalston (Abraham Wood)|With cheerful voice I sing]]
*[[Lancaster (Abraham Wood)|Yet, gracious God]]
*[[Lancaster (Abraham Wood)|Yet, gracious God]]
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==Publications==
==Publications==
*Stone, Joseph; and Abraham Wood. 1793. ''The Columbian Harmony''. Worcester, Massachusetts. 112 pp.
*Stone, Joseph; and Abraham Wood. 1793. ''[[The Columbian Harmony (Stone and Wood)|The Columbian Harmony]]''. Worcester, Massachusetts. 112 pp.
*Wood, Abraham. 1789. ''Divine Songs''. Boston: Isaiah Thomas. 32 pp.
*Wood, Abraham. 1789. ''[[Divine Songs (Abraham Wood)|Divine Songs]]''. Boston: Isaiah Thomas. 32 pp.


==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 20:00, 18 July 2021

Life

Born: 30 July 1752, Northborough, Massachusetts

Died: 6 August 1804, Northborough, Massachusetts

Biography Abraham Wood spent most of his life in Northborough, where he was Captain in a Revolutionary militia and fuller. He was leader of the Northborough choir for most of his life.

View the Wikipedia article on Abraham Wood.

List of choral works

LIST BY TITLE

1. Psalm-Tunes

2. Set Pieces

3. Secular Songs

4. Anthems

LIST BY FIRST LINE

 
Click here to search for this composer on CPDL

Publications

References

  • Kroeger, Karl. 1996. Abraham Wood – The Collected Works. New York: Garland. 144 pp. Reprinted by Routledge, New York.

External links