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Sacred Harp singing is a tradition of sacred choral music that originated in New England and was later perpetuated and carried on in the American South. The name is derived from The Sacred Harp, a ubiquitous and historically important tunebook printed in shape notes. The work was first published in 1844 and has reappeared in multiple editions ...
He points out that the harp was among the chief instruments and the favorite of David, and its use is found more than a hundred times in the Bible. It was used at both joyful and mournful ceremonies, and its use was "raised to its highest perfection under David" (1 Sam. 16:23).
Jun 4, 2007 · Published June 4, 2007. Overview. This essay explores the history, geography, and contemporary practices of Sacred Harp—one form of a cappella, shape-note music—in the US South.
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The singing school traveled southward, and two men, B. F. White and E. J. King, compiled songs into a songbook they called The Sacred Harp to be used for social singing at all-day singings and multi-day conventions. Over time, the popularity of the singing school and the style of music used in The Sacred Harp faded in the cities, but the book ...
Description. The Sacred Harp was first published in 1844 and compiled by Benjamin Franklin White and Elisha J. King. It is a songbook that utilizes shape notes, a colloquial tradition that developed in rural areas of the American South. This method was created so church congregations, made up of many who could not read traditional music, could ...
Jan 1, 1996 · Sacred harp music is a religious folk music named for Benjamin Franklin White's The Sacred Harp (1844). Its old time White spirituals are sung a cappella; the "sacred harp" is the human voice singing hymns to God. Sacred harp music, maintained primarily by religious fundamentalists, is sometimes called "fasola" music because of the names of its ...
Sacred Harp hymnwriters and composers. The Sacred Harp is a shape note tunebook, originally compiled in 1844 by Benjamin Franklin White and Elisha J. King in Georgia and used to this day in revised form by Sacred Harp singers throughout America and overseas.
