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Author/Creator:

Benham, Asahel, 1754-1803

Contributors:

Beecher, Clement, 1778-1869 , engraver

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Social harmony: containing first, the rudiments of psalmody made easy. Second, a collection of modern music, calculated for the use of singing schools and worshipping assemblies. [by Benham, A.]

Related Series:

Early American imprints > First series; no. 33398

Subjects:

Psalms (Music)

Anthems

Tune-books

Genres:

Hymnals

General Notes:

Forty-five compositions for four voices, with full text; including one anthem and two set-pieces.
Preface dated: Wallingford, September 6, 1798. Advertised as "just published by Asahel Benham and for sale by him in Wallingford, also by Mr. Isaac Beers, New Haven," in the Connecticut journal, New Haven, October 24, 1798.
Plates 5-8 inserted after p. [4].
Music engraved by C. Beecher (probably Clement Beecher). See: Curtis, G.M. Early silver of Connecticut and its makers, 1913, p. 84-85.
Evans 33398
Trumbull, J.H. Connecticut, 354
Trumbull, J.H. Connecticut (suppl.), 1909
Amer. sacred music, 95
Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 33398).

Physical Description:

4 unnumbered pages, 9-14 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 5-8, 17-56 pages of plates : music ; 12 x 20 cm (4to)

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

Z1215 .B464 1798eb

OCLC Numbers:

456832894