Asahel Benham: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
(Entry for Silver Spring) |
m (Biographical details) |
||
| Line 6: | Line 6: | ||
'''Biography''' | '''Biography''' | ||
Asahel Benham was a teacher in common schools, singing school teacher, and composer of music. His first compositions were published in Oliver Brownson's ''Select Harmony'' in 1783. Benham published two tunebooks himself: ''Federal Harmony'' in 1790 and ''Social Harmony'' in 1798. Uncredited works in these two books are now considered to have been written by Benham (Kroeger 1995). | |||
Asahel Benham was a teacher in common schools, singing school teacher, and composer of music. His first compositions were published in Oliver Brownson's ''Select Harmony'' in 1783. Benham published two tunebooks himself: ''Federal Harmony'' in 1790 and ''Social Harmony'' in 1798. Uncredited new works in these two books are now considered to have been written by Benham (Kroeger 1995). | |||
There is no Wikipedia article. | There is no Wikipedia article. | ||
Revision as of 04:16, 2 May 2018
Life
Born: 15 December 1754, New Hartford, Connecticut
Died: October 1803, Wallingford, Connecticut
Biography
Asahel Benham was a teacher in common schools, singing school teacher, and composer of music. His first compositions were published in Oliver Brownson's Select Harmony in 1783. Benham published two tunebooks himself: Federal Harmony in 1790 and Social Harmony in 1798. Uncredited new works in these two books are now considered to have been written by Benham (Kroeger 1995).
There is no Wikipedia article.
List of choral works
A. LISTED BY TITLE
- 1. Psalm-tunes
- 2. Anthems
B. LISTED BY FIRST LINE
Click here to search for this composer on CPDL
Publications
- Benham, Asahel. 1790. Federal Harmony: Containing in a Familiar Manner, the Rudiments of Psalmody, Together with a Collection of Church Music (Most of Which are Entirely New). New Haven, Connecticut: Abel Morse. 58 pp.
- Benham, Asahel. 1798. Social Harmony: Containing First, The Rudiments of Psalmody Made Easy, Second, A Collection of Modern Music, Calcaulated for the Use of Singing Schools and Worshipping Assemblies. Wallingford, Connecticut: Author. 56 pp.
References
- Kroeger, Karl. 1995. Two Connecticut Composers: The Collected Works of Asahel Benham and Merit Woodruff. New York: Garland. 166 pp.
External links
Works by Asahel Benham in the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)