May 20, 2008

Item of the Day: On Vocal Music (1787)

Found In: A Collection of Essays and Fugitiv Writings. On Moral, Historical, Political and Literary Subjects. By Noah Webster, Jun. Attorney at Law. Pronted at Boston, for the author, by I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews . . . MDCCXC. [1790]
[pp. 229-230]
 
NO. XIX.
PHILADELPHIA, 1787.
 
On VOCAL MUSIC.
The establishment of schools for teaching psalmody in this city [...]