TRANSPORT (Davisson and White)

TRANSPORT (Davisson and White)

Composer: Davison; Composer: White
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Composer: Davison

Ananias Davisson (February 2, 1780 – October 21, 1857) was a singing school teacher, printer and compiler of shape note tunebooks. Davisson was born February 2, 1780 in Shenandoah County, Virginia. He spent his last years living on a farm at Weyer's Cave, about 14 miles from Dayton, Virginia, and died October 21, 1857. He is buried in the Massanutten-Cross Keys Cemetery, Rockingham County, Virginia. Davisson was a member and ruling elder of the Presbyterian Church. He is best known for his 1816 compilation the Kentucky Harmony (Harrisonburg, Virginia), which is generally considered the first Southern shape-note tunebook. Composer and publisher William B. Blake said it was "a book characteristic of that period, abounding in minor tu… Go to person page >

Composer: White

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Title: TRANSPORT (Davisson and White)
Composer: Davison
Composer: White
Meter: 12.11
Incipit: 51321 65611 6533

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The Southern Harmony, and Musical Companion (New ed. thoroughly rev. and much enl.) #152

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