Joseph Funk (1778–1862)
Autore di The Harmonia Sacra
Opere di Joseph Funk
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1778-04-06
- Data di morte
- 1862-12-24
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Singers Glen, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Singers Glen, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Singers Glen, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA
- Attività lavorative
- music teacher
music publisher
composer - Relazioni
- Funck, Heinrich (grandfather)
Kieffer, Aldine S. (grandson) - Organizzazioni
- Mennonites
- Breve biografia
- Joseph Funk established the first Mennonite publishing house in the USA at his home in Mountain Valley, Virginia (renamed Singers Glen in 1860). He is best remembered for inventing a shape-note system used in his landmark publication Harmonia Sacra (1851), and for a monthly musical periodical, The Southern Musical Advocate and Singer's Friend (1859-1861). His grandson Aldine S. Kieffer acquired the publishing business in the 1870s and merged it into the Ruebush-Kieffer Company, a major influence in the spread of Southern gospel music.
Utenti
Recensioni
The new harmonia sacra : A compilation of genuine… di Joseph Funk
This is a facsimile edition of the 1822 edition published for the 150th anniversary of its publication. The compiler Joseph Funk has been called “the father of song in northern Virginia. He was a Mennonite who promoted congregation choral singing through singing schools and publication of music. Mennonite came to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia in 1730, but did not build a church building until 1822. This book had 17 editions published up to 1900 and about 5 since. Some of the hymns appear in later denominational Mennonite hymn books. The current day Harmonia Sacra Singing Movement is non sectarian. The tunes are written in 4 scores, 4 shapes of notes. The minor mode is used almost as often as the major mode. The 4 shape ( square, diamond, triangle , circle do not appear to be used the same way as used in Sacred Harp. The key not does not appear to be Fa (triangle), rather La (square)???… (altro)
Statistiche
- Opere
- 8
- Utenti
- 50
- Popolarità
- #316,248
- Voto
- 5.0
- Recensioni
- 1
- ISBN
- 3