The Harp of David: A Shapenote Psalter

Psalms set to tunes from the American #shapenote tradition. One day this will be an oblong shapenote tunebook which nobody will buy.

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Sing the above versification of Psalm 24 to the tune MIDDLETOWN (pic here is from my copy of #TheNewHarpofColumbia)

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In 1778 #AmosBull, a Connecticut dry goods seller and composer (pic is his house in Hartford), published the tune MIDDLETOWN. It is found in The #HarpofColumbia and in The #ChristianHarmony. The text is Charles Wesley’s 1739 poem loosely based on Psalm 24.

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(3)
8 Who’s this King of glorious might?
GOD most strong; GOD strong in war.
9 Lift your heads on high ye gates;
Lift them up, eternal doors!
In the King of glory comes!
10 Who’s this King of glory here?
‘Tis the LORD of Hosts most high,
He the King of glory is.

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2.
How pleasant—see, how good
When brethren dwell as one!

It’s like Mt. Hermon’s dew come down
Upon Mount Zion’s hills,
For there Jehovah speaks
The blessing—Life for e’er and e’er.

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Psalm 133
6.6.8.6.6.8 with repeats
Tune: SHARON by #ElishaWest, 1793

Replace #IsaacWatts’ paraphrase of Psalm 133:1 in this setting with a strict versification:
https://t.co/YqU9effJv9

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1.
How pleasant—see, how good
When brethren dwell as one!

It’s like good oil upon the head;
It’s running down the beard,
Down onto Aaron’s beard,
That comes down on his skirt and robes.

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Psalm 118:15-16 COLESHILL lined-out congregational singing in the Scottish #Hebrides

https://t.co/hfdhMK9xom

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Psalm 103
COLESHILL (aka DUBLIN)
Scottish Philharmonic Singers
https://t.co/SAZGPdcmOi

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#NewHarpofColumbia
Note the melody is always in the third line down, in oblong #shapenote tunebooks. DUBLIN in this book is the same tune as COLESHILL.

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East Tennessee’s #oldharp #shapenote #NewHarpofColumbia HAMBURG 111
https://t.co/AQWl4T2RnK

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Psalm 90
AULD LANG SYNE aka HAMBURG (traditional melody)

https://t.co/bEyGBmca4K

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And in the East Tennessee #oldharp tradition: https://t.co/IN5MUf6LtU

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Psalm 72:18-19
tune: CORONATION, #OliverHolden, 1793
Blue 1959/1976 CRC Psalter Hymnal
Grace Reformed Church, #URCNA, Dunnville, Ontario

https://t.co/OFiZE1qN4D

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but #shapenote style: https://t.co/Dik2PLEpS6

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DUNLAPS CREEK in the #shapenote tradition (here #ChristianHarmony 44):

https://t.co/JluLGwYb1Q

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Psalm 137
DUNLAPS CREEK by Samuel McFarland, 1814
#BoPfS 137

Here’s a good congregational singing of it: https://t.co/mzAoJoIjEQ

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Here’s a good trained performance with light organ and a dominant harmony (alto?):
#shapenotepsalter
https://t.co/aSLoa7Krzi