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==Life== | ==Life== | ||
'''Born:''' 2 February 1780, Shenandoah County, Virginia | '''Born:''' 2 February 1780, Shenandoah County, Virginia | ||
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Ananias Davisson was a printer, composer, and compiler of books of psalm-tunes and hymn-tunes, who lived most of his life in Rockingham County, northwest Virginia. He compiled four tunebooks, all in four-shape format, including ''Kentucky Harmony'' and ''Supplement to the Kentucky Harmony''. He was a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church. | Ananias Davisson was a printer, composer, and compiler of books of psalm-tunes and hymn-tunes, who lived most of his life in Rockingham County, northwest Virginia. He compiled four tunebooks, all in four-shape format, including ''Kentucky Harmony'' and ''Supplement to the Kentucky Harmony''. He was a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church. | ||
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==List of choral works== | ==List of choral works== | ||
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===2. First Lines=== | ===2. First Lines=== | ||
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*[[Imandra (Ananias Davisson)|I love thee, my Savior, I love thee, my Lord]] | *[[Imandra (Ananias Davisson)|I love thee, my Savior, I love thee, my Lord]] | ||
*[[Kedron (Ananias Davisson)|Thou man of griefs, remember me]] | |||
*[[Idumea (Ananias Davisson)|My God, my life, my love]] | *[[Idumea (Ananias Davisson)|My God, my life, my love]] | ||
*[[Reflection (Ananias Davisson)|No sleep or slumber to his eyes]] | *[[Reflection (Ananias Davisson)|No sleep or slumber to his eyes]] | ||
*[[Solitude in the Grove (Ananias Davisson)|O were I like a feathered dove]] | *[[Solitude in the Grove (Ananias Davisson)|O were I like a feathered dove]] | ||
*[[Crucifixion (Ananias Davisson)|Saw ye my Savior]] | *[[Crucifixion (Ananias Davisson)|Saw ye my Savior]] | ||
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*[[Devotion (Ananias Davisson)|Sweet is the day of sacred rest]] | *[[Devotion (Ananias Davisson)|Sweet is the day of sacred rest]] | ||
*[[Mount Calvary (Ananias Davisson)|The Son of Man they did betray]] | *[[Mount Calvary (Ananias Davisson)|The Son of Man they did betray]] | ||
*[[The Rose Tree (Ananias Davisson)|There is a land of pleasure]] | |||
*[[Solemnity (Ananias Davisson)|Twas on that dark, that doleful night]] | *[[Solemnity (Ananias Davisson)|Twas on that dark, that doleful night]] | ||
*[[Changing Seasons (Ananias Davisson)|When winter is over and spring is begun]] | *[[Changing Seasons (Ananias Davisson)|When winter is over and spring is begun]] | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
*Music, David W. 1983. ''Ananias Davisson, Robert Boyd, Reubin Monday, John Martin, and Archibald Rhea in East Tennessee, 1816-26''. American Music 1(3):72-84. | *Music, David W. 1983. ''Ananias Davisson, Robert Boyd, Reubin Monday, John Martin, and Archibald Rhea in East Tennessee, 1816-26''. American Music 1(3):72-84. | ||
*Music, David W., Editor. 2005. ''A Selection of Shape-Note Folk Hymns From Southern United States Tune Books, 1816-61''. Middleton, Wisconsin: A-R Editions. 91 pp. | *Music, David W., Editor. 2005. ''A Selection of Shape-Note Folk Hymns From Southern United States Tune Books, 1816-61''. Middleton, Wisconsin: A-R Editions. 91 pp. | ||
*Steel, David Warren, and Richard H. Hulan. 2010. ''The Makers of the Sacred Harp''. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press. 322 pp. | *Steel, David Warren, and Richard H. Hulan. 2010. ''The Makers of the Sacred Harp''. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press. 322 pp. | ||
==List of compositions and arrangements attributed to Ananias Davission== | ==List of compositions and arrangements attributed to Ananias Davission== | ||
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|14785||[[Reflection (Ananias Davisson)|Reflection]]||1813||C. M.||B{{flat}}||||Unattr. (New Canaan in C) in Wyeth | |14785||[[Reflection (Ananias Davisson)|Reflection]]||1813||C. M.||B{{flat}}||||Unattr. (New Canaan in C) in Wyeth | ||
