UNCOMMON BONDS MUSIC COLLECTION

Key to anthem identification template

Title

Full title of anthem in Inuktitut; Orthography based on most common spelling or contemporary spelling as used in Kattangutigêt Tuksiarutingit1.

Composer

Composer’s full name and dates; Where composer is unknown, this is left blank.

Incipit

Opening 4 to 6 measures of lead part, usually Vln I or soprano.

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Scoring

Performance forces, listed in order: winds/strings/organ/voices;m See Key to music instrument abbreviations below. When parts are known to have existed but are not included in the manuscript collections, these are indicated [in brackets]

Tempo/Metre/Key/Length

Tempo indication / Metre / Key / Length of composition in number of measures

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Liturgy

Liturgical function, i.e., religious service or festival on which is was performed; When liturgical function varied by congregation, multiple listings are indicated

German Title

Original German title of anthem

English Title

Original English title of anthem

Date

Date of composition (when known)

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Text

Complete Inuktitut text of anthem. Orthography is taken from most legible manuscripts and, when possible, verified/corrected based on orthography used in Kattangutigêt Tuksiarutingit. The distinction between K, k, and W is often arbitrary.

1 Lyall, Hilda, Amos Onalik, Regula Schule and Sarah Townley, eds., Kattangutigêt Tuksiarutingit. Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL: Labrador Institute of Memorial University, 2005.

Collection Holdings

Manuscript holdings for this title by Labrador congregation. Congregation collections catalogued are Nain, Makkovik (collection transferred from Hebron in 1959), Hopedale, and Okak (now held in Nain).

Entries by congregation may contain the following information:

  • Number of manuscripts per part, e.g., S:4 means there are four manuscripts for the soprano part
  • Number of hands, i.e., number of different copyists contributing to this particular collection; where an individual copyist is known, the name is indicated
  • Identifying texts found in manuscript collection, including on folder cover, marginal notes or elsewhere
  • Physical descriptions, including paper quality, whether or not the staves are pre-ruled or hand-ruled, etc.
  • Clefs used
  • General notes, observations
  • Watermarks, including where observed: papermaker, date, part(s) containing watermark

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CC

Location of source composition in other Moravian archive collections, identified by catalogue number in those collections.

Among collections surveyed

  • Herrnhut: Unitätsarchiv, Herrnhut, DE (https://www.unitaetsarchiv.de/)
  • Salem: Cumnock, Frances. Catalog of the Salem Congregation Music. Winston-Salem: University of North Carolina Press, 1980.
  • Lititz: Steelman, Robert. Catalog of the Lititz Congregation Collection. Winston-Salem: University of North Carolina Press, 1981.
  • Herbst: Gombosi, Marilyn. Catalog of the Johannes Herbst Collection. Winston-Salem: University of North Carolina Press, 1970.

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Transcription

Transcription Date of transcription to full score.

Music Instrument Abbreviations

Voice parts

Soprano I – Soprano part or Canto I or Solo Soprano

Soprano II – Second Soprano or Canto II

Alto

Tenor – Tenor or Canto II

Bass

Solo – Designation may be used with any part

Instruments

bsn I – Bassoon I

bsn II – Bassoon II

cl I – Clarinet I

cl II – Clarinet II

cor I – Horn I

cor II – Horn II

fl I – Flute I

fl II – Flute II

ob I – Oboe I

ob II – Oboe II

org – Organ

trpt I – Trumpet I

trpt II – Trumpet II

vln I – Violin I

vln II – Violin II

vla – Viola

vc – Violoncello

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