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Aaron Williams (composer), the Glossary

Aaron Williams (1731–1776) was a Welsh teacher, composer, and compiler of West Gallery music, active in Britain during the 18th century.^[1]

Anthem

An anthem is a musical composition of celebration, usually used as a symbol for a distinct group, particularly the national anthems of countries.

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Caldicot

Caldicot (Cil-y-coed) is a market town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales.

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Fuguing tune

The fuguing tune (often spelled fuging tune) is a variety of Anglo-American vernacular choral music.

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Lowell Mason

Lowell Mason (January 8, 1792 – August 11, 1872) was an American music director and banker who was a leading figure in 19th-century American church music.

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Newburyport, Massachusetts

Newburyport is a coastal city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, northeast of Boston.

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Presbyterianism

Presbyterianism is a Reformed (Calvinist) Protestant tradition named for its form of church government by representative assemblies of elders.

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Sacred Harp singing is a tradition of sacred choral music that originated in New England and was later perpetuated and carried on in the American South. Aaron Williams (composer) and sacred Harp are shape note.

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Shape note

Shape notes are a musical notation designed to facilitate congregational and social singing.

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The Virginia Harmony

The Virginia Harmony is a shape note tune book published in 1831 in Winchester, Virginia and compiled by Methodist lay preacher James P. Carrell (1787–1854) and Presbyterian elder David S. Clayton (1801–1854). Aaron Williams (composer) and The Virginia Harmony are shape note.

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Timothy Swan

Timothy Swan (1758–1842) was a Yankee tunesmith and hatmaker born in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Aaron Williams (composer) and Timothy Swan are shape note.

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West gallery music

West gallery music, also known as Georgian psalmody, refers to the sacred music (metrical psalms, with a few hymns and anthems) sung and played in English parish churches, as well as nonconformist chapels, from 1700 to around 1850.

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William Billings

William Billings (October 7, 1746 – September 26, 1800) was an American composer and is regarded as the first American choral composer and leading member of the First New England School. Aaron Williams (composer) and William Billings are shape note.

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William Tans'ur

William Tans'ur (or Tansur, Tanzer, Letansur) (6 November 1706, Dunchurch – 7 October 1783, St. Neots) was an English hymn-writer, composer of West gallery music, and teacher of music. Aaron Williams (composer) and William Tans'ur are 18th-century British male musicians.

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Yankee tunesmiths

Yankee tunesmiths (also called the First New England School) were self-taught composers active in New England from 1770 until about 1810. Aaron Williams (composer) and Yankee tunesmiths are shape note.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Williams_(composer)

Aaron Williams (composer), the Glossary

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