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Shaker Music Archive (SMA)
A listing of music books, articles, sheet music, and CDs
at this American Music Preservation site
- Shaker Music Series - music editions
- Shaker music books and articles
- Shaker music collections and songbooks
- Original Shaker music recordings
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Shaker Music Series
Originally published in THE SHAKER MESSENGER magazine between 1981 and 1996, this music series consisted of 56 Shaker songs and hymns, transcribed and edited for performance with notes by Shaker music scholar, Roger Hall.
Each of the titles listed below has the Shaker commuinity, year of composition (if known), and the Shaker sister or brother who wrote the words or music.Individual titles in the series are available or the entire series of 56 tunes is also available.
To find out how to purchase any titles, go here.
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Some of these Shaker song and hymn titles have been recorded
in original editions or arrangements and are available on these CDs:BT = Blended Together: Interviews with The Shakers
ESS = Early Shaker Spirituals - Sabbathday Lake Shakers
GW = Gentle Words - A Shaker Music Sampler
GWTC = Gentle Words - The Tudor Choir (arrangements by Kevin Siegfried)
JOA = Joy of Angels: Shaker Spirituals for Christmas and The New Year
LIL = Love is Little: A Sampling of Shaker Spirituals - Sampler Chorus
LZM = Let Zion Move: Music of the Shakers - Shaker singers
MOA = Music of Angels: Songs of the Shaker West - Pleasant Hill Singers
SG = Simple Gifts - The Boston Camerata and Sabbathday Lake Shakers
TGH = The Golden Harvest - Boston Camerata & Sabbathday Lake ShakersClick on the links for each title to see the CDs listed.
No. 1 (1981): THE HUMBLE HEART - Shaker hymn from Harvard, Massachusetts
Words: Eunice Wyeth/ Tune: Thomas Hammond Jr.
arranged by Roger Hall [GW]
No. 2 (1982): ON THE BIRTHDAY OF MOTHER ANN - Shaker hymn from North Union, Ohio, 1850 - Words/Tune: James Prescott
No. 3 (1982): MOTHER'S LOVE - Shaker song from New Lebanon, NY, 1839
No. 4 (1982): WELCOME, WELCOME PRECIOUS GOSPEL KINDRED -
Enfield, New Hampshire, 1869/ Rosetta Cummings
arranged by Roger Hall [GW]
No. 5 (1982): WE WILL ALL GO HOME WITH YOU -
Canterbury, NH, 1862/ From singing of the Sabbathday Lake Shakers, 1976/
arranged by Roger Hall [GW]
No. 6 (1983): THE HAPPY JOURNEY - Harvard, MA, 1808/
Attributed to Joshua Goodrich, Hancock, MA [LIL]
No. 7 (1983): THE MORNING SUN - South Union, Kentucky, 1847
No. 8 (1983): THE SHAKERS - Union Village, Ohio, ca. 1812
Words: Richard McNemar/ From the singing of Sister R. Mildred Barker
and Sister Frances Carr, 1980 [LIL]
No. 9 (1983): MOTHER - Union Village, Ohio, ca. 1812
Words: Richard McNemar [LIL & SG]
No. 10 (1983): CHRISTMAS HYMN - North Union, Ohio 1869
Words/Tune: Elmina Phillips [JOA]
No. 11 (1984): RIGHTS OF CONSCIENCE - Union Village, Ohio, ca. 1810
Words/Tune: Issachar Bates [GW and TGH]
No. 12 (1984): ODE TO CONTENTMENT - Ohio or Kentucky, 1833
Words/Tune: Issachar Bates [GW and LIL]
No. 13 (1984): BLENDED TOGETHER - New Lebanon, NY, ca. 1870
Words/Tune: Joseph Holden/ From the singing of Sister Mildred Barker
and Sister Frances Carr, 1974 [BT]
No. 14 (1985): HEALING BALM - Enfield, NH, 1851
No. 15 (1985): INVITATION TO ZION - Watervliet, NH, 1843
Words/Tune: David A. Buckingham
No. 16 (1985): FOLLOWERS OF THE LAMB - New Lebanon, NY, ca. 1847
Words/Tune: Clarissa Jacobs [LIL]
No. 17 (1985): A NEW SONG - Alfred, Maine, ca. 1873
