Wyeth's Repository, Part Second

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Title: Wyeth's Repository, Part Second

Full Title: Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second; Original and Selected from the most Eminent and Approved Authors in that Science; For the use of Christian Churches, Singing Schools, and Private Societies, Together with a Plain and Concise Introduction to the Grounds of Music and Rules for Learners.

Editor - Compiler: John Wyeth

Publication date and place: 1813 by John Wyeth in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 132 pp. Second Edition 1820, 132 pp.

Description: An influential book in the West and South of that day, with over forty tunes newly published. One of the first widely-published books for composers such as Amzi Chapin, Lucius Chapin, Elkanah Dare, and Ananias Davisson.

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References

  • Lowens, Irving. 1964. Introduction, pp. i-xvi in Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second. Facsimile of Second Edition (1820). New York, New York: Da Capo Press. 132 pp.

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