Alexander Johnson: Difference between revisions

From ChoralWiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(Entry for Devotion)
m (Text replacement - " " to " ")
(48 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown)
Line 8: Line 8:
'''Biography'''
'''Biography'''


Alexander Johnson was a singing school teacher and tune book compiler in middle Tennessee. "He served as a private in the War of 1812, and married Nelly Craig on 25 January 1816. His ''Tennessee Harmony'' (1818), the first music book in middle Tennessee, had a profound influence on ''The Missouri Harmony'' and other collections" (Steel and Hulan 2010, also see Music 1984).
Alexander Johnson was a singing school teacher and tune book compiler in middle Tennessee. "He served as a private in the War of 1812, and married Nelly Craig on 25 January 1816. His ''[[Johnson's Tennessee Harmony (Alexander Johnson)|Johnson's Tennessee Harmony]]'' (1818), the first music book in middle Tennessee, had a profound influence on ''The Missouri Harmony'' and other collections" (Steel and Hulan 2010, also see Music 1984).


<!--{{WikipediaLink}}-->
<!--{{WikipediaLink}}-->
Line 14: Line 14:
==List of choral works at CPDL==
==List of choral works at CPDL==
===A. LISTED BY TITLE===
===A. LISTED BY TITLE===
===1. Sacred Music===
'''1. Sacred music by Alexander Johnson'''
{{#SortWorks:Sacred music}}
{{#SortWorks:Sacred music&&!Alexander Johnson arrangements&&!Ananias Davisson arrangements|cols=6}}
===2. Secular Music===
'''2. Secular music by Alexander Johnson'''
{{#SortWorks:Secular music}}
{{#SortWorks:Secular music&&!Alexander Johnson arrangements}}
'''3. Arrangements by Alexander Johnson of works of others'''
{{#SortWorks:Alexander Johnson arrangements}}
'''4. Arrangements by others of Alexander Johnson works'''
{{#SortWorks:Ananias Davisson arrangements}}
===B. LISTED BY FIRST LINE===
===B. LISTED BY FIRST LINE===
{{top}}
{{top}}
*[[Olney (Alexander Johnson)|Come, thou fount of every blessing]]
*[[Jefferson (Alexander Johnson)|Glorious things of thee are spoken]]
*[[Jefferson (Alexander Johnson)|Glorious things of thee are spoken]]
*[[Harpeth (Alexander Johnson)|How tedious and tasteless the hours]]
*[[Crucifixion (Alexander Johnson)|Jesus, my all, to heaven is gone]]
*[[New Jerusalem (Alexander Johnson)|My gracious redeemer I'll love]]
{{middle|3}}
*[[Leander (Alexander Johnson)|My soul forsakes her vain delight]]
*[[Devotion (Alexander Johnson)|O for a sweet inspiring ray]]
*[[Devotion (Alexander Johnson)|O for a sweet inspiring ray]]
*[[Columbia (Alexander Johnson)|O how I have longed for the coming of God]]
*[[Columbia (Alexander Johnson)|O how I have longed for the coming of God]]
{{middle}}
*[[Solicitude (Alexander Johnson)|O how I have longed for the coming of God]]
*[[Devotion (Alexander Johnson)|Sweet is th day of sacred rest]]
*[[Devotion (Alexander Johnson)|Sweet is the day of sacred rest]]
{{middle|3}}
*[[Captain Kidd (Alexander Johnson)|Through all this world below]]
*[[Columbia (Alexander Johnson)|Thus, as down a lone valley with cedars o'er-spread]]
*[[Columbia (Alexander Johnson)|Thus, as down a lone valley with cedars o'er-spread]]
*[[Versailles (Alexander Johnson)|Thy mercy, my God, is the theme of my song]]
*[[Separation (Alexander Johnson)|Why do we mourn departing friends]]
{{bottom}}
{{bottom}}
{{CheckMissing}}
{{Whatlinkshere}}
==Publications==
==Publications==
*Johnson, Alexander, Compiler. 1818. ''Johnson's Tennessee Harmony''. Cincinnati, Ohio: Morgan, Lodge, and Company. 110 pp. Second Edition, 1821. Third Edition, 1824.
*Johnson, Alexander, Compiler. 1818. ''{{NoComp|Johnson's Tennessee Harmony|Alexander Johnson}}''. Cincinnati, Ohio: Morgan, Lodge, and Company. 110 pp. Second Edition, 1821. Third Edition, 1824.
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto;"
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto;"
|+ Tunes attributed to Alexander Johnson in ''Tennessee Harmony''*
|+ Tunes attributed to Alexander Johnson in ''Tennessee Harmony'' *
!|Tune Name
!|Tune Name
!|Ed.
!|Ed.
Line 43: Line 59:
|<b>Note</b> || <b>1</b> || <b>2</b> || <b>3</b> || <b>4</b> || <b>5</b> || <b>6</b> || <b>7</b> || <b>8</b>
