2nd “Connexion” and Jeremiah Ingalls Singing
Newbury, Vermont
Saturday, July 22, 2006
Highlights from the 2006 Singing...
Honor to the Hills This setting of the Capt. Kidd ballad formula expresses the reverence for the divine as expressed through nature, a unifiying theme of Ingalls' folk hymn settings. The 1792 text is by Elder Hibbard and is also found in a popular variant called Capt Kid. As such it has been sung by Bread and Puppet as part of their tradition. |
Naragansit The text is by Samson Occum, a Native-American author and one of the founders of Dartmouth college. The air is a variant of a popular 18th century song called THE INDIAN PHILOSOPHER. It depicts the final walk of Jesus towards the cross in quite graphic terms. |
Narrow Space by S.R. Pennick This setting was included in the Appendix to the 2005 ed. of Ingalls' Christian Harmony by Tom Malone. It is taken from the 1859 ed. of The Sacred Harp. The text is one that Ingalls also set in an E minor tune called Born to Die. Pennick's A major setting is majestic and monolithic suggesting the insignificance of man in conversation with the infinite. Variants of this air are called CONVERSE. |
Judgement Hymn One of the redicovered gems of Ingalls collection, the tune is a variant of FULFILLMENT and PARTING FRIENDS in The Sacred Harp. The extreme vocal ranges of each part creat e a sweeping texture, while the clashing sharp and natural passing tones, yeild an unarguably personal yet apocolyptic folk-baroque masterpiece. |
BaltimoreOnly two compositions by Ingalls are known to exist outside of what was included in his 1805 publication. PENNSYLVANNIA has come back to the modern shape-note singing tradition through its inclusion in the Northern Harmony. BALTIMORE, has never appeared in a modern collection until now, and this is likely the first time it has ever been led at an All-day Singing. A premiere of sorts...... |
Farewell Hymn (in memoriam Margaret MacArthur) Tony Barrand, who has been a prime mover in the revival of Ingalls music in Vermont over the last 26 years, led this in homor of Margaret MacArthur, the Vermont folk-song scholar who passed away suddenly this year. The text instructs that we should "rejoice with grief and mourn with joy." Even the rain became solemn, & the music did the rest. |
Minutes:
Chairman Tom Malone welcomed singers to the second “Connexion” and Jeremiah Ingalls Singing in Newbury, Vermont, on Saturday before the fourth Sunday in July. The singing was from The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition, as well as the four-shape edition of Ingalls’s book edited in 2005.
The first session was held from The Sacred Harp, 1991 edition.
Chairman Tom Malone called the class to order with 31t. The opening prayer was given by Rev. Donald Towle.
Leaders: Joanna Lampert 52t; Ben Bath 217; Jesse Pearlman Karlsberg 148; Dan Hertzler 274t; Lynette Combs 178; Ishmael Stefanov 48b; Margaret Bornick 182; Duncan Vinson 100; Kelsey Sunderland 501; Michael Heyerman 163t; Pleasance Crawford 486; Ronald Bornick 454; Joanne Fuller 129; Paul Setford 37b; Scott Luscombe 272; Susan Jaster 297; L.H. Spencer 260; David Boyle 47t; Barbara Swetman 203; Greg Mulkern 222.
The second morning session was held from the 2005 four-shape edition of “The Christian Harmony” by Jeremiah Ingalls. (ICH) Leaders: Tom Malone 2 (ICH); Terry Ryan 67; Aldo Ceresa 5 (ICH); Tony Barrand 7 (ICH); Patty Cuyler 175 (ICH); Joanna Lampert 78 (ICH); Neil Strickland 32 (ICH); Donald Towle 105 (ICH); Peter Amidon 24 (ICH); Bill Holt 60 (ICH); Susan Jaster 66 (ICH); Dan Hertzler 185 (ICH); Robert Dove 243 (ICH); Ben Bath 35 (ICH); Ishmael Stefanov 121 (ICH); Barbara Swetman 25 (ICH); Jesse Pearlman Karlsberg 119 (ICH); Greg Mulkern 101 (ICH); Duncan Vinson 15 (ICH); Scott Luscombe 31 (ICH); Margaret Bornick 182 (ICH); L.H. Spencer 73 (ICH).
LUNCH
Following lunch, tunes from both books were lead for the duration of the singing. Tom Malone called the class to order with 227 (ICH).
Leaders: Robert Dove 66; Paul Setford 8 (ICH); Pleasance Crawford and Chuck Crawford 381; Bill Holt 201 (ICH); Patty Cuyler and Olga Velitchkine 107; Aldo Ceresa 442; Ian Smiley 97 (ICH); Kelsey Sunderland 142; Peter Amidon 173 (ICH); Isobel Arthen 168; Tony Barrand 11 (ICH); Nicola Collet 245; Anne Kaslauskas 218; Debby Moody 120 (ICH); Don Towle 125 (ICH); Joanna Lampert 45 (ICH); Jack McGrath 241 (ICH); Joanne Fuller and Pam Regan 71; Silas Barker 183; Tom Malone 240.
RECESS
Tom Malone called the class to order with 313b. Leaders: Ron Bornick 334; Mason Gohl 267; Terry Ryan 207 (ICH); Elka Schumman 547; Lynnette Combs 528; Neil Strickland 384; Margaret Bornick 236; Michael Heyerman 333; David Boyle 163b, 131t; Barbara Swetman 215 (ICH); Bill Holt 335; Joanne Fuller 155; Ann Kaslauskas 228; Ian Smiley 99 (ICH); Susan Jaster 177 (ICH); Donovan Arthen and Nikola Collet 276; Dan Hertzler 46 (ICH); Elka Schumman 497; Scott Luscombe 532; Debby Moody 306; Greg Mulkern 82 (ICH); Joanna Lampert 48 (ICH); Carol Medlicott 270; Patty Cuyler 504; Ishmael Stefanov 127 (ICH); Tony Barrand 117 (ICH) (in memory of Margaret MacArthur); Aldo Ceresa and Jesse Pearlman Karlsberg 221 (ICH).
Chairman Tom Malone noted the presence of many young people from the nearby Village Harmony Camp and requested that they lead 299 all together, recognizing the importance of passing this music to another generation of leaders.
Tom Malone led 57 (ICH) as the closing song. Rev. Don Towle offered the closing prayer, and the class was dismissed.
Chairman—Tom Malone; Vice Chairman—Don Towle; Secretary—Joanna Lampert.