Classic Hymns and Their Stories
Puzzle 30 · Olney and Its Hymn Writers · Page 48 in print
The Tune New Britain
William Walker paired NEW BRITAIN with “Amazing Grace” in Southern Harmony (1835).
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The words
Appalachian
The Southern US tune tradition NEW BRITAIN belongs to.
Cincinnati
City where Columbian Harmony was printed in 1829. Place of the tune’s first printing.
Folk Tune
NEW BRITAIN’s origin as a folk melody.
Gallaher
An early alternative name for the tune.
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Grace Notes
Ornaments with which the tune was probably sung.
Harmony Grove
An early alternative name for the tune.
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New Britain
William Walker paired NEW BRITAIN with “Amazing Grace” in his Southern Harmony, published in South Carolina in 1835.
Pentatonic
The five-note scale of NEW BRITAIN.
Shape Notes
Notation in which the tune was first printed.
Shaw
Co-compiler of Columbian Harmony (1829).
South Carolina
State where Southern Harmony was published.
Spilman
Co-compiler of Columbian Harmony (1829).
Triads
Chords outlined by the tune’s melodic figures.
Unaccompanied
Singing without instruments, as the canon performance allows.
William Walker
Compiler of Southern Harmony (1835), the first pairing of the tune with Newton’s text.
Sources
- New Britain (tune)Hymnary.org
- New BritainBethel University, Anthology of the American Hymn-Tune Repertory
- New Britain (tune)Wikipedia
- Amazing GraceHymnology Archive