Harmonic Companion (Law, Andrew)

		Genre Categories Psalms; Religious works; Sacred hymns; Hymns; For 4 voices; For unaccompanied voices; Scores featuring the voice; For mixed chorus; Scores featuring mixed chorus; For unaccompanied chorus; English language

Sheet Music

• Scores (3)

Scores

 Complete Score
*#265724 - 5.67MB, 112 pp. -  6.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - V/V/V - 42x⇩

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Fynnjamin (2013/1/11)

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Philadelphia: published by the author and David Hogan, 1807.
Printer: Thomas T. Stiles

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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 Score [incomplete]
*#265728 - 5.81MB, 104 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 16x⇩

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Fynnjamin (2013/1/11)

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[Philadelphia: Robert and William Carr, for the author, n.d.]

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Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Original title-page missing.
Pages 107-111 + index missing at end.

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 Score [incomplete]
*#265034 - 1.31MB, 25 (#89-112) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 20x⇩

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Fynnjamin (2013/1/6)

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[Philadelphia: published by the author]

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

This is only pp.89-112; the rest is missing. Originally bound in at the end of a copy of Law's Art of Singing (after #265033 on that page).

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General Information

Work Title	Harmonic Companion
Alternative Title	Harmonic Companion, and Guide to Social Worship: being a choice selection of tunes, adapted to the various Psalms and hymns, used by the different Societies in the United States, together with the principles of music, and easy lessons for learners. By Andrew Law.

Composer	Law, Andrew
Dedication	The Ministers of the Gospel, and the Singing Masters, Clerks and Choristers throughout the United States
Piece Style	Classical
Instrumentation	3-4 voices / choir

Misc. Comments

N.B. The 4-shape notation here is Law's own invention - in addition to being printed without staff lines, it differs from the more common 4-shape system that is still in use today (first used in The Easy Instructor) in that the rectangle notehead denotes faw, and the triangle law.
He later revised this so that 7 syllables could be used, by distinguishing three shapes with a dot (looking like a staccato dot), in effect a sort of 7-shape notation.