one of the first Americans to write about music and the pioneer of a shape-note system of musical notation
translator's preface date is 1910
' to favour the notion of the people's right to elect their own ministers
significant third parties
Guglielmo Pannunzio
Benham, Asahel. Social Harmony (1801) shaped note one of the first AmericansBenham, Asahel. Social Harmony: containing, First, The Rudiments of Psalmody made easy. Second, A Collection of Modern Music, calculated for the use of Singing Schools and Worshipping Assemblies; By Asahel Benham, Author of Federal Harmony. Published according to Act of Congress, [1801]. First Edition, Second Issue. [8984] Leather spine, plain paper over card, oblong 12 cm (4 1 2 x 7 1 2 inches), lacks about a third of the front board. First three