- Abraham Wood (composer)
Abraham Wood (born 1752 in
Massachusetts Bay Colony and died in 1804) [http://www.amaranthpublishing.com/billings.htm Amaranth Publishing ] was one of the first American composers [http://www.voxnovus.com/resources/American_Composer_Timeline.htm American Composer Timeline] and a drummer during theRevolutionary War . He wrote "Warren" to commemorate the army officerJoseph Warren (1741-1775), who died courageously at in theBattle of Bunker Hill and he wrote "A Hymn on Peace"to commemorate theTreaty 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.cores
Volume 6. "Abraham Wood, The Collected Works", edited by Karl Kroeger. 144 pages, ISBN 0-8153-2301-8.
List of Works
*Worcester (How beauteous are their feet) [http://www.amaranthpublishing.com/Worcester%5B1%5D.mid MIDI]
*Marlborough [http://www.amaranthpublishing.com/Marlborough%5B1%5D.mid MIDI]
*Warren
*A Hymn on Peace
*Brevity (Man, born of woman)
*WalpoleDiscography
*"A Hymn on Peace" and "Warren" on "The Birth of Liberty" -
New World Records [http://www.newworldrecords.org/album.cgi?rm=view&album_id=80276 "The Birth of Liberty " - New World Records]
*"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 onHarmonia Mundi [ http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/c/Wood%252C%2BAbraham/all/1 Harmonia Mundi ]References
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