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	Sacred Harp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sacred Harp singing is a tradition of sacred choral music that took root in the Southern region of the United States.
		The oldest Sacred Harp convention was the Southern Musical Convention, organized in Upson County, Georgia in 1845.
		The two oldest surviving Sacred Harp singing conventions are the Chattahoochee Musical Convention (organized in Coweta County, Georgia in 1852), and the East Texas Sacred Harp Convention (organized as the East Texas Musical Convention in 1855).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sacred_Harp (3841 words)

	How Sacred Harp music is sung - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A difficulty for retaining the raised sixth as a Sacred Harp tradition is the influx of newcomer singers.
		The music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance was often annotated under the assumption of musica ficta, which were particular raisings and lowerings of notes by the interval of a semitone, not written in the music notation.
		When Sacred Harp singers sing a song, they first sing it through "from the shapes"--that is, they read the names of the notes from their shapes, rather than singing the words of the song (for details, see Shape note; Sacred Harp).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/How_Sacred_Harp_music_is_sung (2660 words)

	New Georgia Encyclopedia: The Sacred Harp
		Sacred Harp singings follow a characteristic pattern established by White and maintained by such later singing masters as the Densons and McGraw.
		In The Sacred Harp a tune may be ascribed to a composer, an arranger who learned it from older singers, or merely to an earlier tune book.) Some tunes, either from their origin or because of shaping through generations of traditional singers, may properly be called folk tunes.
		Sacred Harp singing preserves traditional ways from earlier times but is also a living art form in which composers write new songs.
	www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-549 (1608 words)

	Mississippi Music: Sacred Harp Singing
		Sacred Harp singing is a community musical tradition that has been part of rural life in Mississippi for over 100 years.
		The music in The Sacred Harp is printed in "shape notes," a notation system in which four different shaped note heads correspond to the syllables Fa, Sol, La, and Mi.
		Sacred Harp singing at Macedonia Primitive Baptist Church, Newton County.
	www.arts.state.ms.us /crossroads/music/music4.html (150 words)

	Leading Sacred Harp music
		Leading a song in the Sacred Harp tradition means standing in the middle of the hollow square of singers and beating time to the music so that the singers can stay together as they sing a song of your choosing.
		A birdseye or hold is a marking in the music that indicates a hold or extention of the time that a particular note is sung.
		How you lead it will depend on whether the note to be held is on the first beat of the measure or on the secondary beat.
	www.mcsr.olemiss.edu /~mudws/ely (1775 words)

	Sacred Harp, silver screen: North Alabama singers recorded for soundtrack to 'Cold Mountain' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Sacred Harp is an little known music style, a folk tradition, a spiritual passion.
		Sacred Harp is also called "Fasola" because of the names given to the notes.
		Sacred Harp, which has roots in Elizabethan England, nearly disappeared from other parts of the country but continued on mostly in rural churches in the Deep South.
	www.decaturdaily.com /decaturdaily/religion/040103/sacredharp.shtml (1065 words)

	Attention Dayton Area Singers
		Twentieth-century composers represented in the Sacred Harp include members of the McGraw family of Georgia, the Denson family of Alabama, and, since 1991, several composers living outside the southern United States.
		Sacred Harp music is sung by common folks with common voices who love to sing.
		The music is shared by people from all walks of life –professionals, students, tradesmen, farmers, the butcher the baker and the candlestick maker.
	web.spsp.net /jbealle/dayton.html (649 words)

	Sacred Harp Singing in Texas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Sacred Harp is religious folk music, which is sung with the aid of a unique shape-note songbook, The Sacred Harp, first published in 1844 by B.
		Sung a cappella, the music is distinguished by its considerable use of the minor key and its unusual four-part harmony.
		The East Texas Sacred Harp Singing Convention was organized in 1868, and is the second oldest continuous singing convention in the United States.
	www.texasfasola.org (636 words)

