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Ode to Friendship

Nov 28, 2006 13:28

I'm not sure where this song comes from. I think the text started out as a late 18th century English Ode. An article in JSTOR attributes it to "Bidwell," that's all I got. Anyways, the text crossed the water and got a really nice tune attached to it in New England and a really crappy tune attached to it in the south. The New England version seems ( Read more... )

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Ode to Friendship jondobin September 18 2009, 20:31:16 UTC

Hello. Thanks for your posting about the Ode to Friendship.

I just wanted to add a bit to your posting.
The Ode was published in 1799 in The American Musical Miscellany (Northampton, MA) - Dr. Bidwell. The tune is actually taken from the chorus "Viva la Festa" from G.F. Handel's opera "Atalanta" and set to Bidwell's newer text. I've also seen it published in a number of early 19th century church song books; including one setting with a descant for solo violin.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Dobin.