The Rudiments of Music (Andrew Law)

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Title: The Rudiments of Music
Editor - Composer – Compiler: Andrew Law

Publications using VolumesEditions

1 – Published 1783– by William Law in Cheshire, Pennsylvania, 24 pp.Publication date and place: 1783 by William Law in Cheshire, Pennsylvania, 24 pp. – Edition 1

2 – Published 1786– 48 pp.Publication date and place: 1786 48 pp. – Edition 2

3 – Published 1791– 68 pp.Publication date and place: 1791 68 pp. – Edition 3

4 – Published 1792– 75 pp.Publication date and place: 1792 75 pp. – Edition 4

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Works at CPDL

Edition 2 (1786)

Title	Year	Composer	Lyricist	First Line	Genre	Subgenre	Vo.	Meter
Babylon (1786)	1786	Alexander Gillet	Joel Barlow	Along the banks where Babel's current flows	Sacred	Psalm-tunes	4	10 10. 10 10

Edition 3 (1791)

Title	Year	Composer	Lyricist	First Line	Genre	Subgenre	Vo.	Meter
Alexandria	1791	Alexander Gillet	Isaac Watts	My spirit sinks within me, Lord	Sacred	Set pieces	4	88. 88 (L.M.)

Edition 4 (1792)

Title	Year	Composer	Lyricist	First Line	Genre	Subgenre	Vo.	Meter
Augusta	1792	Alexander Gillet	John Gambold	O tell me no more	Sacred	Set pieces	4	55. 65
Berkley (1792)	1792	Alexander Gillet	John Newton (hymnwriter)	Jesus Christ, the Lord's anointed	Sacred		4	87. 87. 47
Norfolk	1792	Alexander Gillet	John Newton (hymnwriter)	What a mournful life is mine	Sacred		4	77. 77
Richmond	1792	Alexander Gillet	William Cowper	Ere god had built the mountains	Sacred		4	76. 76. D