Willard, Samuel. The Expediency and Proper Application of Sacred Music: A Discourse, preached at Heath, Feb. 21, 1816, as a Musical Lecture. Deerfield, Mass.: Printed at R. Dickinson's Office, Graves & Wells, Printers, 1816. First Edition. [10443]
Sometime bound into a gray cloth binding, ex library with bookplate, several markings, and on the tp there is a perforated name stamp. Front library end paper tenuously attached. 16 pp. Good. Hardcover.
A discourse on the proper ends of sacred music, and how to meet them.
Rev. Samuel Willard (1776-1859), Unitarian minister of the First Church of Deerfield, Massachusetts. He "was a musician and composer as well as a minister. He emphasized throughout his career the role and power of sacred music in religious services and meditation. The many hymns that he composed reflected the optimistic spirit of the age that humankind could perfect the world with the help of a loving and compassionate God." - Memorial Hall Museum online.
