1818 Musica Sacra: Springfield & Utica Psalm & Hymn Tunes Hastings & Warriner

Description: Musica Sacra: or Springfield and Utica Collections United: Consisting of Psalm and Hymn Tunes, Anthems and Chants; Arranged for Two, Three, or Four Voices, with a Figured Bass for the Organ or Piano Forte. By Thomas Hastings and Solomon Warriner. Revised Edition. Utica: Printed and Published by William Williams, No. 60, Genesee Street. 1818. 273 pp + 3 pp index, Original full leather binding measuring 9 x 5.5”, 8vo. In poor condition. As is. Leather boards are scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at corners. Head and tail of spine rubbed; gilt lettering and ruling dulled (barely legible). General scuffing and soiling to leather binding. Small water or tea dampness staining found on top edges of front paste-down, end-page and fly-leaf. Previous ownership book-plate found on front paste-down: Walter Francis. Walter Francis also signed the adjacent page in ink. Normal age-related toning throughout text-block; with instances of age-staining. Pages 80 - 184 are attached by cording only, very fragile. These pages are also scuffed at fore-edges. Binding intact; text-block fragile. Please see photos. Thomas Hastings (1784 – 1872) was an American composer, primarily an author of hymn tunes of which the best known is "Toplady" for the hymn Rock of Ages. He was born to Dr. Seth and Eunice (Parmele) Hastings in Washington, Connecticut. He was a 3rd great-grandson of Thomas Hastings who came from the East Anglia region of England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1634. Hastings was a prolific composer, writing some 1000 hymn tunes over his career, and the "simple, easy, and solemn" style of his music remains a major influence on the hymns of the Protestant churches to this day. Hastings' 1822 Dissertation on Musical Taste, the first full musical treatise by an American author, was a notable voice in the shift in American music toward the models of German music rather than British; as "one of the first spokespersons for the cultivated tradition of American music", he emphasized the science and philosophical mission of music above the looser and more folk-based music of his predecessors. While Hastings' first compilation still showed strong evidence of adherence to the British tradition, later works would include many German songs, and what older hymns and other settings he did include had the harmonies completely rewritten to conform to German ideals of classical music. FORN-SHELF-0671-BB-2405-HK1635

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