'With One Heart and One Voice' A Core Repertory of Hymn Tunes Published for Use in the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1808-1878

by Graham, Fred Kimball; Young, Carlton R.

• ISBN13: 9780810849839
• ISBN10: 0810849836
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-02-03
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Summary

The conclusions reached in this work will allow scholars, hymnologists, and hymn singers to explore the social and musicological influences on hymn tune writing, how long it took for texts to acquire a fixed tune, how tastes in hymn tunes change ever so slowly, and how many delightful tunes found in the core repertory of the 19th century have been dropped from today's repertoire.

Author Biography

Fred Kimball Graham is assistant professor of church music, university organist, and director of basic degree studies at Emmanuel College of Victoria University at the University of Toronto.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	ix
Foreword	xi
Acknowledgments	xiii
Introduction	xv
Hymn Singing in Early America	1	(4)
Methodist Tunes and Tunebooks of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries	5	(14)
The Classifications of Tunes Contained in the Core Repertory of Tunes in Tunebooks of the Methodist Episcopal Church	19	(10)
Interpretation and Conclusions	29	(134)
Appendixes
A. Biographies and Content of the Core Repertory 1808--1878 in Tunebooks of the Methodist Episcopal Church	37	(102)
B. Annotated Bibliography of Tunebooks Used in the Survey	139	(8)
C. Alphabetical List of Tunes	147	(4)
D. Metrical Index of Tunes	151	(4)
E. Alphabetical List of Composers	155	(4)
F. Chronological List of Tune Appearances	159	(4)
Selected Bibliography	163	(4)
About the Author	167