Abraham Wood (composer)

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Abraham Wood (born 1752 in Massachusetts Bay Colony and died in 1804) [1] was one of the first American composers[2] and a drummer during the Revolutionary War. He wrote "Warren" to commemorate the army officer Joseph Warren (1741-1775), who died courageously at in the Battle of Bunker Hill and he wrote "A Hymn on Peace"to commemorate the Treaty of Paris that officially ended the Revolutionary War. this works was circulated as single pamphlet instead of part of a larger collection of sacred pieces, which was more common of the time.

Contents

[edit] Scores

Volume 6. Abraham Wood, The Collected Works, edited by Karl Kroeger. 144 pages, ISBN 0-8153-2301-8.

[edit] List of Works

  • Worcester (How beauteous are their feet)MIDI
  • Marlborough MIDI
  • Warren
  • A Hymn on Peace
  • Brevity (Man, born of woman)
  • Walpole


[edit] Discography

  • "A Hymn on Peace" and "Warren" on The Birth of Liberty - New World Records [3]
  • "Brevity (Man, born of woman)", "Walpole", and "Worcester (How beauteous are their feet)" on Early American Choral Music Volume 2 Anglo-American Psalmody 1550-1800 on Harmonia Mundi[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.amaranthpublishing.com/billings.htm Amaranth Publishing
  2. ^ http://www.voxnovus.com/resources/American_Composer_Timeline.htm American Composer Timeline
  3. ^ http://www.newworldrecords.org/album.cgi?rm=view&album_id=80276 The Birth of Liberty - New World Records
  4. ^ http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/c/Wood%252C%2BAbraham/all/1 Harmonia Mundi
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