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==Life== | ==Life== | ||
'''Born:''' | '''Born:''' 25 December 1771 in Edgefield District, South Carolina | ||
'''Died:''' | '''Died:''' 1822 | ||
'''Biography''' | '''Biography''' Robert Boyd spent most of his adult life in the area of Knoxville, Tennessee. He was an ensign in the Knox Regiment beginning June 16, 1792, promoted to captain on February 3, 1795. He married Margaret Meek in Knox County on April 3, 1793; they moved to Blount County, Tennessee shortly thereafter. Apparently Robert Boyd assisted [[Ananias Davisson]] in preparing the second edition of ''[[Kentucky Harmony (Ananias Davisson)|Kentucky Harmony]]''. Robert Boyd contributed eight tunes to Davisson's books. | ||
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==List of choral works== | ==List of choral works== | ||
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*[[Salvation (Robert Boyd)|Come, humble sinner, in whose breast]] | |||
*[[Albion (Robert Boyd)|Come, ye that love the Lord]] | |||
*[[Milinda (Robert Boyd)|In vain the wealthy mortals toil]] | |||
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*[[Judgment (Robert Boyd)|My God, what inward grief I feel]] | |||
*[[David's Victory (Robert Boyd)|Now your festal rites prepare]] | |||
*[[Female Convict (Robert Boyd)|O sleep not my babe]] | |||
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*[[New Orleans (Robert Boyd)|Why do we mourn departing friends]] | |||
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==Publications== | ==Publications== | ||
==References== | |||
*Music, David W. 1983. ''Ananias Davisson, Robert Boyd, Reubin Monday, John Martin, and Archibald Rhea in East Tennessee, 1816-26''. American Music 1(3):72-84. | |||
*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== | ||
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==Works of Robert Boyd¹== | |||
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|[[David's Victory (Robert Boyd)|David's Victory]]||1822||B{{flat}}||77.77.10 10.||Now your festal rites prepare|| | |||
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|Effort||1825|||||||| | |||
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|[[Female Convict (Robert Boyd)|Female Convict]]||1822||a||12 12.12 12.D.||O sleep not my babe, for the morn of tomorrow||Also in ''Southern Harmony'' | |||
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|[[Judgment (Robert Boyd)|Judgment]]||1813||e||L. M. D.||My God, what inward grief I feel|| | |||
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|[[Milinda (Robert Boyd)|Milinda]]||1816||e||L. M.||In vain the wealthy mortals toil||Also in ''Southern Harmony'' | |||
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|New Orleans||1816||e||C. M.||Why do we mourn departing friends||Also in ''Southern Harmony'' | |||
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|[[Salvation (Robert Boyd)|Salvation]]||1816||e||C. M.||Come, humble sinner, in whose breast||Also in ''Southern Harmony'' | |||
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:¹. Music 1983. | |||
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Latest revision as of 01:59, 23 October 2022
Life
Born: 25 December 1771 in Edgefield District, South Carolina
Died: 1822
Biography Robert Boyd spent most of his adult life in the area of Knoxville, Tennessee. He was an ensign in the Knox Regiment beginning June 16, 1792, promoted to captain on February 3, 1795. He married Margaret Meek in Knox County on April 3, 1793; they moved to Blount County, Tennessee shortly thereafter. Apparently Robert Boyd assisted Ananias Davisson in preparing the second edition of Kentucky Harmony. Robert Boyd contributed eight tunes to Davisson's books.
There is no Wikipedia page for Robert Boyd.
List of choral works
A. LISTED BY TITLE
B. LISTED BY FIRST LINE
Click here to search for this composer on CPDL
Publications
References
- Music, David W. 1983. Ananias Davisson, Robert Boyd, Reubin Monday, John Martin, and Archibald Rhea in East Tennessee, 1816-26. American Music 1(3):72-84.
- 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
Works of Robert Boyd¹
Title | Year | Key | Meter | First Line | Comment |
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Albion | 1816 | G | S. M. | Come, ye that love the Lord | |
David's Victory | 1822 | B♭ | 77.77.10 10. | Now your festal rites prepare | |
Effort | 1825 | ||||
Female Convict | 1822 | a | 12 12.12 12.D. | O sleep not my babe, for the morn of tomorrow | Also in Southern Harmony |
Judgment | 1813 | e | L. M. D. | My God, what inward grief I feel | |
Milinda | 1816 | e | L. M. | In vain the wealthy mortals toil | Also in Southern Harmony |
New Orleans | 1816 | e | C. M. | Why do we mourn departing friends | Also in Southern Harmony |
Salvation | 1816 | e | C. M. | Come, humble sinner, in whose breast | Also in Southern Harmony |
- ¹. Music 1983.