On Rose of Sharon, Joel Frederiksen and the Ensemble Phoenix present a program of rarely heard American vocal music from the 18th and 19th centuries. The release takes its name from a passage in the Song of Solomon that was set by William Billings in his 1778 book The Singing Master s Assistant. Billings is widely considered the father of American choral music. In his day, singing schools spread all over New England and played an important role in the development of an independent music tradition in America. With songs by the Quakers, Shakers and the Moravian Brethren as well as selections from the collections The Sacred Harp and Southern Harmony, the music on Rose of Sharon spans the years between the Declaration of Independence to the end of the Civil War a crucial period in the political and cultural birth of a new nation.
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