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|14594||Tribulation||1813||Patterson's Church Music||C. M.||d||Arr.||By Amzi Chapin. Patterson with different words | |14594||Tribulation||1813||Patterson's Church Music||C. M.||d||Arr.||By Amzi Chapin. Patterson with different words | ||
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|4077b||Zion's Hill||1816||rowspan="3"|Kentucky Harmony||S. M.||F||Arr.||4077a is by Abraham Wood, 1778 (Worcester). | |4077b||Zion's Hill||1816||rowspan="3"|Kentucky Harmony||S. M.||F||Arr.||4077a is by Abraham Wood, 1778 (Worcester). | ||
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|15651||[[Solitude in the Grove (Ananias Davisson)|Solitude in the Grove]]||1817||C. M. D.||e|||| | |15651||[[Solitude in the Grove (Ananias Davisson)|Solitude in the Grove]]||1817||C. M. D.||e|||| | ||
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|7888b||Garland||1817||rowspan="3"|Kentucky Harmony, Ed. 3||L. M.||e||Arr.|| | |7888b||[[Kedron (Ananias Davisson)|Garland]]||1817||rowspan="3"|Kentucky Harmony, Ed. 3||L. M.||e||Arr.||By Amos Pilsbury 1799 (Kedron) | ||
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|15646||Golden Hill||1817||S. M.||G||Arr.||Very like 4077b = Zion's Hill | |15646||Golden Hill||1817||S. M.||G||Arr.||Very like 4077b = Zion's Hill | ||
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|17113||Davisson's Retirement||1820||L. M.||f |||| | |17113||Davisson's Retirement||1820||L. M.||f |||| | ||
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|17115||[[Emerald Gates (Ananias Davisson)|Emerald Gates]]||1820||76.76.77.77||B ||||Arranged by [[William Hauser]], 1848 | |17115||[[Emerald Gates (Ananias Davisson)|Emerald Gates]]||1820||76.76.77.77||B{{flat}}||||Arranged by [[William Hauser]], 1848, as ''Elysian''. | ||
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|17011||[[Imandra (Ananias Davisson)|Imandra]]||1820||11 11.11 11||a|||| | |17011||[[Imandra (Ananias Davisson)|Imandra]]||1820||11 11.11 11||a|||| | ||
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|11053b||[[Redemption (Ananias Davisson)|Redemption]]||1820||11 11.11 11||A||Arr.||11053a is Redemption Hymn in Ingalls 1805 | |11053b||[[Redemption (Ananias Davisson)|Redemption]]||1820||11 11.11 11||A||Arr.||11053a is Redemption Hymn in Ingalls 1805 | ||
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|17137||Rose Tree||1820||78.78. D.||A|||| | |17137||[[The Rose Tree (Ananias Davisson)|The Rose Tree]]||1820||78.78. D.||A|||| | ||
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|17138||[[Staunton (Ananias Davisson)|Staunton]]||1820||C. M. D.||e|||| | |17138||[[Staunton (Ananias Davisson)|Staunton]]||1820||C. M. D.||e|||| | ||
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{{Aster}}. [http://hymntune.library.uiuc.edu/default.asp The Hymn Tune Index]. †. Date of Davisson's composition or arrangement. +. Arrangements by Davisson of works of others. | {{Aster}}. [http://hymntune.library.uiuc.edu/default.asp The Hymn Tune Index]. †. Date of Davisson's composition or arrangement. +. Arrangements by Davisson of works of others. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[https://www.bostonsing.org/music/suppl-kt-harmony/ Scan of ''Supplement to the Kentucky Harmony, Third Edition'' from BostonSing.org] | *[https://www.bostonsing.org/music/suppl-kt-harmony/ Scan of ''Supplement to the Kentucky Harmony, Third Edition'' from BostonSing.org] | ||
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[[Category:1857 deaths]] | [[Category:1857 deaths]] | ||
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[[Category:Classical composers]] | [[Category:Classical composers]] | ||
[[Category:U.S. American composers]] | [[Category:U.S. American composers]] | ||
[[Category:Psalm-tune composers]] | [[Category:Psalm-tune composers]] |
Latest revision as of 01:13, 23 October 2022
Life
Born: 2 February 1780, Shenandoah County, Virginia
Died: 21 October 1857, Rockingham County, Virginia
Ananias Davisson was a printer, composer, and compiler of books of psalm-tunes and hymn-tunes, who lived most of his life in Rockingham County, northwest Virginia. He compiled four tunebooks, all in four-shape format, including Kentucky Harmony and Supplement to the Kentucky Harmony. He was a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church.
View the Wikipedia article on Ananias Davisson.
