Southern Harmony
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General Information
William Walker's Southern Harmony, first published in 1835, is one of the most important and influential books of American music. Walker says in his 1835 Preface,
- "I have composed the parts to a great many good airs (which I could not find in any publication, nor in manuscript) and assigned my name as the author. I have also composed several tunes wholly, and inserted them in this work, which also bear my name."
In 1846, Walker published The Southern and Western Pocket Harmonist, Intended as an Appendix to the Southern Harmony. It was dated 1845, but actually published in early 1846.
Citations
- Walker, William. 1835. The Southern Harmony, and Musical Companion: Containing a Choice Collection of Tunes, Hymns, Psalms, Odes and Anthems: Selected From the Most Eminent Authors in the United States, Together with Nearly One Hundred New Tunes, Which Have Never Before Been Published; Suited to Most Of the Metres Contained in Watts’ Hymns and Psalms, Mercer’s Cluster, Dossey’s Choice, Dover Selection, Methodist Hymn Book and Baptist Harmony; and Well Adapted to Christian Churches of Every Denomination, Singing Schools and Private Societies. Spartansburg, South Carolina: William Walker. Printed by Nathan Whiting, New Haven, Connecticut. i-xxxii + 216 pp.
- Walker, William. 1846. The Southern and Western Pocket Harmonist: Intended as an Appendix to the Southern Harmony; Embracing the Principal Hymns, Songs, Choruses, and Revival Tunes, Usually Sung at Protracted and Campmeetings of Different Denominations of Christians Throughout the Southern and Western States; Also, a Number of Choice Pieces for the Church and Social Singing Societies; To Which Is Prefixed, A Concise Introductory to the Grounds of Music. Philadelphia: Charles Desilver. G. G. Evans. New York: D. W. Evans & Co.—Cincinnati: W. B. Smith & Co. Savannah : J. M. Cooper & Co.—Richmond : A. Morris. 1845.
Editions
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References
- Eskew, Harry. 1986. William Walker's "Southern Harmony": Its Basic Editions. Latin American Music Review 7(2):137-148.
- Imler, James R. 2007. The Legacy of William Walker’s Southern Harmony: Tunes and Arrangements From a Nineteenth-Century American Tune Book. Thesis, University of South Carolina, School of Music.
- Music, David W. 2012. The Second Edition (1837) of William Walker's the Southern Harmony. American Music Research Center Journal 21:93-99.
- Steel, David Warren, and Richard H. Hulan. 2010. The Makers of the Sacred Harp. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press. 322 pp.
External Links
- Scan of 1835 Edition at Archive.org
- Scan of 1845 reprint of 1840 Edition at Archive.org
- Scan of Southern and Western Pocket Harmonist – 1860 reprint of 1845 Edition – at Archive.org
- Scan of 1854 Edition at Archive.org
- Scan and Indexes of 1854 Edition at the Christian Classical Ethereal Library
- Compilation of scans, lyrics, and notes on each tune; Introduction by Harry Eskew; from CCEL
- Scans of 1835, 1845, 1854 Editions at IMSLP.org
Table 1. Pages for all tunes in Southern Harmony, 1835-1854 (Including Southern and Western Pocket Harmonist, 1846)
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Sources for Table 1
Edition | Title | Pref. | Copy | Index | Pages | Comments |
1835 | 1835 | 1835 | 1835 | xxxi | 216 | Archive.org, from Oberlin College |
1837 | 1837 | 1835 | 1835 | 217 | 218 | Described in D. Music 2012 |
1838 | 1838 | 1835 | 1835 | 217 | 218 | Described in H. Eskew 1996 |
1840 | 1840 | 1835 | 1835 | 231 | 232 | 1845 reprint from Archive.org |
1846 | 1860 | 1845 | 1845 | 175 | 176 | Southern and Western Pocket Harmonist, 1860 reprint from Archive.org |
1847 | 1847 | 1847 | 303 | 304 | Archive.org | |
1854 | 1854 | 1847 | 335 | 336 | Reprint Los Angeles 1966, Archive.org, etc. |
Works at CPDL
Title | Composer | Year | Arranger | Lyricist | First Line | Meter |
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Albion | Robert Boyd | 1816 | Isaac Watts | Come, ye that love the Lord | 66. 86 (S.M.) | |
