H. R. Palmer (1834–1907)
Author of The Song King: Collection of New and Original Music for Singing Classes, Day Schools, Conventions, &c.
About the Author
Image credit: Horatio Richmond Palmer. Portrait from page 86 of Biography of Gospel song and hymn writers (1914) by Jacob Henry Hall
Works by H. R. Palmer
The Song King: Collection of New and Original Music for Singing Classes, Day Schools, Conventions, &c. (1871) 4 copies, 1 review
The Sovereign: 2 copies
Life-time Hymns: a collection of old and new hymns of the Christianchurch for use in churches. (1896) 2 copies
Peace! Be Still 1 copy
Palmer's Book of Interludes 1 copy
Associated Works
Hymns of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1985) — Contributor — 318 copies, 3 reviews
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Palmer, Horatio Richmond
- Birthdate
- 1834-04-26
- Date of death
- 1907-11-15
- Gender
- male
- Birthplace
- Sherburne, New York, USA
- Place of death
- Yonkers, New York, USA
- Burial location
- Black Creek Cemetery, Black Creek, New York, USA'
- Associated Place (for map)
- New York, USA
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Reviews
The Song King : collection of new and original music for singing classes, day schools, conventions, &c. by H. R. Palmer
Musical Dictionary page 3-11, Musical catchism pages 12-16, vocal Culture page 185-191. Alphabetical and metrical tune index, Anthems, glees and chorus index. Mostly new secular music. Note “Teaching Public School” pages 26.
Palmer's edition of concert gems for choruses, consisting of choruses, quartets, trios, duets and solos, arranged from the works of Haydn, Mendelssohn, Zimmerman, Verdi, Meyerbeer, Mozart, Beethoven, Bishop, Rossini, Schumann, Handel, Donizetti, Gounod, Benedict, Abt by H. R. Palmer
Published for with Musical festivals , convention, college choirs , etc,etc, in mind. No musical instruction. Dr. Palmer has arranged the "works of the masters" ( European). Up to 7 parts with piano accompaniment.
The leader : a collection of sacred and secular music, for choirs, conventions, singing schools, normal musical academies and the home circle by H. R. Palmer
Instruction pages 3-86. Music on 3-4 Staffs. Round note.Alphebetical and metrical tune index. Anthem, glee and rudiments index. I see no colonial tunes. composers are acknowledged.”The Leader “ begins on page 87. Tunes before that are part of the instruction section and often point out features the student should note and explain for example. “explain triplets”.
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- Works
- 16
- Also by
- 1
- Members
- 26
- Popularity
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- Rating
- 4.6
- Reviews
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