Psalms/hymns (mostly) in psalmodikon siffernoter for "Pastor Esbjorn's Singing School" workshop at Jenny Lind

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My workshop will be one of the breakout sessions for interest groups taking part in the Founders Day celebration at Augustana Lutheran Church in Andover on Saturday, April 25. (For more information on the event in Andover, link here and follow the link at the bottom of the page.) For more tunes that can be played on the psalmodikon, see the notes I posted Feb. 24 on tunes I was preparing for a workshop at Bishop Hill, at:

http://hogfiddle.blogspot.com/2014/02/siffernoter-for-bishop-hill-workshop.html

All of the psalms and hymns below are in Lars-Paul Esbjorn's untitled manuscript notebook [ca. 1859-62] of sifferskrift hymns in Esbjorn Family Papers, Special Collections, Tredway Library, Augustana College. Numbers are those of Olof Wallin's 1819 psalmbook; sifferskrift from Johann Dillner's 1830 Melodierna till Svenska Psalm-bok. Sound files are included in order to help me learn the tunes.

Prepare the Royal Highway (53)

How Brightly Shines the Morning Star (55)

Missionary Hymn -- "From Greenland's icy mountains …" (Mason 259)

In Lars-Paul Esbjorn's untitled manuscript notebook [ca. 1859-62] of sifferskrift hymns in Esbjorn Family Papers, Special Collections, Tredway Library, Augustana College.

Source: The Hallelujah: A Book for the Service of Song in the House of the Lord, Containing Tunes, Chants, and Anthems, Both for the Choir and the Congregation ; to which is Prefixed The Singing School : a Manual for Classes in Vocal Music, with Exercises, Rounds, and Part Songs, for Choir Practice ; Also, Musical Notation in a Nutshell : a Brief Course for Singing Schools, Intended for Skillful Teachers and Apt Pupils (Google eBook) http://books.google.com/books?id=9YgQAAAAYAAJ&vq=ortonville&source=gbs_navlinks_s

Krigspsalmen -- Förfäras ej, du lilla hop (387b)

Two YouTube clips:

• Piano -- Jens Fredbor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f91NSlMLWt4
• Megan Smith https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOdlhd0CCOw -- Traditional rendition of the 17th century German hymn "O Little Flock, Fear Not the Foe" with lyrics. This video is from my blog "When Suffering Doesn't Stop: Life with Chronic Pain" at http://life-incessant.blogspot.com/.

[378b is the one in the Esbjorn manuscript]

Hit O Jesu (328)

Extended discussion at http://hogfiddle.blogspot.com/2014/05/add-liebster-jesu-swedish-psalmbook.html and linked blog post of September 2013.

• MIDI file at http://koralboken.blogspot.com/2012/10/kare-jesus-vi-ar-har-alt-koral.html

Liebster Jesu (126)

Words at Wallin 341; sung to melody Wallin 126. See http://hogfiddle.blogspot.com/2014/05/add-liebster-jesu-swedish-psalmbook.html. This is an isometric variation of Ahle's chorale melody.

Din Klara Sol (420)

http://youtu.be/g05yP2HvyVE -- instrumental and vocal in harmony by the Nordiska Psalmodikonförbundet. "Din klara sol går åter opp ... ett smakprov från Nordiska psalmodikonförbundets CD-skiva Psalmer och visor på psalmodikon inspelad i Stjärnhov i juli 2010. Kan beställas från NPsF hemsida www.npsalmodikonforbundet.se.

Another psalmodikon performance, uploaded by YouTube user Gisli Olsen. "En vers av den gamla skolpsalmen "Din klara sol..." , här spelad tvåstämmigt på varsin hemmabyggda psalmodikon varav en har tillfogats tangenter." The one on the left has keys -- cf. pix of Dillner's psalmodikon in Upplandsmuseet.