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Willie Israel
The Trumpet
Mon Apr 9, 2012 5:14pm
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On Easter, our church used an anthem that came from our Carribbean Moravian churches. It is a 3-part anthem - hand-written score. All we know us that this anthem is "traditional" for these churches, which were primarily founded between 1750 and 1800. However the parts and accompaniment have a very "WG" flavor. The anthem is called "The Trumpet", and the first line of the chorus is "Soon shall the trumpet sound". Sound familiar to anyone?

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  • Re: The Trumpet
    Tim Henderson, Tue Apr 10 8:48am
    Two possible red herrings to mislead us : 1. The HTI has a tune Trumpet (but associated with different words) related to a set-piece version "Immortality" : 7745 Trumpet... more
    • Another "The Trumpet"
      David Welch, Tue Apr 10 2:23pm
      This is probably another red herring, but in the 1991 revision of the Sacred Harp, tune 149 is called The Trumpet, with composer given as J. Williams, 1831. Its metre is 11.12.12.12, with verses... more
      • Trumpet
        Willie Israel, Tue Apr 10 2:29pm
        Hello David - I'm familiar with the SH "Trumpet" (very difficult) because I'm a shape note singer here in the USA. I met some of you folks when you came to our convention a number of years ago -... more
    • The Trumpet
      Willie Israel, Tue Apr 10 2:22pm
      Thanks Tim - The words to our anthem match those of your Dixon hymn. We have 5 verses plus the chorus. Our choral arrangement is 3 parts, has a wonderful symphony accompaniment. In fact, I noticed... more
      • William Dixon's 'Trumpet'
        Ros Clements, Thu Apr 12 10:12am
        The set piece 'Trumpet' appears in the 'Surrey Chapel Collection' 1807. The text is as Tim's suggestion - and has five verses, mainly sung by two sopranos & bass, with variations in verses 3 & 5 for... more
        • trumpet pdf
          Willie Israel, Thu Apr 12 2:05pm
          Yes, Ros - Thank you! this is definitely the same piece. Our manuscript copy has a little more by way of accompaniment, and when they sang it, our basses added some notes that fit well but don't... more
        • Re: William Dixon's 'Trumpet'
          Tim Henderson, Thu Apr 12 12:25pm
          On my way to quire yesterday I popped into the British Library to have a look at the Surry Chapel Music and Dixon's Trumpet is quite a big set-piece , occupying pages 43-52 in both the editions I... more
          • Re: William Dixon's 'Trumpet'
            Tim Henderson, Thu Apr 12 6:44pm
            It may also be interesting to glance at http://abcnotation.com/tunePage?a=richardrobinson.tunebook.org.uk/static/tunebook/02975 or http://richardrobinson.tunebook.org.uk/tune/8570 which are from... more
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