|<b>Note</b> || <b>1</b> || <b>2</b> || <b>3</b> || <b>4</b> || <b>5</b> || <b>6</b> || <b>7</b> || <b>8</b>
|-
|-
|Brown's Station || 2 || || || || || || ||  
|Brown's Station || 2 || || || || || || ||
|-
|-
|Canaan || 1 || Canaan || || || || || ||  
|Canaan || 1 || Canaan || || || || || ||
|-
|-
|Captain Kid || 1 || Captain Kid || Captain Kid || || Captain Kid || || Green Meadow ||  
|[[Captain Kidd (Alexander Johnson)|Captain Kidd]] † || 1 || Captain Kid || Captain Kid || || Captain Kid || || Green Meadow ||
|-
|-
|[[Columbia (Alexander Johnson)|Columbia]] || 1 || Columbia || || || Columbia || || Columbia ||  
|[[Columbia (Alexander Johnson)|Columbia]] || 1 || Columbia || || || Columbia || || Columbia ||
|-
|-
|Crucifixion || 1 || || || || Marysville || || Marysville ||  
|[[Crucifixion (Alexander Johnson)|Crucifixion]] || 1 || || || || Marysville || || Marysville ||
|-
|-
|[[Devotion (Alexander Johnson)|Devotion]] || 1 || Devotion || Solemnity || Devotion || Devotion || Devotion || || Devotion
|[[Devotion (Alexander Johnson)|Devotion]] || 1 || Devotion || Solemnity || Devotion || Devotion || Devotion || || Devotion
|-
|-
|Harpeth || 1 || Harpeth || || || Harpeth || || ||  
|[[Harpeth (Alexander Johnson)|Harpeth]] || 1 || Harpeth || || || Harpeth || || ||
|-
|-
|[[Jefferson (Alexander Johnson)|Jefferson]] || 1 || Jefferson || Jefferson || Jefferson || Jefferson || || Jefferson || Jefferson
|[[Jefferson (Alexander Johnson)|Jefferson]] || 1 || Jefferson || Jefferson || Jefferson || Jefferson || || Jefferson || Jefferson
|-
|-
|Leander || 1 || Leander || Leander || Leander || Leander || Leander || Leander || Leander
|[[Leander (Alexander Johnson)|Leander]] || 1 || Leander || Leander || Leander || Leander || Leander || Leander || Leander
|-
|-
|Nashville || 2 || || || || Nashville || || || Nashville
|Nashville || 2 || || || || Nashville || || || Nashville
|-
|-
|New Jerusalem || 1 || New Jerusalem || New Jerusalem || New Jerusalem || New Jerusalem || || New Jerusalem ||  
|[[New Jerusalem (Alexander Johnson)|New Jerusalem]] || 1 || New Jerusalem || New Jerusalem || New Jerusalem || New Jerusalem || || New Jerusalem ||
|-
|-
|Olney || 1 || Olney || Olney || Olney || Olney || Olney || Olney || Olney
|[[Olney (Alexander Johnson)|Olney]] || 1 || Olney || Olney || Olney || Olney || Olney || Olney || Olney
|-
|-
|The Prodigal Son || 1 || || || || The Prodigal Son || || ||  
|The Prodigal Son || 1 || || || || The Prodigal Son || || ||
|-
|-
|Revival || 2 || || || || || || ||  
|Revival || 2 || || || || || || ||
|-
|-
|Separation || 1 || || Separation || || Separation || || ||  
|[[Separation (Alexander Johnson)|Separation]] || 1 || || Separation || || Separation || || ||
|-
|-
|Solicitude || 1 || Solicitude || Solicitude || || Solicitude || || Solicitude ||  
|[[Solicitude (Alexander Johnson)|Solicitude]] || 1 || Solicitude || Solicitude || || Solicitude || || Solicitude ||
|-
|-
|Submission || 2 || || || || || || ||  
|Submission || 2 || || || || || || ||
|-
|-
|Versailles || 1 || Versailles || || || || || ||  
|[[Versailles (Alexander Johnson)|Versailles]] || 1 || Versailles || || || || || ||
|-
|-
|}
|}
<center>'''1'''. Edition of ''Tennessee Harmony'', 1818-1821-1824. '''2'''. Carden's ''Missouri Harmony'', 1820. '''3'''. Moore's ''Columbian Harmony'', 1825. '''4'''. Carden's ''United States Harmony'', 1829. '''5'''. Walker's ''Southern Harmony'', 1835
<center>'''1'''. Edition of ''Tennessee Harmony'', 1818-1821-1824. '''2'''. Carden's ''Missouri Harmony'', 1820. '''3'''. Moore's ''Columbian Harmony'', 1825. '''4'''. Carden's ''United States Harmony'', 1829. '''5'''. Walker's ''Southern Harmony'', 1835
. '''6'''. Caldwell's ''Union Harmony'', 1837. '''7'''. Jackson's ''Knoxville Harmony'', 1838. '''8'''. White and King's ''Sacred Harp'', 1860.   '''*'''. Adapted from Music (1984).</center>
. '''6'''. Caldwell's ''Union Harmony'', 1837. '''7'''. Jackson's ''Knoxville Harmony'', 1838. '''8'''. White and King's ''Sacred Harp'', 1860. '''*'''. Adapted from Music (1984). '''†'''. Composed by [[Honor to the Hills (Jeremiah Ingalls)|Jeremiah Ingalls]].</center>
 
