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Metadata
Object Name |
Tunebook, Manuscript |
Object ID # |
2020.3.1 |
Other Name |
Notenbuchlein |
Title |
Manuscript tunebook by Andreas Kolb for Elizabeth Bergey, 1798 |
Creator |
Kolb, Andreas, 1749-1811 (attributed) |
Place of Origin |
Lower Salford Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania |
Date |
1798 |
Material |
Paper, ink |
Dimensions |
H-4.5 W-6.5 inches |
Description |
Manuscript hymn-tune booklet ("notenbuchlein"), dated May 2nd, 1798, with fraktur-decorated bookplate, made for Elisabeth Bergey of Lower Salford Township. Has twenty-two pages of manuscript German-language hymn and tunes. The writing and the decoration is in the hand of, and is attributed to Schoolmaster Andreas Kolb, then teaching in Lower Salford. Has a hand-sewn paperboard binding, The bookplate is decorated in red, blue, and yellow-brown ink. |
Provenance |
Notenbuchlein (hymn-tune booklet), with fraktur-decorated bookplate, dated May 2, 1798, and made by Schoolmaster Andreas Kolb for student Elizabeth Bergey (1786-1860) of Lower Salford Township. She was the daughter of Christian & Mary Bergey and apparently a student in the Salford Meetinghouse School. Elizabeth Bergey later married Jacob Tyson (1786-1863) of Skippack Township, and the tune booklet was passed down in their family (from daugther-to-daughter for six generations), to daughter Mary B. Tyson (1814-1887) who married John B. Johnson, to their daughter Matilda T. Johnson (1838-1923) who married Henry D. Kulp, to their daughter Mary J. Kulp (1863-1941) who married John C. Cole, to their daughter Susie K. Cole (1887-1969) who married Roy Wright, to their daughter Jean Wright who married Harold B. Weber, to their daughter Nan E. Weber Burch (the donor). |
Source |
Gift of Nan E. Burch |
People |
Kolb, Andreas, 1749-1811 Tyson, Elizabeth Bergey, 1786-1860 |
Collection |
Fraktur |