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From PineTree Productions
Learn about one of the longest-running singing traditions in the USA!
Manuscript music of the Shaker hymn in alphabet music notation
Music Illustration: Courtesy of The Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland,Ohio
Order your copy of this massive new multimedia collection
of Shaker spiritual music
prepared by one of the foremost authorities
on this music!
On August 6, 1774, several Shakers along with their spiritual leader, Mother Ann Lee (1736-1784), arrived in New York City after a long and dangerous voyage. The Shakers had begun in the Manchester area in the mid-18th century but did not remain in Britain after they emigrated to the USA. Evenrtually they grew in membership to thousands of Believers and had communities mainly in the New England states, also in Ohio and Kentucky. Their last remaining community is at Sabbathday Lake, Maine.
Though their first songs were mostly wordless, their first known song with words and music, "In Yonder Valley," was written by Father James Whittaker and is included in this collection.
This multimedia disc is especially recommended for choral directors, singers, researchers, teachers and students,
or anyone interested in American history.
It was compiled from 50 years of extensive Shaker music research by ethnomusicologist, composer and singer, Roger Lee Hall.
Read about his extensive work in Shaker music -- click here
The Shakers composed one of the most extensive repertories of religious vocal music in America, numbering well over 10,000 tunes and texts.
This extensive collection contains a survey of their entire music tradition from the 18th to 20th centuries.
The disc contains 300 files including in-person interviews with Shaker sisters, four music collections,
recorded music examples, including from Public Radio, and several concert videos.Mr. Hall began his music research after a visit to Hancock Shaker Village in Massachusetts in 1969.
Three years later, he completed his Master's Thesis at Binghamton University
which was titled: "The Shaker Letteral System: A Practical Approach to Music Notation."His research continued and he completed his Ph.D. dissertation on music from one of the four Shaker communities in Ohio, which was later published by PineTree Press as: "May We Ever Be United": Music of the North Union Ohio Shakers.
In 1980, he wrote the very first article on the most popular Shaker song, "Simple Gifts" (aka: 'Tis the gift to be simple).
He later wrote a longer article anout that song and it is included in this multimedia collection.During the 1980s and 90's he wrote a music column for The Shaker Messenger magazine and altogether he wrote articles for 56 Shaker songs and hymns. His first column in the Shaker Song Series was about "The Humble Heart" and included an edited version of the music along with the six stanzas of hymn text. That column is included on the computer disc.
From the 1990s onward he worked as performer, producer and music consultant on various Shaker music recordings,
including "Love is Little" for Sampler Records, and the best-selling CD, "Simple Gifts," by The Boston Camerata.This multimedia disc contains highlights from the entire history of Shaker music from the 1780s to the 1950s -- the longest singing tradition of any religious communal society in America.
During these centuries, the Shakers composed thousands of songs, hymns and anthems, both in manuscript volumes and printed hymn books, in single-line melodies and four-part (SATB) hymns and anthems. This disc provides highlights from this important Anglo-American music tradition.
Contents on the disc:
01 Introduction
02 Article: The Simple Gifts of Shaker Music in America
03 Early Song: "In Yonder Valley" (1787)
04 Early Hymn: "The Humble Heart" (1820)
05 Dancing Song: ""Tis the gift to be simple" (1848)
06 Gospel Anthem: "Millennial Praise" (1883)
07 Music collection No. 1: A Western Shaker Music Sampler
08 Music collection No. 2: The Happy Journey
09 Music collection No. 3: Invitation to Zion
10 Music collection No. 4: May We Ever Be United
11 Last Shaker song composed in 20th century: My Shaker Home (1959)
12 Shaker Song Triptych: Three Humility Songs (arr. by Roger Lee Hall)
13 Shaker music on Public Radio
14 Resource information (including A Checklist of Published Hymnals)
15 Video clips
To order your copy of this massive multimedia collection (PTME 1050)
click the "Add to Cart" button below to pay
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After you have made your payment,
send an email and mention this title
along with your current mailing address to this link:The Humble Heart Multimedia Disc
Also available separately are these CDs:
This CD features instrumental and vocal arrangements of
24 Shaker hymns and songs including "The Humble Heart"
Includes "The Humble Heart"
sung by Colleen Liggett and Roger Lee Hall,
accompanied by Mitzie Collins on pump organ
"The Humble Heart" - arranged by Conrad Held
performed by Karol Caroll, soprano
Steven Lundahl, recorder, Kathryn Southworth, piano
To order any of the above CDs,
go to the American Music Recordings Collection (AMRC) page -- click here
An arrangement by Roger Lee Hall of "The Humble Heart"
for soloists and/or chorus
with keyboard accompaniment is available at
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