Odd Topher

Minisode 18.2 - GOLDEN HILL @ old harp singing

81b in The New Harp of Columbia.
Printed with Tate & Brady’s pretty-close paraphrase of Psalm 25:1-2, 6 “To God, in whom I trust”, etc.) Sung here at Headrick Chapel,
9/26/2020, with extra verses. Tune by Aaron (or Amzi) Chapin (1768-1835?), a New England cabinet maker and tunesmith.

Minisode 18.1 - Silent Topher’s techno-psalm project

In this excerpt from this week’s full episode #18, Topher utilizes his cutting-edge audio production skills to experiment with a KJV Psalm spoken-word slash techno mix. Listen to a sketch from his avant-garde project!

Minisode 17.5 - EDOM @ old harp singing

“The New Harp of Columbia”, no. 146–
With songs and honors sounding loud,
Address the Lord on high,
Over the heav’ns He spreads His clouds,
And waters veil the sky.
He sends His show’rs of blessing down
To cheer the plains below;
He makes the grass the mountains crown;
And corn in valleys grow. - Watts’s paraphrase of Psalm 147:7-8

Minisode 17.4 - old harp singing

The New Harp of Columbia
143 WONDROUS LOVE
168A LENA
115 NORTHFIELD
99 MORNING TRUMPET
130 ANTIOCH
180 WHITESTOWN
Headrick Chapel all-day singing (from the morning session)

Minisode 17.3 - PLEASANT HILL @ old harp singing

No. 43 in “The New Harp of Columbia”. This pretty 1820 tune by ”Nicholson” never made it out of the shape-note tradition. The text is an 1801 Charles Wesley hymn.
Recorded at Headrick Chapel, 9/26/2020.

Minisode 17.2 - SHAWMUT @ old harp singing

verse 2 from 80b in “New Harp of Columbia”, recorded at Headrick Chapel, 9/26/2020.
Far be thine honor spread,
And long thy praise endure
Till morning light and evening shade
Shall be exchanged no more.
Text is Watts’ very loose paraphrase of Psalm 117.

Minisode 17.1 - MEAR @ old harp singing

MEAR C.M., no. 14 in the “New Harp of Columbia”, sung at Headrick Chapel on 9/26/2020
All that have motion, life, and breath,
Proclaim your Maker blessed;
Yet, when my voice expires in death,
My soul shall praise him best.
- from Watts’s loose paraphrase of Psalm 150; verse 6 seems to correspond with the first half of this verse: “Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Praise the LORD!“

Minisode 11.8 - Young folk sing Psalm 99:1-9 (tune LEONI)

99C in “The Book of Psalms for Singing” led by 10yo

Minisode 11.7 - Young folk sing Psalm 140:1-13 (tune DETROY)

~dozen singers using “The Book of Psalms for Singing”, Psalm 140B. The tune is called DETROIT and attributed to Bradshaw in the 1820 shapenote tunebook “A Supplement to the Kentucky Harmony”.

Minisode 11.6 - Young folk sing Psalm 124:6-8 (tune OLD 124TH)

The Genevan Psalter tune paired with the same Psalm as it was in 1551.
Blest be the Lord who made us not their prey:
As from the snare a bird escapeth free,
Their net us rent and so escaped are we:
Our only help is in Jehovah's Name,
Who made the earth and all the heav'nly frame.