Articles and Essays on Sacred Harp Singing

Articles

• John Wyeth and southern folk hymnody, by Warren Steel
• Two articles on Yankee composer Truman Wetmore (1774-1861) of Winchester, Connecticut, by Warren Steel
• Shape-note singing in the Shenandoah Valley, by Warren Steel
• Shape-note singing schools, by Warren Steel, from The Encyclopedia of Southern Culture
• Shape-note singing in New York State by Warren Steel
• Mississippi's African American Shape Note Tradition, by Chiquita Walls
• Sacred Harp Singing: History and Tradition, by Steven Sabol
• Shape-Note Singing Assumes New Vigor by Joseph M. Jones
• Christian Harmony in Newton County, Mississippi, by John Hollingsworth
• Stormy Banks and Sweet Rivers: A Sacred Harp Geography by James B. Wallace, Southern Spaces
• J.T. Allison's Sacred Harp Singers by John Bealle and Joyce Cauthen (Starr Gennett Foundation)
• B.F. White: The Sacred Harp Man by William J. Reynolds [Texas Fasola]
• Black Sacred Harp Singing in East Texas by Donald R. Ross [Texas Fasola]
• Sacred Harp Singing in Northeast Mississippi, by John Quincy Wolf [Lyon College]
• Sacred Harp Singing: A Living Tradition by John Lamb (Chattanooga Singers)

Practical essays

• First time at a Sacred Harp singing? by Lisa Grayson [PDF]
• Guide to leading Sacred Harp music by Ginnie Ely
• Leading in four beats to the measure by Ginnie Ely
• Learning how to sing the notes by Ginnie Ely
• How to organize a Sacred Harp convention by Ginnie Ely
• Front-bench tenor at Sacred Harp conventions by Ginnie Ely
• A plea for participation by Ginnie Ely
• Test your knowledge of the Sacred Harp by Ginnie Ely
• Arranging Committee Tips by Linton Ballinger
• Sacred Harp Etiquette by "Miss Grace Notes" [Pacific Northwest Sacred Harp]
• Sing Proudly! by Irving Wolfe

Singing Reports and Essays

• Poplar Springs, Calhoun Co., Miss. (1866)
• The 1930 Texas Sacred Harp Convention by George Pullen Jackson [Fasola.org]
• Mississippi WPA Guide (1938)
• New Hope, Lauderdale Co., Miss. (1939)
• Drew, Sunflower Co., Miss. (1954)
• Holly Springs, Carroll Co., Ga. (1978)
• Loosascoona, Yalobusha Co. Miss. (1991) [Fasola.org]
• Oxford, Miss. (2007) by Lucy Schultze

Reviews of books and recordings, by Warren Steel

Huntsville Sacred Harp Newsletter, 1994-1999, David Ivey, editor

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