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Abraham Wood (composer)

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For the English fur trader, see Abraham Wood. Early American composer

Abraham Wood (1752 –1804) was one of the first American composers.

Wood was born in Massachusetts Bay Colony and was a drummer during the American Revolutionary War. He wrote Warren to commemorate the army officer Joseph Warren (1741–1775), who died courageously in the Battle of Bunker Hill and he wrote A Hymn on Peace to commemorate the Treaty of Paris that officially ended the Revolutionary War. This work was circulated as single pamphlet instead of part of a larger collection of sacred pieces, which was more common of the time.

Scores

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)
  • Marlborough
  • Warren
  • A Hymn on Peace
  • Brevity (Man, born of woman)
  • Walpole
  • Hopkinton

Discography

  • "A Hymn on Peace" and "Warren" on 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 on Harmonia Mundi

References

  1. http://www.amaranthpublishing.com/billings.htm Amaranth Publishing
  2. http://www.voxnovus.com/resources/American_Composer_Timeline.htm American Composer Timeline
  3. http://www.newworldrecords.org/album.cgi?rm=view&album_id=80276 Archived 2019-12-29 at the Wayback Machine The Birth of Liberty - New World Records
  4. http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/c/Wood%252C%2BAbraham/all/1 Harmonia Mundi


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