	Sacred Harp music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Unfortunately West Gallery Music was almost completely obliterated by the church authorities in the course of the nineteenth century, and it is only now being revived.
		The dominant Shape Note book, The Sacred Harp, in the words of its present Music Committee, "has been left alone for most of its life." There have been only 4 revisions since it was first published by Benjamin Franklin White in 1844.
		In February 1996 a Village Music Weekend organised by the Christminster Singers in Oxfordshire was set to feature Larry Gordon and the American group 'Northern Harmony'.
	www.wgma.org.uk /Articles/sacred_harp.html (1303 words)

	CD Baby: WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS SACRED HARP CONVENTION: Sacred Harp Singing in Western Massachusetts 2000-2001
		When he learned that director Anthony Minghella was considering using Sacred Harp in the soundtrack, he convinced the powers that be to record experienced Sacred Harp singers having a real sing at Liberty Church in Alabama rather than trying (in vain!) to fabricate something like it in a recording studio.
		Two Sacred Harp songs from the resulting specially organized and documented singing are featured in the film and are included on the soundtrack: Idumea (page 47 on the bottom) and I'm Going Home (page 282).
		As a result of this media exposure and the critical praise which almost unanimously singled out the Sacred Harp cuts on the movie's soundtrack as transcendent, in what some might consider a rather surreal turn of events this non-performance, "singers' music" was represented at the Academy Awards ceremony this year.
	www.cdbaby.com /cd/wmshc (1234 words)

	Traditions: The Sacred Harp (Revelations: Fall 98)
		The music, sung with 'hard, pure, powerful voices,' [3] abounded in odd intervals such as parallel seconds, fourths and fifths.
		Sacred Harp singing proved especially popular among the Scotch-Irish settlers in Appalachia and the South.
		Sacred Harp singing has undergone a resurgence in recent years, thanks to the folk revival of the 50's and 60's.
	www.revelsdc.org /revelat/shape.html (763 words)

	Sacred Harp and Old Regular Baptists
		Superb and important though the music on CD 1503 is, the advent of stereo, of magnetic tape, and of inherently superior recording equipment means that the aural experience of listening to the 1959 recordings is a far more exciting, compelling and involving one.
		Sacred Harp singing is a get-together - often an "all-day singing with dinner [potluck] on the grounds" (Shirley), and the picnic lunch served at Fyffe in 1959 seems to have been almost as memorable as the singing.
		Where Sacred Harp has rhythm, and often lively rhythm at that, this music has a pulse; its very slow tempos are like breathing, or the circulation of the blood around the body.
	www.mustrad.org.uk /reviews/s_harp.htm (2185 words)

	Harp Music by Paul Hurst - National Parks
		It gives us a sense of exaltation to be moving about in the woods, and to be looking at the green; to be standing near the running water, which has its rhythm, its tone and its harmony.
		With harp, piano and orchestra Paul Hurst fashions a tone poem with the sensations and grandeur of the ancient forest.
		The other is the "bowing music" Hurst heard made by the Sequoias high in the forest canopy as branches were nudged by the wind.
	www.harpmusic.com /EarthAnthem.htm (864 words)

	Shiloh Sacred Harp Singers: FAQ Page
		On the whole, though, it is music meant for use during Christian services, and the lyrics tend to be quite profoundly religious in nature.
		But Sacred Harp is still a somewhat rare musical form, and often survives in "singings"--gatherings specifically devoted to the performance of Sacred Harp and other shape-note music.
		A singing school is a very useful Sacred Harp tradition, in which new singers are introduced to the rudiments of Sacred Harp singing.
	www.angelfire.com /ar3/fasola/faq.html (634 words)

	Atlanta Sacred Harp
		This tradition is also known as Sacred Harp, after the title of the best-known shape note tunebook.
		The Sacred Harp was published in 1844 by Georgia residents B. White and E. King.
		Atlanta Sacred Harp Singers is an informal network of people interested in participating in and promoting singing from the Sacred Harp and other shape note books in the Atlanta area.
	www.atlantasacredharp.org (290 words)

