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American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass.IMAGE INFORMATION

Sacred Music, Psalms, Hymns, Anthems, and Chants by the donor

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

March 19, 1817

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 84

Additional Source Text:

The donor is identified as Eckhard "senior, of Charleston."

Author/Composer:

Eckhard, Jacob (1757-1833)

Notes:

Jacob Eckhard was the organist of St. Michael's Episcopal Church, Charleston, S.C. See George W. Williams, "Jacob Eckhard and His Choirmaster's Book," Journal of the American Musicological Society,

7, no. 1(Spring, 1954): 41-47.

Title Information:

Choral-book, containing psalms, hymns, anthems and chants, used in the Episcopal churches of Charleston, South-Carolina; and a collection of tunes, adapted to the metres in the hymn-book

Imprint Information:

Boston,1816