List of choral works
Arrangements by Ananias Davisson
- Consolation (Anonymous)
- Davis (Anonymous)
- Devotion (Alexander Johnson)
- Glasgow (Elkanah Dare)
- Judgment (Robert Boyd)
- Kedron (Amos Pilsbury)
- Transport (Anonymous)
Arrangements of Davisson compositions by others
2. First Lines
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Publications
- Davisson, Ananias, Compiler. 1816. Kentucky Harmony. Harrisonburg, Virginia: Author. 140 pp. Second Edition 1817, 150 pp.; Third Edition 1819, 154 pp.; Fifth Edition 1826, 160 pp.
- Davisson, Ananias, Compiler. 1820. Supplement to the Kentucky Harmony. Harrisonburg, Virginia: Author. 103 pp. Second Edition, 1822, 128 pp.; Third Edition, 1825, 152 pp.
References
- Music, David W. 1983. Ananias Davisson, Robert Boyd, Reubin Monday, John Martin, and Archibald Rhea in East Tennessee, 1816-26. American Music 1(3):72-84.
- Music, David W., Editor. 2005. A Selection of Shape-Note Folk Hymns From Southern United States Tune Books, 1816-61. Middleton, Wisconsin: A-R Editions. 91 pp.
- Steel, David Warren, and Richard H. Hulan. 2010. The Makers of the Sacred Harp. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press. 322 pp.
List of compositions and arrangements attributed to Ananias Davission
HTI* | Title | Date† | Publication | Meter | Key | Arr.+ | Comments |
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14758a | Condescending | 1813 | Wyeth's Repository, Part 2 | C. M. | C | In Wyeth as Adoration with different words; Condescension in later editions | |
14773b | Glasgow | 1813 | L. M. | F | Arr. | Wyeth (14773a) attrib. to Dare; G 1813-16-18, F 1817-19-20 | |
14780b | Mount Calvary | 1813 | C.M.D. | a | 14780a (Messiah) unattr. In Wyeth | ||
14785 | Reflection | 1813 | C. M. | B♭ | Unattr. (New Canaan in C) in Wyeth | ||
14594 | Tribulation | 1813 | Patterson's Church Music | C. M. | d | Arr. | By Amzi Chapin. Patterson with different words |
4077b | Zion's Hill | 1816 | Kentucky Harmony | S. M. | F | Arr. | 4077a is by Abraham Wood, 1778 (Worcester). |
15425 | Idumea | 1816 | S. M. | a | For another arrangement, see Idumea (William Hauser). | ||
15431a | Tender Thought | 1816 | L. M. | a | |||
15647 | Leperous Jew | 1817 | Kentucky harmony, Ed. 2 | S. M. | a | ||
15650 | Solemnity | 1817 | L. M. | a | |||
15651 | Solitude in the Grove | 1817 | C. M. D. | e | |||
7888b | Garland | 1817 | Kentucky Harmony, Ed. 3 | L. M. | e | Arr. | By Amos Pilsbury 1799 (Kedron) |
15646 | Golden Hill | 1817 | S. M. | G | Arr. | Very like 4077b = Zion's Hill | |
11467 | Immensity | 1817 | L. M. | a | Arr. | By Eliakim Doolittle. 1805 | |
17109 | Devotion | 1820 | Supplement to Kentucky Harmony | L. M. | C | Arr. | By Alexander Johnson, 1818 |
17110 | Changing Seasons | 1820 | 11 11.11 11 | e | |||
17112 | Solemnity | 1820 | 577.79 | F | Crucifixion in later editions | ||
17113 | Davisson's Retirement | 1820 | L. M. | f | |||
17115 | Emerald Gates | 1820 | 76.76.77.77 | B♭ | Arranged by William Hauser, 1848, as Elysian. | ||
17011 | Imandra | 1820 | 11 11.11 11 | a | |||
17131 | New Hope | 1820 | S. M. | F | |||
11053b | Redemption | 1820 | 11 11.11 11 | A | Arr. | 11053a is Redemption Hymn in Ingalls 1805 | |
17137 | The Rose Tree | 1820 | 78.78. D. | A | |||
17138 | Staunton | 1820 | C. M. D. | e | |||
Haywood | 1822 | Supplement to Kentucky Harmony, Ed. 2 | 77. 77. | F | |||
Overton | 1825 | Supplement to Kentucky Harmony, Ed. 3 | 88.88.88 | B♭ |
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*. The Hymn Tune Index. †. Date of Davisson's composition or arrangement. +. Arrangements by Davisson of works of others.