No. 18 (1985): LET ME HAVE MOTHER'S GOSPEL - Enfield, NH, ca. 1865
Words/Tune: Abraham Perkins [ESS]
No. 19 (1986): REFLECTIONS ON MOTHER ANN'S BIRTHDAY -
Watervleit, NY, 1840 - Words/Tune: David A. Buckingham
No. 20 (1986): A PRAYER FOR THE CAPTIVE - New Lebanon, NY, 1862
Words/Tune: Cecilia DeVere [GW]
No. 21 (1986): O GIVE ME A LITTLE LOVE - Sabbathday Lake, Maine, 1883
Words/Tune: Sarah Fletcher/ In memory of Brother Theodore E. Johnson [ESS]
No. 22 (1986): LOVELY GOSPEL KINDRED - New Lebanon, NY, 1836
Words/Tune: Issachar Bates
No. 23 (1987): ALMIGHTY SAVIOR - New Lebanon, NY, 1836
Words/Tune: Issachar Bates [GWTC]
No. 24 (1987): ON ZION'S HOLY GROUND - Harvard, MA, ca. 1837
From the singing of Sister Ethel Peacock, 1963 [ESS]
No. 25 (1987): SONG TO NEW LEBANON - Harvard, MA, ca. 1852
No. 26 (1987): MAY I SOFTLY WALK - New Lebanon, NY, 1869 [LZM]
arranged by Roger Hall [GW]
No. 27 (1988): HEAVENLY MUSIC - North Union, MA, ca. 1853
Words/Tune: Nelson Phillips [JOA]
No. 28 (1988): LOVE, O LOVE - New Lebanon, NY, 1846
Words/Tune: John Robe
No. 29 (1988): O BLESSED BEAUTIFUL LAND - Sabbathday Lake, Maine, 1878
No. 30 (1988): JOIN TOGETHER HEART AND HAND - North Union, Ohio, 1853
No. 31 (1989): GENTLE WORDS - Pleasant Hill, Kentucky, ca. 1834
Words/Tune: Polly M. Rupe [GW & GWTC]
No. 32 (1989): MORE LOVE - Canterbury, NH, ca. 1870 [LIL]
No. 33 (1989): ALL AT HOME - Canterbury, NH, ca. 1870 [LIL]
No. 34 (1989): I HUNGER AND THIRST - Alfred, Maine, 1837
From the singing of Sister Mildred Barlker, 1976 [ESS]
No. 35 (1990): O GLORY TO GOD - Union Village, Ohio 1856
No. 36 (1990): HOW BEAUTIFUL DO THE HEAVENS RING - Hancock, MA, 1849
For the 200th anniversary of Hancock Shaker Village [LIL]
No. 37 (1991): MOTHER SAYS, O RISE BE GLAD - Canterbury, NH
From the singing of Eldress Bertha Lindsay, 1972 [BT]
No. 38 (1991): GOOD BELIEVER'S LIFE - Harvard, MA, 1837
For the 200th anniversary of Harvard Shaker Village
No. 39 ( 1991): SUNSHINE OR STORM - Union Village, Ohio, 1876
Words/Tune: Oliver C. Hampton
No. 40 (1991): CELESTIAL PRAISES - Canterbury, NH, 1841
Arranged by Roger Hall for SATB Chorus, 1974
For the 200th anniversary of Canterbury Shaker Village [GW]
No. 41 (1992): LIVING SOULS LET'S BE MARCHING - Tyringham, MA
From the singing of Brother Ricardo Belden, 1957 [LIL]
No. 42 (1992): WE MUST BE MEEK - Enfield, Connecticut, date unknown
From the singing of Sister Mildred Barker, 1970 [ESS]
No. 43 (1992): HOW LOVELY ARE THE FAITHFUL SOULS - New Lebanon, NY, 1830
From the singing of Sister Mildred Barker, 1970 [ESS]
No. 44 (1993): WE HAVE SET OUT FOR GLORY - Shirley, Massachusetts, 1856 - For the 200th anniversary of Shirley Shaker Village
No. 45 (1993): BOWING SONG - New Lebanon, NY, 1865
For the 200th anniversary of Alfred Shaker Village -
From the singing of Sister Mildred Barker and Sister Frances Carr, 1974
No. 46 (1993): GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE - Enfield, NH, ca. 1851
Words/Tune: Abraham Perkins -
For the 200th anniversary of Enfield Shaker VillageNo. 47 (1993): A DREAM - Union Village, Ohio, October 14, 1860
Words/Tune: Harvey L. Eades [GW]
No. 48 (1994): DOXOLOGY - Union Village, Ohio, 1856
Words/Tune: Oliver C. Hampton [GW]
No. 49 (1994): THE TRUE VINE - Sabbathday Lake, Maine, 1856
Words/Tune: Joseph Brackett, Jr. (who also composed SIMPLE GIFTS)
For the 200th anniversary of Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village
No. 50 (1994): A WELCOME SONG - Pleasant Hill, Kentucky,
May 9, 1869
Words/Tune: Polly M. Rupe [MOA]
