Sacred Harp & Shape Note Singing
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Description
The Sacred Harp singing style is unique to America, treasured today both for its hauntingly attractive harmonies and its links to a seemingly lost rural past. Evolving from church singing-school organisations of the 18th century, it was and remains a community movement, with all-day singing conventions as much a social as a musical gathering, these days concentrated mainly in the Deep South.
The main source for material is still B.F. White & E.J. King's 'The Sacred Harp' - first published in 1844. The term 'shape note' comes from the book's system of musical notation - symbols being used rather than the more familiar 'staff' method.
Here, from its heartlands of Georgia and Alabama - but also from locations as far-flung as New York and Indiana, is a singular music for too long thrust to the sidelines. We hope to help in changing that.
Tracklisting
Otis Grand
Various
Judy Garland
James Harman
The Butler Twins
Various Artists
Various
Louisiana Red & Carey Bell
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists