Very scarce little work on the history of the Bay Psalm Book, Hymnody during the Revolution, Influence of Politics and the War on Worship, etc., in the American colonies. The Great Awakening, Revivalist Movements, etc,. No copies traced in the trade and not offered at auction since 1982. An excellent work. 

Gould, Nathaniel D. Church Music in America, Comprising Its History and Its Peculiarities at Different Periods, with Cursory Remarks on Its Legitimate Use and Its Abuse; with Notices of the Schools, Composers, Teachers, and Societies. Boston. Published by A. N. Johnson. 1853. 240pp.

A good + copy, bound in cloth with some minor chips to the spine, but very solid, with some light foxing.