The Columbian harmonist. Containing first. A plain and concise introduction to psalmody fitly calculated for the use of singing schools. Second. A choice collection of new psalm tunes of American composition. / By Daniel Read author of the American singing book.

Author/creator Read, Daniel
Other author Doolittle, Amos, 1754-1832 engraver.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew Haven : Printed [by T. & S. Green] for & sold by the editor Sold also by the principal book-sellers in the United States. (Coppy right [sic] secured agreeable to the statute), [1795]
Description111 pages, 7 unnumbered pages of plates, 2 unnumbered pages : music ; 13 x 19 cm
Supplemental ContentEvans Digital Edition
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SeriesEarly American imprints. First series ; no. 29389. ^A478749
General noteEach number has separate title page and index. A "general index to the music in the three numbers" appears on the [2] p. (typeset) inserted after p. [112]. Pages [113-118] contain blank staves.
General noteParentheses substituted for square brackets in imprint transcription.
General noteEngraved by Amos Doolittle. Printer's names supplied by Evans.
General noteAdvertised in the Connecticut journal, Sept. 9, 1795, as "lately published in three numbers ... separate numbers are sold at four dollars and a half per dozen. The whole set bound in one vol. at twelve dollars per dozen."
References Evans 29389
References Trumbull, J.H. Connecticut (suppl.), 2540
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 29389).
Genre/formHymns.

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