Henry, G. W. The Golden Harp; or, Camp-Meeting Hymns, old and new. Set to Music. Plus Supplement. Auburn: William J. Moses, 1856. [10162]
Two hymnals bound together as one book. Very worn cloth, lacks about 2/3 of the backstrip, 14.5 x 9.5 cm (5 5/8 x 3 3/4 inches). 159, [1]; 100 pp. Light foxing, the book is shaken with nothing detached. Leaves counted and complete. Fair. Hardcover.
Bound with, The Golden Harp; A Supplement to the First Edition of Camp-Meeting Hymns. Selected by G. W. Henry. Same imprint & date. The first 16 pp. of the Supplement are something of an apology for using popular tunes. This Supplement of 100 pp. does not have any music, words only.
In the first book, words only until p. 99, where tunes with round notes generally in two parts begin. Few of the hymns or tunes are attributed.
"In 1823 George W. Henry established a manufactory of cow bells, and carried it on a few years with varying success. This Mr. Henry was an active, energetic man, who engaged in many business pursuits, all of which ultimately proved unsuccessful so far as enriching him was concerned. He became permanently blind, and was, during some years, a devoted preacher in the Methodist church. He dictated an autobiography and several other works, which met a ready sale. He died in 1876, at the age of seventy-five." - History of Herkimer County, N. Y. (1879), p. 136.
With a signed provenance card from the music collection of A. Merril Smoak, Jr., DWS.
