Sacred Harp — singing is a tradition of sacred choral music that took root in the Southern region of the United States. It is part of the larger tradition of shape note music. The music and its notation The name of the tradition comes from the title of the… … Wikipedia
Sacred Harp hymnwriters and composers — The Sacred Harp is a shape note hymnal, 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. This article is a historical … Wikipedia
How Sacred Harp music is sung — This article concerns how Sacred Harp music is sung, focusing on singing practices that are not expressed in the musical notation. In musicology, the material discussed here would be called performance practice, but the term is awkward in the… … Wikipedia
Pitching Sacred Harp music — In Sacred Harp music, it is the custom to sing a song not necessarily in the pitch in which it is notated in the hymnbook itself, but rather in a key chosen for the moment. Pitching (also: keying) is the term used to describe the task of finding… … Wikipedia
Leading Sacred Harp music — The Sacred Harp musical tradition is unusual in choral music in that the task of leading it is not delegated to a single expert, but is rotated among participants. A number of customs related to leading can be traced to this democratic, non… … Wikipedia
New Sacred Harp — The New Sacred Harp (or The New Sacred Harp: A Collection of Hymn tunes, Anthems, and Popular Songs: for the Choir, Class, Convention and Home Circle) was a seven shape note tune book released in 1884 through S.P. Richard Son of Atlanta, Georgia … Wikipedia
Southwest Texas Sacred Harp Singing Convention — The Southwest Texas Sacred Harp Singing Convention is an annual gathering of shape note singers. Songs are sung a cappella from the Sacred Harp tunebook. The Convention was organized on April 28, 1900 at the Round Top School House, in Caldwell… … Wikipedia
Alabama Sacred Harp Singers — The Alabama Sacred Harp Singers were a sacred harp choir specializing in gospel music. On April 16, 1928, they recorded several songs for Columbia, amongst which Present Joys , which was later included on Anthology of American Folk Music. They… … Wikipedia
Jew's harp — A modern Jew s harp … Wikipedia
The Five Sacred Trees — John Williams composed The Five Sacred Trees for Judith LeClair, the principal bassoon of the New York Philharmonic in 1995, to honor the orchestra s one hundred fiftieth anniversary. The first performance was given by LeClaire and the New York… … Wikipedia
