Unexpected Colonial American Composers: The Sisters of the Ephrata Cloister
Thu, Apr 01
|Oneida Community Mansion House
A Communities in Conversation Program
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Apr 01, 2027, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Oneida Community Mansion House, 170 Kenwood Ave, Oneida, NY 13421, USA
About the Event
Unexpected Colonial American Composers: The Sisters of the Ephrata Cloister
The Ephrata Cloister, founded in 1732 by Conrad Beissel, was a celibate, ascetic, German-speaking, Sabbatarian commune in the wilderness of Pennsylvania. Its residents produced a large corpus of choral hymns and motets and also published the third music treatise written in what is today the United States of America.
Because Ephrata produced no biological heirs, its documents were scattered and its traditions were forgotten over the course of the nineteenth century. Although significant strides have been made in recent years to understand Ephrata’s theology, substantial lacunae remain in the study of its music.
This presentation will introduce the attendees to some photographs of the musical manuscripts held in libraries throughout Pennsylvania and beyond. It will also discuss the process by which Ephrata composers wrote hymns, in reference to their music treatise. Finally, it will reveal evidence indicating that…
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