BREMEN, Ga. (AP) — “The Sacred Harp” is a pre-Civil War compilation of sacred songs that uses music notes shaped like triangles, ovals, squares and diamonds, and it is getting an update. Sung in ...
BREMEN, Ga. — “The Sacred Harp” hymnal is beloved by those who sing from it, carrying on the Christian songbook's more than 180-year-old legacy. They are young and old — and all ages in between. Some ...
Observing a Sacred Harp singing session is quite different from any other performance experience. Singers are seated in a large square facing each other, taking sides based on their voice range as ...
BREMEN, Ga. (AP) — Singers at Holly Springs Primitive Baptist Church in West Georgia treat their red hymnals like extensions of themselves, never straying far from their copies of “The Sacred Harp” ...
Atlanta - More than 700 singers convened in Atlanta this month to celebrate the latest edition of the songbook at the heart of one of the country's oldest Christian music traditions. The Sacred Harp, ...
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How Sacred Harp Singing Took Shape in Texas
About a dozen singers holding songbooks sit in a square formation in the middle of a parish house. In the center of the square is the leader, who raises and and lowers her hands to guide the singers ...
Takeaways from AP's report on why pre-Civil War hymnal 'The Sacred Harp' is getting an update “The Sacred Harp” is a pre-Civil War compilation of sacred songs that uses music notes shaped like ...
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It's not a reprint. Why Sacred Harp singers are revamping an iconic pre-Civil War hymnal
BREMEN, Ga. (AP) — Singers at Holly Springs Primitive Baptist Church in West Georgia treat their red hymnals like extensions of themselves, never straying far from their copies of “The Sacred Harp” ...
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