Cheney Family Singers Explained

The Cheney Family Singers was a family - consisting of a sister and four brothers; Moses, Nathaniel, Simeon, Joseph, and Elizabeth - ^{[1] [2]} who were early American singers from 1845 to 1847. They were led by Moses Ela Cheney.^[3] Walt Whitman reviewed the group in 1845, concluding that they were one of the “American vocal bands that in true music really surpass almost any of the vaunted artificial performers from abroad.”^[4] He considered them to have a "refreshing simplicity".^[5]

See also

• Hutchinson Family Singers

Further reading

• Book: Vermont History. 1979. Vermont Historical Society. en.
• Book: Fowler, Orson Squire. Hereditary Descent: Its Laws and Facts Applied to Human Improvement. 1847. Fowlers. en.

Notes and References

1. Book: Tawa, Nicholas E.. High-minded and Low-down: Music in the Lives of Americans, 1800-1861. 2000. Northeastern University Press. 978-1-55553-442-4. en. 118 - 119.
2. Book: Music: A Monthly Magazine, Devoted to the Art, Science, Technic and Literature of Music. 1897. W.S.B. Mathews. en. 122.
3. Book: Lee. Forrester A.. A Noble and Independent Course: The Life of the Reverend Edward Mitchell. Pringle. James S.. 2018-07-03. Dartmouth College Press. 978-1-5126-0285-2. en. 111.
4. Web site: Whitman. Walt. Art-Singing and Heart-Singing. 2020-10-29. The New York Review of Books. en.
5. Book: Peer. Larry H.. Comparative Romanticisms: Power, Gender, Subjectivity. Hoeveler. Diane Long. 1998. Camden House. 978-1-57113-170-6. en. 84.