Bridge Town | Elkanah Dare | 1813 | Philip Doddridge | Grace! 'tis a charming sound | 66. 86 (S.M.) | |
Brightest and best of the stars of the morning | Anonymous | 1831 | Reginald Heber | 11 10. 11 10 | ||
Charleston | Amos Pilsbury | 1799 | Robert Robinson | Come, thou fount of every blessing Mercy, O thou son of David |
87. 87 | |
Columbia | Alexander Johnson | 1818 | Timothy Dwight | As down a lone valley with cedars o'erspread | 11 11. 11 11 | |
Come, O thou Traveler unknown | Traditional | 1805 | Charles Wesley | 88. 88. 88 | ||
Consolation | Anonymous | 1813 | Charles Wesley | Come on, my partners in distress | 886. 886 | |
Davis | Anonymous | 1813 | Joseph Swain | O thou in whose presence my soul takes delight | 11 8. 11 8 | |
Derrick | William Walker | 1847 | Philip Doddridge | Hark, the glad sound, the Savior comes | 86. 86. D (C.M.D.) | |
Detroit | William Bradshaw | 1820 | Philip Doddridge | Do I not love thee | 86. 86 (C.M.) | |
Dudley | William Walker | 1840 | Isaac Watts | When I can read my title clear | 86. 86 (C.M.) | |
Dunlap's Creek | S. McFarland | 1814 | Isaac Watts | Think, O my soul, the dreadful day | 86. 86 (C.M.) | |
Eden of Love | Joseph Funk | 1835 | E. C. Tillou | How sweet to reflect on these joys that await me | 12 11. 12 11. D | |
Faithful Soldier | Anonymous | 1835 | William Walker | John Leland | O when shall I see Jesus | 76. 76. D |
Female Convict | Robert Boyd | 1822 | O sleep not my babe, for the morn of tomorrow | |||
French Broad | William Walker | 1847 | William Walker | High o'er the hills the mountains rise | 88. 88 (L.M.) | |
Friendship | Anonymous | 1812 | Charles Wesley | Ye simple souls, that stray | 66. 66. 86. 86 | |
Hallelujah | William Walker | 1835 | Charles Wesley | And let this feeble body fail | 86. 86 (C.M.) | |
Harmony | William Walker | 1835 | Susanna Harrison | Away, my doubts, begone, my fears | 88. 88 (L.M.) | |
Heavenly Armor | William Walker | 1835 | John Leland | And if you meet with troubles | 76. 76. D | |
Hicks' Farewell | Berryman Hicks | 1835 | William Walker | Berryman Hicks | The time is swiftly rolling on | 86. 86 (C.M.) |
Holy Manna | William Moore | 1825 | George Askins | Brethren, we have met to worship | 87. 87. D | |
Huntington | Justin Morgan | 1790 | Isaac Watts | Lord, what a thoughtless wretch was I | 88. 88 (L.M.) | |
Idumea | Ananias Davisson | 1816 | Isaac Watts | My God, my life, my love | 66. 86 (S.M.) | |
Indian's Farewell | William Walker | 1835 | Anonymous | When shall we all meet again | ||
Invitation | William Walker | 1835 | Joseph Hart | Come, ye sinners, poor and needy Come, ye sinners, poor and wretched |
87. 87. 87 | |
Invitation New | Anonymous | 1854 | Joseph Hart | 87. 87. D | ||
Jerusalem | 1835 | William Walker | John Cennick | Jesus, my all, to heaven is gone | 88. 88 (L.M.) with refrain | |
Jewin Street | James P. Carrell | 1821 | Robert Robinson | Teach me some melodious sonnet | 87. 87 | |
Kedron | Amos Pilsbury | 1799 | Charles Wesley | Thou man of griefs, remember me | 88. 88 (L.M.) | |
Knoxville | Reubin Monday | 1820 | Anonymous | Rejoice, my friends, the Lord is King | 88. 887 | |
Louisiana | William Walker | 1835 | Anonymous | Come, little children, now we may | 87. 87. D | |
Messiah | Samuel Wakefield | 1825 | Charles Wesley | Who is this who comes from far | 77. 77. D | |
Middlebury | Anonymous | 1820 | R. D. Humphreys | Charles Wesley | Come away to the skies | 669. 669 |
Midsummer | William Walker | 1835 | John Newton (hymnwriter) | How tedious and tasteless the hours | 88. 88. D (L.M.D.) | |
Milinda | Robert Boyd | 1816 | Isaac Watts | In vain the wealthy mortals toil | 88. 88 (L.M.) | |
Millennium | William Walker | 1835 | Anonymous | The time is soon coming by the prophets foretold | 13 12. 12 12 | |
Mount Calvary | 1813 | Ananias Davisson | John Granade | The Son of Man they did betray | 88. 86. 88. 886 | |
Mutual Love | William Walker | 1835 | John Leland | O when shall I see Jesus | 76. 76. D | |
Ninety-Fifth | Lucius Chapin | 1813 | Isaac Watts | When I can read my title clear | 86. 86 (C.M.) | |
Ninety-Third | Jeremiah Ingalls | 1805 | Lucius Chapin | Philip Doddridge | Grace! 'tis a charming sound | 66. 86 (S.M.) |
