Identity area
Reference code
OTUFM 10-C-1981-03
Title
Sacred music at Sharon
Date(s)
- July 11, 1981 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
1 ms. score (23, 8 p.) : pencil, copies + 14 parts : pencil
Context area
Name of creator
(1927-2022)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Kathleen McMorrow (A2024-02)
Content and structure area
Scope and content
File consists of the manuscript score and parts for music selected and transcribed by John Beckwith for the "Heritage Celebration Program" at Music at Sharon (July 11, 1981). Selections include:
- Old Hundred : for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, violin, viola, cello, bass, SATB chorus, and organ / text by Isaac Watts and John Wesley, based on Psalm 100
- Invitation / Jacob Kimball
- Port Hope : for SSA chorus a cappella / text by N.L. Zinzendorf, trans. J. Wesley, from A. Davidson's Sacred Harmony
- Relief : for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trombone, violin, viola, cello, and bass / from A. Davidson's Sacred Harmony
- Anthem "Blessed be the man that provideth" : for baritone solo with SATB chorus and organ / Rev. John McCaul, from The Canadian Anthem Book (Toronto, 1873)
- Westminster : for horn, trumpet, trombone, violin, viola, cello, bass, and SATB chorus / from Mason's Boston Handel & Haydn Soc. Collection, text by D. Willson
- Hamburg : for SSAA chorus a cappella / Lowell Mason, text by David Willson from *Methodist Tune Book (Toronto, 1881)
- Boylston : for flute, clarinet, bassoon, trombone, violin, viola, cello, bass / from Mason's Carmina Sacra
- Wilmot : for clarinet, bassoon, solo cornet, percussion, cello, bass, and SATB chorus/ from Mason's Carmina Sacra
- Armley : for tenor solo with violin, viola, cello, and SSA chorus / from Davidson's Sacred Harmony, text by Willson
- St. Ann's : for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, percussion, violin, viola, cello, bass, organ, and SATB chorus / William Croft, text by Isaac Watts, after Psalm 100.
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Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Text in English.
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Finding aids
Uploaded finding aid
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Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Beckwith's arrangement of "Port Hope" was reused in the "Happy Birthday Ontario and Quebec" program (July 14, 1984) and in the "Sharon Remembered" program (July 6, 1991). Beckwith's arrangement of "Hamburg" was reused in the "Images of Canada: 1888" program (July 23, 1988).
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Alternative identifier(s)
Music at Sharon collection no.
S0007, S0020, S0026, S0082, S0083, S0155, S0163, S0169, S0176, S0217