Timothy Swan manuscript music, ca. 1802.

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Timothy Swan manuscript music, ca. 1802.

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Pages of manuscript music and lyrics to assorted hymns. Some of the titles give references to Biblical texts. Also includes what appears to be answers to questions about musical notation, and a statement of copyright issued by the District of Connecticut for a book entitled "New England Harmony, containing a variety of Psalm tunes in three and four parts, adapted to all meters; also a number of set pieces of several verses, each together with a number of anthems," issued to Timothy Swan.

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Connecticut Historical Society

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Swan, Timothy

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Timothy Swan (1758-1842, composer and compiler of sacred tunes and secular music, was born in Worcester, Mass., and settled as a hatter in Northfield, Mass. Swan later began teaching music in Suffield, Conn., where he composed the greater part of his works and published The Songster's Assistant, 1800 and New England Harmony, 1801. He returned to Northfield in 1807, continued to compose for publication, and wrote poetry in the Scottish dialect for local newspapers. From the descriptio...