Pardoning Love | William Walker | 1847 | John Newton (hymnwriter) | In evil long I took delight | 86. 86 (C.M.) | |
Parting Hand | 1805 | William Walker | Anonymous | My Christian friends in bonds of love | 88. 88 (L.M.) | |
Pilgrim's Farewell | Jacob French | 1793 | Samuel Crossman | Fare you well, my friends | ||
Pleading Savior | Anonymous | 1831 | Deodatus Dutton | John Leland | Now the Savior stands a pleading | 87. 87. D |
Psalm 100 | Israel Holdroyd | 1722 | William Kethe | All people that on earth do dwell | ||
Psalm 34 | Israel Holdroyd | 1722 | Thomas Sternhold | I will give laud and honor both | 86. 86 (C.M.) | |
Redeeming Grace | Anonymous | 1813 | Anonymous lyricist | Come all that love my Lord and Master | 98. 98. D | |
Redemption | Jeremiah Ingalls | 1805 | Ananias Davisson | Anonymous | Come friends and relations, let's join heart and hand | 11 11. 11 11 |
Resignation | Anonymous | 1828 | William Walker | Isaac Watts | My shepherd will supply my need | 86. 86. D (C.M.D.) |
Rochester | Israel Holdroyd | 1722 | Ananias Davisson | Isaac Watts | Come, children, learn to fear the Lord | 86. 86 (C.M.) |
Salem | William Moore | 1826 | John Newton (hymnwriter) | How sweet the name of Jesus sounds | 86. 86 (C.M.) | |
Star in the East | 1831 | Deodatus Dutton | Reginald Heber | Hail the blest morn, see the great mediator | 11 10. 11 10 with refrain | |
Sweet Harmony | William Walker | 1835 | John Gambold | O tell me no more of this world's vain store | 10 11. 10 11 | |
Sweet Prospect | 1835 | William Walker | Samuel Stennett | On Jordan's stormy banks I stand | 86. 86 (C.M.) | |
Sweet Rivers | William Moore | 1825 | John Granade | Sweet rivers of redeeming love | 86. 86. D (C.M.D.) | |
The Babe of Bethlehem | William Walker | 1835 | Anonymous | Ye nations all, on you I call | 87. 87. D | |
The Christian's Conflicts | William Walker | 1835 | Anonymous | See how the wicked kingdom | 76. 76. D | |
The Christian's Hope | William Walker | 1835 | Anonymous | A few more days on earth to spend | 88. 86. 88. 86 | |
The Converted Thief | William Moore | 1826 | Samuel Stennett | As on the cross the Savior hung | 86. 86 (C.M.) | |
The Good Old Way | William Walker | 1835 | Anonymous | Lift up your hearts, Immanuel's friends | ||
The Good Physician | 1835 | William Walker | John Newton (hymnwriter) | How lost was my condition | 76. 76. D | |
The Heavenly March | William Walker | 1840 | Samuel Stennett | On Jordan's stormy banks I stand | 86. 86 (C.M.) | |
The Rose Tree | Ananias Davisson | 1813 | Anonymous | There is a land of pleasure | 78. 78. D | |
The Trumpeters | 1847 | William Walker | John Granade | Hark! listen to the trumpeters | 86. 86. D (C.M.D.) | |
The Watchman's Call | William Walker | 1835 | Anonymous | The watchmen blow the trumpet round | 88. 88. D (L.M.D.) | |
The promised land | Matilda T. Durham | 1835 | Samuel Stennett | On Jordan's stormy banks I stand | 86. 86 (C.M.) | |
Thorny Desert | William Walker | 1835 | Anonymous | Dark and thorny is the desert | 76. 76. D | |
Transport | Anonymous | 1813 | John Granade | Ye children of Jesus, who're bound for the kingdom | 12 11.12 11.12 12.12 11 | |
True Happiness | Anonymous | 1835 | William Walker | Charles Wesley | Oh! how happy are they | 669. 669 |
Twenty-Fourth | Amzi Chapin | 1813 | Isaac Watts | Salvation! O the joyful sound | 86. 86 (C.M.) | |
Vernon | Jeremiah Ingalls | 1805 | Amzi Chapin | Isaac Watts | Lord, what a heaven of saving grace | 88. 88 (L.M.) |
Wallace | 1830 | Deodatus Dutton | Jared Waterbury | Soldiers of the cross, arise / Lo, your Captain | 77. 76. D | |
Washington | Reubin Monday | 1818 | Joseph Hart | Dismiss us with thy blessing, Lord | 88. 88 (L.M.) | |
Weeping Savior | Elisha J. King | 1854 | Benjamin Beddome | Did Christ o'er sinners weep? | ||
Welcome, welcome, every guest | William Tansur | 1772 | Anonymous | Welcome, welcome, every guest | 77. 77 | |
Whitestown | Thomas Howell | 1800 | Isaac Watts | Where nothing dwelt but beasts of prey | 88. 88 (L.M.) | |
Wondrous Love | Anonymous | 1840 | James Christopher | Anonymous | What wondrous love is this | 66. 63. 66. 66. 63 |