1) American Psalmody (1843). Due to some nifty sleuthing, I was able to discern exactly which hymnal Hannah used when transcribing the hymns. I managed to find a copy and brought it to Glastonbury so that the audience could see!
2) American Psalmody title page
3) DUKE STREET, which Hannah mentioned by name and whose exact notes I began “Lord, When Thou Didst Ascend on High” with

 
 

1,2) The Revellers (1848), a juvenile temperance cantata, by John Hill Hewitt (not on the better side of history in terms of the system of slavery). Picture 2 shows the beginning of a passage we sang for this event
3,4) The Blacksmith’s Children (1881), by Newberry & Towne. This is another juvenile temperance cantata. Picture 4 is a piece we sang, “If Father Would Only Stop Drinking.”5,6) The Anti-Saloon League Song Book (1915). Picture 6 is a song we sang, “He’s a Drunkard Tonight.”

 
 

350 WATTS, 2024

1,2) This is an 1818 combination of Isaac Watts’ Hymns and Spiritual Songs (1709) and Psalms of David (1719).

Disclaimer: It is impossible to associate Isaac Watts to only one project. He has appeared in many!

 
 

The DMs, 2024

I own three editions of Isaac Watts’ Divine Songs Attempted in Easy Language for the Use of Children (1715), A.K.A. Divine and Moral Songs for Children.
1) 1825 edition
2,3) 1842 edition
4,5) 1898 edition

 
 

1) The Southern Harmony, 1854
2) The Southern Harmony “CANON” page
3) Letter from Harry Eskew

The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion started it all, and now I have my own 1854 edition! In the second picture, if you read the words to CANON, you can see where Sacred Nine Project gets its name!

Dr. Harry Eskew is the final word on all things Southern Harmony. As the letter above reveals, he worked directly with William Walker’s materials, thanks to Dr. Eskew’s association with Walker’s grandson, Earle W. Justice. Dr. Eskew taught at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in New Orleans for 36 years. He taught music history, hymnology, and served as the seminary’s music librarian.

I reached out to Dr. Eskew to acknowledge his contribution to my project and to invite him to our inaugural concert, and he wrote me this very sweet and cherished letter. I was looking forward to the day when I could send him our commercial CD along with a concert program. Unfortunately, Regret, Repent, Rejoice was released on the Centaur label in March of 2021, after which I discovered that Dr. Eskew had passed in November of 2020.

I reached out to his wife Margaret, an accomplished scholar in her own right, who teaches writing at literature at Mercer University in Macon, GA, where the pair moved after Dr. Eskew’s retirement. Mrs. Eskew is equally lovely, and I have sent her the CD and concert program.