By Jesse Pearlman Karlsberg
Recent activity: 5 days ago: added a pdf for Farewell Brethren … 5 days ago: added a pdf for Cambridge … 5 days ago: added a new tune: Farewell Brethren … 5 days ago: added a new tune: Cambridge … Sat, Jul 10: updated text for Farewell Brethren.
| Tune Name | Year | Type | Files | First Line |
| Middletown. L.M.D. | 2008 | Fuging Tune | PDF, MP3 | Broad is the road that leads to death |
| Home in Heaven. 7s. | 2007 | Folk Hymn | PDF, MP3 | Though the world may me disown, |
| Hamrick. 7s. | 2006-7 | Plain Tune | PDF, MP3s: 1, 2 | Lord, I would be as Thou art; |
| Eagle Lake. 8s & 7s. | 2009 | Folk Hymn | PDF, MP3 | Dark and thorny is the desert |
| A Glimpse of Thee. L.M. | 2009 | Fuging Tune | PDF, MP3 | Lord, what a heav'n of saving grace |
| Dearborn. S.P.M. | 2008 | Fuging Tune | PDF, MP3 | When men of mischief rise |
| Macon. C.M.D. | 2007-8 | Folk Hymn | PDF, MP3 | Dear friends, farewell, I do you tell |
| Auburndale. C.M.D. | 2009 | Fuging Tune | PDF, MP3 | O for a thousand tongues to sing |
| Latham. C.M. | 2009 | Plain Tune | PDF, MP3 | Not from the dust affliction grows, |
| Worship. 8s & 7s. | 2009 | Camp Meeting Tune | PDF, MP3s: 1, 2 | Brethren, we have met to worship, |
| Prayer of Faith. S.M. | 2007 | Fuging Tune | Hungry, and faint, and poor | |
| Newton. C.M. | 2009 | Fuging Tune | PDF, MP3 | In vain I trace creation o'er |
| Ceresa. C.P.M. | 2010 | Fuging Tune | PDF, MP3 | Thou God of harmony and love, |
| Błazej. S.M. | 2008 | Part Song | My Maker and my King, | |
| Choccolocco. L.M. | 2009 | Fuging Tune | PDF, MP3 | I am a stranger here below, |
| Farewell Brethren. C.M. | 2010 | Plain Tune | Brethren, I bid you all farewell, | |
| Valley Grove. S.M. | 2008 | Fuging Tune | And am I born to die? | |
| Wilscot. S.M. | 2008 | Fuging Tune | PDF, MP3 | Blest are the sons of peace, |
| Averill Park. C.M.D. | 2009 | Camp Meeting Tune | PDF, MP3 | Oh weep not for the joys that fade |
| Everlasting. C.M.D. | 2009 | Fuging Tune | PDF, MP3 | "Wise, just, and righteous are thy ways;" |
| Cambridge. C.M. | 2010 | Fuging Tune | Eternal Sun of righteousness, |
About Jesse:
I have been composing music in the style of the Sacred Harp since 2003. I have learned about writing music from Raymond C. Hamrick, Richard DeLong, and Neely Bruce as well as from my fellow tune writers from the Northeastern United States: Aldo Ceresa, Allison Schofield, Gregory Mulkern, Lauren Bock, and Justin Levi, among others.
The Sacred Harp itself, and the experience of singing from it, have been major forces shaping my approach to tune-writing. I am particularly fond of the tunes in our book by Stephen Jenks, William Walker, E. J. King, J. P. Reese, Sarah Lancaster, T. J. Denson, A. M. Cagle, and Raymond C. Hamrick.
Along with Aldo Ceresa, Allison Schofield, and other singer-composers, I’ve helped organize gatherings where composers active in the Sacred Harp tradition meet to sing and discuss each others music in the context of trying to better understand this tradition. Since 2006, I've attended and helped organize such gatherings at singings in Alabama, California, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
I would appreciate any feedback about these tunes. Please feel free to e-mail me at jesse@silversand.org.