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RETIREMENT (Davisson)

Composer: Ananias Davisson

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 >

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Tune Information

Title: RETIREMENT (Davisson)
Composer: Ananias Davisson (1820)
Source: Harmonia Sacra, p. 59t
Copyright: Public Domain
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Texts

When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

When I survey the wondrous cross
on which the Prince of glory died,
my richest gain I count but loss,
and pour contempt on all my pride.

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Timeline

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Arrangements

Organ Solo

  • The Sacred Organ Folio No. 19
    Composer/Editor Gilbert M. Martin
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1979) pp. 56
  • The Sacred Organ Journal Volume 13 Number 6 July 1979: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for Church Organists
    Composer/Editors Joanne S. Buck; Gilbert M. Martin
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1979) pp. 56
  • Thirty-Six Hymn and Carol Canon in Free Style: For Organ
    Composer/Editor Seth Bingham
    Published By: The H. W. Gray Company, Inc. (1952) pp. 15
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Instances in all hymnals

Instances (1 - 3 of 3)

An Eclectic Harmony. II #5t

An Eclectic Harmony. II #5t

New Harmonia Sacra (Legacy ed.) #12

New Harmonia Sacra (Legacy ed.) #12

The Harmonia Sacra #59A

The Harmonia Sacra #59A
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