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*[[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]] | |||
*[[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]] | ||
*[[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]] | ||
Revision as of 22:43, 4 November 2017
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. Secular Songs
3. Anthems
LIST BY FIRST LINE
Click here to search for this composer on CPDL
Publications
- Stone, Joseph; and Abraham Wood. 1793. The Columbian Harmony. Worcester, Massachusetts. 112 pp.
- Wood, Abraham. 1789. Divine Songs. Boston: Isaiah Thomas. 32 pp.
References
- Kroeger, Karl. 1996. Abraham Wood – The Collected Works. New York: Garland. 144 pp. Reprinted by Routledge, New York.