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Abraham Maxim

Short Name: Abraham Maxim
Full Name: Maxim, Abraham, 1773-1829
Birth Year: 1773
Death Year: 1829

Abraham Maxim was from Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He settled in the 1790's in Turner, Maine where he taught singing schools and converted to Universalism. Maxim’s works include: The Oriental Harmony, 1802, The Northern Harmony, 1805, and The Gospel Hymn Book, 1818.

Dianne Shapiro from introductory essay by Stephen Marini in "The Norumbega Harmony," The University of Mississippi Press, 2004


TextsTunesHymnalsRecommendations
Tunes by Abraham Maxim (11)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
BUCKFIELDMaxim (Composer)553566 11223 31166
FLUVANNAMaxim (Composer)2
HALLOWELL (Maxim)Maxim (Composer)313451 77153 54324
HARTFORD (Maxim)Maxim (Composer)2
HATFIELD (Maxim)Maxim (Composer)215434 51711 5
HEAVENLY DOVE (Maxim)Abraham Maxim (Composer)213343 23553 54232
MACHIASMaxim (Composer)2
NEW DURHAM (Maxim)Maxim (Composer)2
ORANGEBURGMaxim (Composer)2
PORTLAND (Maxim)Maxim (Composer)315164 21234 53651
TURNERAbraham Maxim (Composer)1713342 55534 24321
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