Informational & Educational Series
Interesting facts and stories from our Moravian musical heritage.
Dispatch 22.1
Southern Harmony and Musical Companion
For this first dispatch, I’m highlighting an item from the Irving Lowens Collection, a significant, yet lesser-known collection housed here at the Archie K. Davis Center in Winston-Salem. Found in this collection are several editions of The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion, a four-shape tune book that was originally published in 1835. Our oldest edition dates to 1846 and marks one of many reprints and editions over the years.
Dispatch 23.1
A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Christian Indians
A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Christian Indians of the Missions of the United Brethren, in North America
In 1745, Zeisberger began the work that would become his life’s mission. Traveling to Onondaga, he began preaching to Indigenous communities. In his travels, he also gained some familiarity with the culture and languages of the people that he met, which made him an important translator and mediator between these communities and European settlers. Eventually, he met the Lenape people, who were the original inhabitants of the Delaware Valley in what now comprises areas of Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York.
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