	Sacred Harp Singing in Ohio (FAQ)
		In standard musical notation, the notes are written using what are sometimes called round notes, that is, an oval with a stem or flag.
		The Ohio groups use The Original Sacred Harp, 1991 Denson Revision, a four-shape tunebook which is a direct descendent of The Sacred Harp, an 1844 tunebook edited by B. White and E. King.
		A history of Sacred Harp singing conventions in Ohio, by John Bealle.
	www.users.muohio.edu /callistc/fasolafaq.html (1872 words)

	Wiregrass Sacred Harp Singers
		It is the Cooper revision of the Sacred Harp, first published in 1902, that is used by both white and fl singers in South Alabama.
		Cooper, from Dothan, Alabama, prefaced his edition with the statement "The selections are from the old Sacred Harp, remodeled and revised, together with additions from the most eminent authors, including new music." The remodeling" he referred to was the transposing of a number of songs into a lower, more-easily sung, key.
		In 1973, The Colored Sacred Harp was reprinted in a hard-cover edition with assistance from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Alabama State Council on the Arts and Humanities.
	www.arts.state.al.us /actc/compilation/pisgah.html (2079 words)

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		The dominant Shape Note hymn book, The Sacred Harp, in the words of its present Music Committee, "has been left alone for most of its life." There have been only 4 revisions since it was first published by Benjamin Franklin White in 1844.
		Note that the song as collected by Sharp differs from the printed version - evidence that Sacred Harp hymns, like other folk songs, were sometimes customised by their singers into their own individual versions.
		in Ida, Alabama: "The old men, beautiful, are red-faced and weeping with devotion." A third witness recalls the Texas Sacred Harp Convention of 1930, and the participation of the children: "The little ones were smothered with kisses and hugs.
	www.geocities.com /ferretpublications/art02shp.html (1285 words)

	Valley Advocate: Sacred Harp Singing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Sacred Harp singing almost had its day in the sun.
		Fans of Sacred Harp singing (I know you're out there) will recognize the spooky drones, insistent unison rhythms, and relative absence of vocal effects that make the voices sound like pipes in an organ.
		It's American music, sung in English, but it couldn't be more foreign.
	www.valleyadvocate.com /gbase/Music/content?oid=oid:93753 (295 words)

	Sacred Harp Singing in New York State (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Shape note music was pushed out of the cities into more rural areas, and eventually took root in the mountainous regions of the southeastern states, particularly Georgia and Alabama, where it remained relatively unnoticed by the rest of the musical world until the 1930's.
		One reason for the longevity of The Sacred Harp is the fact that it was enlarged and revised several times during the lifetime of its compilers, and, unlike most other tune books, continued to be revised even after their deaths.
		Sacred Harp singers from around the state as well as the entire northeastern United States and Canada meet to sing from The Sacred Harp and to enjoy the fellowship of other shape note singers.
	www.pronetisp.net /~dleipold/sac_harp/sh4.html (1553 words)

	Sacred Harp (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		These settlers, whose fervent frontier Christianity and relative isolation from the trends that were causing this music to fall out of fashion elsewhere (including the introduction of the organ and piano to church services), found such songbooks to be an ideal vehicle, both for religious expression, and for socializing within their communities.
		Articles on Sacred Harp traditions, FAQ, plus links to extensive lists of recordings (both by traditional and professional groups) and information on hundreds of local singings throughout North America and beyond, as well as links to dozens of other shape-note-related sites, are all merely a few clicks away.
		The Montclair Friends Meeting House, where the group meets, is acoustically well-suited to Sacred Harp singing, and the wide swathes of green and streets of well-kept turn-of-the-century houses provide a welcome reprieve to city life, particularly in the midst of summer swelter.
	stoozrecords.com /Sacred%20Harp.htm (3254 words)

	CD Baby: UNITED SACRED HARP MUSICAL ASSOCIATION: In Sweetest Union Join
		The album commemorates the 40th anniversary of the 1959 United Sacred Harp Convention (held in nearby Fyffe, Alabama) famously recorded by Alan Lomax, legendary music collector and archivist for the Library of Congress.
		It is a must for people who wish to experience this unique form of music being sung by many people that have sung this all their life and whose families have sung FaSoLa for 3+ generations.
		I had never heard of Sacred Harp singing until I saw the movie "Cold Mountian" and was blown away with the singing in the church scene.
	www.cdbaby.com /cd/ushma (852 words)

