First Publication | 1852 |
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Genre Categories | Anthems; Religious works; Sacred hymns; |
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Work Title | A Sacred Repository of Anthems and Hymns |
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Alternative. Title | A Sacred Repository of Anthems and Hymns, for Devotional Worship and Praise |
Composer | Blin, Henry Clay |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | None [force assignment] |
First Publication. | 1852 |
Language | English |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Classical |
Instrumentation | voice (single line melody for congregational singing) |
Written in the Shaker alphabetic musical notation, called 'letteral notation', a sort of cross between tonic sol-fa and abc notation.
A semibreve, or whole note, is represented by a capital letter
A B C D E F G
A minim, or half note - aı ıb ıc dı
A crotchet, or quarter note - a b c d
A quaver, or eighth note - a b c d (underlined)
A semiquaver, or sixteenth note - a b c d (double underlined)