==References==
==References==
*Music, David W. 1984. ''Alexander Johnson and the Tennessee Harmony''. Current Musicology 37/38:59-73.
*Music, David W. 1984. ''Alexander Johnson and the Tennessee Harmony''. Current Musicology 37/38:59-73.
*Music, David W., Editor. 2005. ''A Selection of Shape-Note Folk Hymns From Southern United States Tune Books, 1816-61''. Middleton, Wisconsin: A-R Editions. 91 pp.
*Steel, David Warren, and Richard H. Hulan. 2010. ''The Makers of the Sacred Harp''. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press. 322 pp.
*Steel, David Warren, and Richard H. Hulan. 2010. ''The Makers of the Sacred Harp''. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press. 322 pp.


==External links==
==External links==
''add web links here''
''add web links here''


{{DEFAULTSORT:{{NameSorter}}}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:{{NameSorter}}}}
[[Category:1791 births]]  
[[Category:1791 births]]
[[Category:1832 deaths]]  
[[Category:1832 deaths]]
[[Category:Composers]]
[[Category:Composers]]
[[Category:Romantic composers]]
[[Category:Romantic composers]]
[[Category:U.S. American composers]]
[[Category:U.S. American composers]]
[[Category:Psalm-tune composers]]

Revision as of 08:56, 13 November 2020

Life

Born: 25 February 1791, South Carolina

Died: December 1832, Maury County, Tennessee

Biography

Alexander Johnson was a singing school teacher and tune book compiler in middle Tennessee. "He served as a private in the War of 1812, and married Nelly Craig on 25 January 1816. His Johnson's Tennessee Harmony (1818), the first music book in middle Tennessee, had a profound influence on The Missouri Harmony and other collections" (Steel and Hulan 2010, also see Music 1984).

(No Wikipedia article yet).

List of choral works at CPDL

A. LISTED BY TITLE

1. Sacred music by Alexander Johnson

2. Secular music by Alexander Johnson

3. Arrangements by Alexander Johnson of works of others

4. Arrangements by others of Alexander Johnson works

B. LISTED BY FIRST LINE

 
Click here to search for this composer on CPDL

Publications

  • Johnson, Alexander, Compiler. 1818. Johnson's Tennessee Harmony. Cincinnati, Ohio: Morgan, Lodge, and Company. 110 pp. Second Edition, 1821. Third Edition, 1824.
Tunes attributed to Alexander Johnson in Tennessee Harmony *
Tune Name Ed. Missouri
Harmony
Columbian
Harmony
United States
Harmony
Southern
Harmony
Union
Harmony
Knoxville
Harmony
Sacred
Harp
Note 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Brown's Station 2
Canaan 1 Canaan
Captain Kidd 1 Captain Kid Captain Kid Captain Kid Green Meadow
Columbia 1 Columbia Columbia Columbia
Crucifixion 1 Marysville Marysville
Devotion 1 Devotion Solemnity Devotion Devotion Devotion Devotion
Harpeth 1 Harpeth Harpeth
Jefferson 1 Jefferson Jefferson Jefferson Jefferson Jefferson Jefferson
Leander 1 Leander Leander Leander Leander Leander Leander Leander
Nashville 2 Nashville Nashville
New Jerusalem 1 New Jerusalem New Jerusalem New Jerusalem New Jerusalem New Jerusalem
Olney 1 Olney Olney Olney Olney Olney Olney Olney
The Prodigal Son 1 The Prodigal Son
Revival 2
Separation 1 Separation Separation
Solicitude 1 Solicitude Solicitude Solicitude Solicitude
Submission 2
Versailles 1 Versailles
1. Edition of Tennessee Harmony, 1818-1821-1824. 2. Carden's Missouri Harmony, 1820. 3. Moore's Columbian Harmony, 1825. 4. Carden's United States Harmony, 1829. 5. Walker's Southern Harmony, 1835 . 6. Caldwell's Union Harmony, 1837. 7. Jackson's Knoxville Harmony, 1838. 8. White and King's Sacred Harp, 1860. *. Adapted from Music (1984). . Composed by Jeremiah Ingalls.

References

  • Music, David W. 1984. Alexander Johnson and the Tennessee Harmony. Current Musicology 37/38:59-73.
  • Music, David W., Editor. 2005. A Selection of Shape-Note Folk Hymns From Southern United States Tune Books, 1816-61. Middleton, Wisconsin: A-R Editions. 91 pp.
  • Steel, David Warren, and Richard H. Hulan. 2010. The Makers of the Sacred Harp. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press. 322 pp.

External links

add web links here