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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 ''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). | ||
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*Johnson, Alexander, Compiler. 1818. ''Johnson's Tennessee Harmony''. Cincinnati, Ohio: Morgan, Lodge, and Company. 110 pp. Second Edition, 1821. Third Edition, 1824. | |||
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Revision as of 01:38, 15 March 2017
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 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).
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Publications
- Johnson, Alexander, Compiler. 1818. Johnson's Tennessee Harmony. Cincinnati, Ohio: Morgan, Lodge, and Company. 110 pp. Second Edition, 1821. Third Edition, 1824.
References
- Music, David W. 1984. Alexander Johnson and the Tennessee Harmony. Current Musicology 37/38:59-73.
- Steel, David Warren, and Richard H. Hulan. 2010. The Makers of the Sacred Harp. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press. 322 pp.
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