Musical Offerings, Fall 2019

Editor-in-Chief Sandra S. Yang, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Music History, Cedarville University Associate Editor Gregory A. Martin, M.L.I.S., M.M. Associate Professor of Library Science, Cedarville University Assistant Editors Phillipa Burgess, Ph.D. Adjunct Professor, Sinclair Community College Tricia Clark, B.A. Library Digital Services Specialist, Cedarville University Consulting Editor David L. Matson, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Music History, Cedarville University Copy Editors Audrey S. Rutt, B.M., M.M. student Amanda N. Staufer, B.A. Music, M.M. student Student Editor Jacy A. Stahlhut B.A. Music, Cedarville University On the cover: Intricate detail on the column of an Erard double-action harp, built in 1817. Patented in 1810, Sébastian Erard’s innovative pedal mechanism allows each string to be shortened by one to two semitones, enabling a harpist to play in any key. The harp pictured is presently housed in the Musikmuseum in Basel, Switzerland. Photo by Elaina Hutton, Cedarville University student. Musical Offerings is an online, open-access journal published by the Cedarville University Department of Music and Worship. Since 2010, it has published articles in the fields of musicology, ethnomusicology, music history, and church music history. This journal is available in print as well as electronically through Cedarville’s institutional repository, DigitalCommons@Cedarville. ISSN 2167-3799 (Online) ISSN 2330-8206 (Print) http://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/musicalofferings/