{"product_id":"1802-harmony-of-harmony-in-five-parts-northampton-imprint","title":"1802 Harmony of Harmony in Five Parts, Northampton Imprint","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrench, Jacob. \u003cstrong\u003eHarmony of Harmony in Five Parts containing I. The Ground Work, or Principles of Music, by way of Question and Answer. II. The Gamut, or Scale of Music, in a very Plain and Concise Method; together with Observations on Music. III. A Complete set of Psalm Tunes, Adapted to all the different Metres and Keys usually Sung in Churches. IV. A Number of Pieces Set to Particular Psalms and Hymns, together with Odes, Fuging, and Flying Pieces. V. A Number of Anthems, Suitable for different occasions.\u003c\/strong\u003e Northampton: Printed, Typographically at Northampton, by Andrew Wright - For the Compiler, 1802. First Edition. [11926]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOblong in full leather, binding has good joints and is tight, yet scuffed and worn with a pill-sized hole in the center of the top cover, exposing the wooden board beneath. 5 1\/4 x 9 inches; plain rules to spine with no label or lettering. Lacks all free end papers. [i]-xii, [9]-150; lacks the last leaf of text (final music page and index), the 3 of page 83 is inverted. Worming to the top right corner of the title page \u0026amp; next leaf with some loss, first few leaves browned at edges, rest good. Good. Hardcover.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo. 194 in Britton, Lowens, and Crawford, \u003cem\u003eAmerican Sacred Music Imprints 1698-1810: A Bibliography\u003c\/em\u003e. \"98 compositions, incl. 7 anthems \u0026amp; 11 set-pieces, for 4 voices, a few for 3; full text...80 American compositions, 12 non-American, 6 unidentified.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe music is in round notes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJacob French (1754-1817), b. Stoughton, MA; d. Simsbury, CT. French was a composer and singing-master; the title page designates him \"Musico Theorico.\" During the American Revolution he served several terms as a soldier between the years 1775 and 1781. Details of his musical career are scarce, with documentation existing showing that he was at times a \"Teacher of Musick\" at Medway and at Uxbridge, Massachusetts, and also at Providence. French published \u003cem\u003eThe New American Melody \u003c\/em\u003e(1789) and \u003cem\u003eThe Psalmodist's Companion\u003c\/em\u003e (1793), in addition to the \u003cem\u003eHarmony of Harmony\u003c\/em\u003e offered here.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haaswurth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43690531422274,"sku":"ABE11926","price":750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0191\/6066\/2082\/files\/DSC06524BackgroundRemoved.png?v=1777471601","url":"https:\/\/www.haaswurth.com\/products\/1802-harmony-of-harmony-in-five-parts-northampton-imprint","provider":"Haaswurth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}