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'''Biography'''
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Nehemiah Shumway was an American composer and compiler of sacred music. He was born in [[wikipedia:Oxford, Massachusetts|Oxford, Massachusetts]], and died in [[wikipedia:Freehold Borough, New Jersey|Freehold, New Jersey]]. The first edition of his compilation of church music, ''The American Harmony'', was published by John M'Culloch of Philadelphia in 1793: this included some original tunes by Shumway and other composers, in addition to music by others previously published elsewhere. A second edition of the book was published by the same publisher in 1801. In addition, other tunes attributed to Shumway were included in William Little and William Smith's collection ''The Easy Instructor''.
Nehemiah Shumway was an American composer and compiler of sacred music. He was born in {{w|Oxford, Massachusetts}}, and died in {{w|Freehold Borough, New Jersey|Freehold, New Jersey}}. The first edition of his compilation of church music, ''The American Harmony'', was published by John M'Culloch of Philadelphia in 1793: this included some original tunes by Shumway and other composers, in addition to music by others previously published elsewhere. A second edition of the book was published by the same publisher in 1801. In addition, other tunes attributed to Shumway were included in William Little and William Smith's collection ''The Easy Instructor''.
 
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*[[Scotland (Nehemiah Shumway)|Awake, our souls, away, our fears]]
 
*[[Pittsgrove (Nehemiah Shumway)|Bless, O Lord, the opening year]]
*{{NoCo|Burlington}} (My God, my God, why leavest Thou me)
*[[Nixington (Nehemiah Shumway)|Day of judgment, day of wonders]]
*{{NoCo|Cranbury}} (Great God, the heavens' well-ordered frame)
*[[New-Jersey (Nehemiah Shumway)|Erect your heads, eternal gates]]
*{{NoCo|Freehold}} (The God of Abraham praise)
*[[Cranbury (Nehemiah Shumway)|Great God, the heavens' well-ordered frame]]
*{{NoCo|The Lord my shepherd is|Lamberton}} (The Lord my shepherd is)
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*{{NoCo|Lancaster}} (The Lord, how fearful is his name)
*[[Burlington (Nehemiah Shumway)|My God, my God, why leavest Thou me]]
*{{NoCo|New-Jersey}} (Erect your heads, eternal gates)
*[[New Jordan (Nehemiah Shumway)|On Jordan's stormy banks I stand]]
*{{NoCo|Pennsylvania}} (When shall Thy lovely face be seen)
*[[Freehold (Nehemiah Shumway)|The God of Abraham praise]]
*{{NoCo|Scotland}} (Awake, our souls, away, our fears)
*[[Lancaster (Nehemiah Shumway)|The Lord, how fearful is his name]]
*{{NoCo|Westminster}} (Thou great and sovereign Lord of all)
*[[Lamberton (Nehemiah Shumway)|The Lord my shepherd is]]
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*[[Judgment (Nehemiah Shumway)|The Lord, the Judge, before His throne]]
*[[Westminster (Nehemiah Shumway)|Thou great and sovereign Lord of all]]
*[[Pennsylvania (Nehemiah Shumway)|When shall Thy lovely face be seen]]
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==Publications==
==Publications==
*Shumway, Nehemiah, Editor. 1793. ''The American Harmony''. Philadelphia: John McCullouch. 212 pp. [http://imslp.nl/imglnks/usimg/e/e6/IMSLP361065-PMLP583147-americanharmonyc00shum.pdf]
*Shumway, Nehemiah, Editor. 1793. ''[[The American Harmony (Nehemiah Shumway)|The American Harmony]]''. Philadelphia: John McCullouch. 212 pp. [http://imslp.nl/imglnks/usimg/e/e6/IMSLP361065-PMLP583147-americanharmonyc00shum.pdf]


==External links==
==External links==
*[https://archive.org/details/americanharmonyc00shum Copy of ''The American Harmony'', first edition, at the Internet Archive]
*[https://archive.org/details/americanharmonyc00shum Copy of ''The American Harmony'', first edition, at the Internet Archive]


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Life

Born: 26 August 1761

Died: July 1843

Biography

Nehemiah Shumway was an American composer and compiler of sacred music. He was born in Oxford, MassachusettsLink to the English Wikipedia article, and died in Freehold, New JerseyLink to the English Wikipedia article. The first edition of his compilation of church music, The American Harmony, was published by John M'Culloch of Philadelphia in 1793: this included some original tunes by Shumway and other composers, in addition to music by others previously published elsewhere. A second edition of the book was published by the same publisher in 1801. In addition, other tunes attributed to Shumway were included in William Little and William Smith's collection The Easy Instructor.

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