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Shaker Music Collections

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For those interested in concert performance or resource information,
the music collections and songbooks listed below are currently available.

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE STORY OF 'SIMPLE GIFTS'
is available on a multimedia CD-ROM
readable on any computer
at this link:

Shaker books

 

 

 

For the Love of Zion:
30 Shaker Spiriturals
for
Solo Quartet or SATB Chorus
Arranged by Jack Bomer

 

This songbook has 30 Shaker songs and hymns not available anywhere else. The songs and hymns have been sensitively arranged for Solo Quartet or SATB Chorus by Jack Bomer, an American musician living in Vienna, Austria.

The accompanying CD features all the Shaker songs and hymns sung by the group "Simplicity," Leah R. Stein, director.

Both the songbook and CD album are currently available on a multimedia DVD with another collection, Gentle Words, all of them readable on any computer, and copies may be printed out.

 

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How Happy Are They:
Twelve Shaker Spirituals
from Kentucky and Ohio
Edited and Arranged by Roger L. Hall
(PineTree Music, 2007)

 

2007 marked the bicentennial of the Shaker community at South Union, Kentucky.

To commemorate that bicentennial anniversary, Roger Hall has compiled this songbook which includes arrangements of two South Union Shaker hymns: "The Morning Sun" and "The Millennium." They are included in this music collection:

 

1. A Welcome Song -- Polly M. Rupe, Pleasant Hill, Kentucky, 1869

2. Hymn: Typical Dancing -- Richard McNemar/ Polly M. Rupe, Pleasant Hill, 1809

3. Hymn: Farewell Vain World -- Samuel Hooser, Pleasant Hill, 1833

4. I Want to be Living & Free -- South Union, KY

5. Hymn: The Morning Sun -- South Union, 1847 (arr. Roger Hall)

6. Hymn: The Millennium -- South Union, 1847 (arr. Roger Hall)

7. Hymn: How Happy Are They -- Richard McNemar, Watervliet, Ohio, 1833

8. Hymn: Invitation to Souls -- Matilda A. Butler, Whitewater, Ohio, 1846

9. Hymn: On The Birthday of Mother Ann -- James S. Prescott, North Union, Ohio, 1850

10. A Dream -- Harvey L. Eades, Union Village, Ohio

11. Hymn: Doxology -- Oliver C. Hampton, Union Village, 1856

12. My Dear Companions Let's Move On -- Union Village, 1850s


Some of these songs and hymns are available on these CDs:

Blended Together: Shaker Hymns and Songs

Gentle Words: A Shaker Music Sampler

Love is Little: A Sampling of Shaker Spirituals

 

To order this songbook (single copies only),
go to the

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A Guide to Shaker Music --
With Music Supplement
Compiled and Annotated by Roger L. Hall
(PineTree Press, 6th edition, 2006)

 

This popular guide was first published in 1996. It has remained the most extensive reference guide to Shaker music. Now in its 6th edition, it contains the following information:

  • Examples of original Shaker music in "letteral" notation
  • A chronology of Shaker music from 1774 to 1999
  • A timeline for the first prominent tunesmith,
    Issachar Bates
  • A list of major Shaker tunesmiths
  • Where to find original and arranged Shaker music
  • Tune comparisons of Shaker and other folk tunes
  • Bibliography - Where to look for further information
  • What Has Been Recorded on LP, Tape and CD

Also included is a Music Supplement with 15 Shaker songs and hymns, composed and arranged by Roger Hall:

1. Song: "Welcome, Welcome" - Enfield, New Hampshire, 1869

2. Song: "We Will All Go Home With You" - Canterbury, NH, 1862

3. Hymn: "Holy Habitation" - Harvard, Massachusetts, ca. 1848

4. Hymn: "The Humble Heart" - text: Eunice Wyeth/
tune: Thomas Hammond, Harvard, Massachusetts, ca. 1820

5. Hymn: "Voyage to Canaan" - Richard McNemar,
Union Village, Ohio, ca. 1810

6. Hymn: "Celestial Praises" - Canterbury, New Hampshire, 1841

7. Hymn: "Christian Love" - poem: Elvah F. Collins, 1881/
music: Roger Hall

8. Hymn: "My Shepherd" - poem: R. Mildred Barker, 1926/
music: Roger Hall

9. Hymn: "A New Year's Prayer" - poem: Mildred Barker, 1921/ music: Roger Hall

10. Hymn: "A Prayer" - poem: R. Mildred Barker, 1922/
music: Roger Hall

11. Song: "May I Softly Walk" - Lebanon, New York, ca. 1869

12. Song: "Simple Gifts" - Joseph Brackett, Alfred, Maine, 1848

13. Song "A Welcome Song" - Polly M. Rupe,
Pleasant Hill, Kentucky, 1869

14. Hymn: "Introduction to Zion" - David A. Buckingham,
Watervliet, New York, 1846

15. Hymn: "Introduction to Souls" - Matilda A. Butler,
Whitewater, Ohio, 1846

Order A Guide to Shaker Music with the accompanying 15 music examples on CD at the

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Joy of Angels:
Shaker Spirituals for Christmas and the New Year

 

Love is Little:
A Sampling of Shaker Spirituals

 

Order these two essential music collections
with Shaker spirituals
from all the major Shaker communities and
with accompanying CDs at

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