	David Holt: Music - The Roots of Mountain Music
		The Southern Mountains is a microcosm of the musical influences that have occurred throughout the United States in the last two hundred years, but have long since disappeared in other areas of the nation.
		What follows is a chronological survey of the musical influences that have changed American music as well as songs from the corresponding historical periods...songs that are still performed today by Southern Mountaineers.
		"Sacred Harp" and "Christian Harmony" singing groups can be found today throughout the South and are not part of any denomination.
	www.davidholt.com /music/rootsmtnmsc.html (2378 words)

	Garden State Sacred Harp Singing Convention 1997 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Sacred Harp music is sung a cappella using shaped noteheads to indicate intervals.
		The music is powerful, the sound distinctive: modal, open chords, octave doubling, unusual harmonies.
		The Garden State Sacred Harp singers sing at the Montclair Friends Meetinghouse on the fourth Sunday of most months throughout the year.
	home1.gte.net /gssh/convention97.html (265 words)

	LoudHymns.Com Home
		This WEB site is dedicated to the singers of shapenote hymns, their music, and the object of their praise, Jesus Christ, the son of God: to promote the singing of shapenote hymns, often referred to as Sacred Harp music, by preserving a visual and auditory record of current-day singings.
		Sacred Harp music contains lyrics that are direct, about the unredeemed sinner's plunge toward Hell, Christ's shed blood, and salvation for believers.
		Rather, it is music with a fundamental Christian message that is sung by people of immensely varied backgrounds and faiths.
	www.loudhymns.com (448 words)

	MAGNANIM Sacred and Secular Music [KM]: Classical Reviews- July 2001 MusicWeb(UK) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		This was a critical period for music in Europe, as forms and styles were gradually being transformed.
		With an overall atmosphere of piety, this grave music is slow, drawn-out, and its beauty becomes apparent as one listens to the subtle melodies.
		This a cappella work is the epitome of 15th century vocal music, in its combination of melodic waves and counterpoint, with the voices flowing together to form a whole.
	www.musicweb-international.com /classrev/2001/July01/Magnanim.htm (915 words)

	Chapter 4 - Internet Resources
		Front-Bench Tenors at Sacred Harp Conventions by Ginny Ely is a brief explanation of the duties of front-row tenors.
		Keating is a professor of linguistics and a Sacred Harp singer.
		For example, there are audio files from recent Chattahoochee (Georgia) and Minnesota Sacred Harp Conventions, a monthly singing at the Antioch Baptist Church in Ider, Alabama, several New Harp of Columbia singings in Tennessee, and songs from a shape-note singing school in Mississippi during which well-known songs were sung in the Choctaw (Indian) language.
	www.mcsr.olemiss.edu /~mudws/resource/chap04.html (4374 words)

	Chapter 1- Tunebooks, Music Books, and Hymnals
		In the lineage of Sacred Harp editions, it is a descendent of the 1844 tunebook
		First published in 1835 and containing music written in the four-shape notation, this was the most popular shape-note tunebook of the 19th century.
		Regular "Harp sings" from this book are held in the Knoxville area in east Tennessee and are announced in the Old Harp Newsletter.
	www.mcsr.olemiss.edu /~mudws/resource/chap01.html (8566 words)

	Sacred Harp and Seven Shapenote Singing
		If Sacred Harp singing is going from strength to strength, unfortunately the same can not be said of the other Alabama traditions being reviewed here, as African American Seven Shapenote Singing appears to be in terminal decline.
		At root they are the same as for Sacred Harp singing singing schools, established principally in the Northern States during the eighteenth century, employing the four syllables fa-so-la-mi to denote the eight notes of the major scale.
		In many ways the singings follow the same pattern as Sacred Harp meetings any member who wishes to can lead a song; historically at least, singers perform in a hollow square; and there is a distinct social element to the proceedings, with ‘dinner on the grounds’ an important component.
	www.mustrad.org.uk /reviews/s_harp3.htm (2038 words)

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