Anthology of the American Hymn-Tune Repertory
Tune name: Coronation
Composer: Oliver Holden
First appearance: Oliver Holden, The Union Harmony Vol. I, Boston 1793
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The melody in the tenor part just above the bass. In the recording the tenor part has been doubled at the octave.
The alto part contains an apparent misprint in mm. 10-11. The Gs on beat four of m. 10 and beats one, two, and three of m. 11 clash uncharacteristically with the A flat chord outlined in this passage. Clashes frequently occur in the American repertoire but are generally formed by melodic choices. This clash occurs in a part that is clearly filling out the harmony and could very well have been the result of a printing error. Moving all of these notes up to A flat solves the problem. The following recording includes this change.
To understand the problem that must have faced those who sang from this printing listen to the following excerpt which contains the passage in question rendered with the notes exactly as printed. The recording begins with the pick up to m. 6 (the first occurrence of "Bring forth...")