No. 51 (1995): THE SEASONS - Union Village, Ohio, 1808
Words: Richard McNemar/Tune: "The Black Joke"
No. 52 (1995): TYPICAL DANCING - Union Village, Ohio, 1809
Words: Richard McNemar/ Tune: Polly M. Rupe, 1846
No. 53 (1995): INVITATION TO SOULS - White Water, Ohio, ca. 1846
Words/Tune: Matilda A. Butler
No. 54 (1995): CELESTIAL CHOIR - Canterbury, NH, 1847
Arranged for two part chorus (SA) by Roger Hall [GW]
No. 55 (1996): I WANT TO BE LIVING AND FREE -
South Union, Kentucky, 1834
No. 56 (1996): MY WELL BELOVED CHILDREN -
North Union, Ohio, May 1856/ Words/Tune: James Prescott
TOTAL Shaker Hymns = 24
TOTAL Shaker Songs = 32
TOTAL Eastern Shaker Tunes = 36
(Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New York)
TOTAL Western Shaker Tunes = 20
(Ohio, Kentucky)
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Also in THE SHAKER MESSENGER magazine was another much shorter series
comparing non-Shaker and Shaker tunes which have been recorded,
This series, also compiled by Roger Hall, was titled:
For The Record
No. 1: "Lord of the Dance" and "Simple Gifts"
Volume 10/No. 1 (Fall, 1987)
No. 2: "Run, Shaker Life" and "Come Life, Shaker Life"
Volume 10/ Number 3 (Spring 1988)
No. 3: "The President's March" and "Rights of Conscience"
Volume 11, Number 4 (Summer 1989)
No. 4: "Animation" and "While We're Marching"
Volume 14/ Number 3 (1992)
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To Order
Individual titles in the Shaker Music Series are available for a donation of $5.00 for each title, $20 for any five titles, or $150 for the entire series. Shipping is included.
The four titles in For The Record series are available for a donation of $10.00.
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Shaker Music Books and Articles
"Gentle Words"
Shaker Music in the 20th Century
and other Shaker music books and articles
Shaker Music Collections and Songbooks
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A GUIDE TO SHAKER MUSIC and other
Shaker music collections
Original Shaker Music Recordings
Blended Together: Interviews with The Shakers
Early Shaker Spirituals (Rounder Records CD)
This collection of 40 Shaker spirituals sung by The United Society of Shakers, Sabbathday Lake, Maine. Many of the spirituals are sung by Sister R. Mildred Barker, the foremost Shaker singer of her time. The spirituals include laboring songs, gift songs, prayer songs, a hymn and anthem and several interviews with Sister Mildred Barker. Extensive notes and texts for all the music are provided by Daniel W. Patterson.
You can order from Amazon.com here:
Gentle Words - A Shaker Music Sampler (AMRC CD)
Gentle Words
(includes Shakers singing)
Let Zion Move - Music of the Shakers (Rounder Records)
This 2 CD set includes 40 Shaker spirituals sung by the Shakers from Canterbury, New Hampshire and Sabbathday Lake, Maine. It includes a history of Shaker music narrated by Sister R. Mildred Barker and Sister Lillian Phelps. There are also interviews with Sister R. Mildred Barker, Eldress Bertha Lindsay, and Sister Lillian Phelps.
The interviews were done in 1960 by William (Bill) Randle, and in 1972 and 1980 by Roger Hall, who has written the extensive notes for this unique historical collection.
The set also has an attractive 72 page illustrated booklet with examples of Shaker music and the words to all 40 Shaker spirituals plus a bibliography and discography.
You can order from Amazon.com at this link:
Let Zion Move: Music of the Shakers
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