Perkins, W. O. Perkins' Anthem Book: A Collection of New Music for Opening and Closing Religious Service, and other Public Occasions. Boston: Oliver Ditson & Company, 1874. [11144]
Brown leather spine with teal printed paper over card, oblong 6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches, spine with some loss of leather, edges worn. Adverts on the end papers. 248 clean pp. Back cover wobbly. Fair. Hardcover.
"A. B. Bidder & Son's Music Typography" on verso of the tp.
The music is in four parts with round notes.
William Oscar Perkins (1831-1902), b. Stockbridge, VT; d. Boston, MA. William and his brother Henry were sons of musical parents and they were trained in music by their father. William attended the Kimball Union Academy in Meriden, New Hampshire, and then studied music in Boston, in London, and in Milan, Italy. He returned to Boston and founded a music academy. Hamilton College awarded him a Doctor of Music degree in 1879.
An author, composer, editor and compiler, W. O. Perkins published 33 hymnals between 1859 and 1882.
