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OTUFM 10-C-1982-11
Title
Sacred music in the Sharon tradition
Date(s)
- July 10, 1982 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
1 ms. score (23 p.) : pencil + 11 parts : pencil, ink
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(1927-2022)
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Kathleen McMorrow (A2024-02)
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File consists of the manuscript score and parts for music selected and transcribed by John Beckwith for the "Love, Laughter, and Tradition" program at Music at Sharon (July 10, 1982). The selections included:
- Hanover : for SATB chorus and organ / William Croft, text by Robert Grant
- King Street : for STB chorus a cappella / from Alexander Davidson's Sacred Harmony
- Armley : for tenor solo with SSA chorus and organ / from Davidson's Sacred Harmony
- Funeral anthem : I heard a great voice : for trumpet, horn, trombone, organ, and SATB chorus / from Davidson's Sacred Harmony
- Spring : for mezzo-soprano and organ / from Davidson's Sacred Harmony
- O praise God in his holiness : for SATB chorus with trumpet, horn, trombone, tuba, and organ / Lowell Mason, from Davidson's Sacred Harmony
- University : for SATB chorus a cappella / Charles Collignon, text by George Herbert
- Solo anthem with Hallelujah : for soprano solo with SAB chorus and organ / from the Coates collection
- Egypt : for trumpet, horn, trombone, and tuba / James Leach (1819)
- Wells : for SATB chorus and organ / after Coates (1819), Burnham's Colonial Harmony (1832), Clarke's Canadian Church Psalmody (1845)
- Bethany : for baritone solo with cornets, horn, euphonium, and tuba / Lowell Mason, text by Sarah F. Adams.
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Language of material
- English
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Text in English.
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Beckwith's arrangements were reused in various other Music at Sharon performances:
- "King Street" in the "Musical Toronto: A Concert Party" program (June 20, 1984)
- "Egypt" in the "Happy Birthday Ontario and Quebec" program (July 14, 1984)
- "Bethany" in the "Sharon Remembered" program (July 6, 1991), arranged for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, SATB chorus, violin, cello, and bass
- "Funeral anthem" in the "Sharon Remembered" program (July 6, 1991), with an additional part for bassoon
- "O Praise God in his holiness" in the "Sharon Remembered" program (July 6, 1991), with additional parts for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, violin, cello, and bass
- "Solo Anthem" in the in the "Sharon Remembered" program (July 6, 1991), with additional parts for flute, oboe, and bassoon.
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Alternative identifier(s)
Music at Sharon collection no.
S0008, S0017, S0018, S0060, S0072, S0084, S0112, S0150, S0184, S0186, S0206, S0212