The Makers of the Sacred Harp:
Addenda and Corrigenda

In this space we intend to offer "value added" to readers of The Makers of the Sacred Harp in the form of supplemental illustrations that could not be printed in the published version. We shall also provide corrections to errors found in the book.

Additional Illustrations

1. Cover art by Bethanne Hill, with explanation of the picture
2. Dick Hulan and William J. Reynolds at the conference on American hymnody, Belmont University, Nashville, 2005, page xiv, photo
3. Warren Steel, with Mississippi singer Jan Murray and commemorative fan, at signing at Square Books, Oxford, Mississippi, 2 December 2010, page xv, photo
4. George Troup, page 12, engraving
5. William McIntosh, page 12, colored engraving
6. Indian Land Cessions in Georgia (plate 1), page 12, color map
7. 1825 Sections, page 13, map
8. Detail from A New Map of Georgia (plate 2), page 13, color map
9. Blind Tom Bethune, page 13, engraving
10. Tom and Amanda Denson, page 26, photo
11. Temple Church, London, page 40, photo
12. John Playford, page 40, engraving
13. Methodists Proceeding to their Camp-Meeting (Plate 5), page 59, colored engraving
14. Methodist Camp-Meeting, page 59, colored engraving
15. John Leland (plate 6), page 71, painting
16. Oliver Bradfield family, page 89, photo
17. P. Dan Brittain, page 101, photo
18. George and Addie Daniell, page 103, photo
19. Tombstone of Sarah Lancaster, page 131, photo
20. C.F. Letson, page 132, photo
21. William L. Williams, page 168, photo
22. "The White Pilgrim," page 220, broadside

Errata

• Page 14, second paragraph, for "Georgia-born musicians" read "Georgia musicians"
• Page 59, first paragraph, for "sold them at the camp meeting (or other large gathering of the pious)" read "sold them at the camp meeting (see plate 5) or other large gathering of the pious"
• Page 86, s.v. Belknap, Daniel, for "3 October 1815" read "31 October 1815."
• Page 92, s.v. Brown, Jackson C., for "after 1913" read "1917"; for "John M. Brown" read "James M. Brown"
• Page 93, s.v. Brown, S.M., for "Brown, S.M. (1811-29 March 1881)" read "Brown, Silas Mercer (19 September 1811-29 March 1881)" [Thanks to Rebecca Over]
• Page 94, following "S. Edwards, Committee: add paragraph:
  "S.M. Brown was buried at Macedonia Church between Buchanan and Tallapoosa, Georgia." [Thanks to Rebecca Over]
• Page 101, s.v. Coles, George, following "164 Duane Street" add line "198 Green Street"
• Page 106, s.v. Denson, Owel, for "Vaughn" read "Vaughan"
• Page 110, s.v. Denson, S.W., for "and contributed the well-known Will You Meet Me?" read "and contributed I Won't Turn Back" [Thanks to Henry Johnson]
• Page 138, s.v. McGraw, L.A., [death date] for "15 June 1957" read 16 January 1957" [thanks to Rebecca Over]; delete third sentence:
  "He is buried in Mitchell Cemetery, Lauderdale County, Alabama." [duplicated later in article]
• Page 145, s.v. Parris, O.A., for "Vaughn" read "Vaughan"
• Page 148, s.v. Power, W.T., for "1859 appendix" read "1850 appendix"
• Page 149, s.v. Randall, John, death date, for "18 March 1790" read "18 March 1799"
• Page 160, s.v. Wakefield, Samuel, last line, for "1821" read "1825"
• Page 165, s.v. White, B.F., for "purchased a farm in Whitesburg" read "purchased a farm in Whitesville"
• Page 165, s.v. White, B.F., for "working on a fourth edition" read "working on a fourth revision"
• Page 171, s.v. Wynn, Matthew Mark, for "after 1897" read "18 November 1895" [Thanks to R.L. Vaughn]
• Page 172, line 12: for "Brownville" read "Brownwood"
• Page 173, at 1811: for "1811 S. M. Brown" read "19 September 1811 Silas Mercer Brown"
• Page 173, at 1816: for "James M." read "James M. Denson"
• Page 180, s.v. 30b, add, "Alto by William Walker, 1866."
• Page 180, s.v. 32b, add, "Alto by Hugh McGraw, 1971."
• Page 181, s.v. 33t, add, "Alto in Christian Harmony, 1867."
• Page 182, s.v. 42, add, "Alto after W.M. Cooper, 1902."
• Page 184, s.v. 53, add, "Alto in Christian Harmony, 1867."
• Page 185, s.v. 56b, add, "Alto by W.M. Cooper, 1902."
• Page 189, s.v. 81b, for "Christmas" read "Cookham"
• Page 192, s.v. 104, add, "Alto by Minnie Floyd, 1902."
• Page 194, s.v. 114, add, "after Christian Harmony, 1867."
• Page 199, s.v. 152, for "it was 'rearranged' and given an alto part by B.S. Aikin in 1908 and printed in James, Union Harp, 1909, and Original Sacred Harp, 1911." read "it was 'rearranged' by B.S. Aikin in 1908 and printed in James, Union Harp, 1909, and Original Sacred Harp, 1911; alto by S.M. Denson, 1911."
• Page 200, s.v. 160t, for "anonymous in the (Bennington) Vermont Gazette, 6 April 1803. as 'The Triumph of Grace in the Wilderness.'" read anonymous in The Baptist Register 3:391-2 (1801) as 'Good News to the Wilderness, and the Triumphs of Grace in the Desart,' may be by John Rippon. [Thanks to John Martin]
• Page 203, s.v. 198, replace Music entry with: "George Coles, before 1842, as Greene Street. Named for Greene Street Methodist Church, New York." [Thanks to Fynnian Titford-Mock, John Garst and others]
• Page 206, s.v. 204, for "In Wolcott, Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1817" read "In Ebenezer Chase, Divine Songs (and elsewhere), 1814."
• Page 207, s.v. 212, for "alto by S.M. Denson, 1911" read "counter by [W.H.] Swan in The Harp of Columbia, 1848"
• Page 207, s.v. 213t, for "Original Sacred Harp, 1922" read "Original Sacred Harp, 1911"
• Page 211, s.v. 269, for "alto by G.B. Daniell, 1911" read "alto by G.B. Daniell in Original Sacred Harp, 1921"
• Page 211, s.v. 270, add "Alto by W.M. Cooper, 1902."
• Page 213, s.v. 285b, for "Anonymous in The Religious Telescope, 15 January 1837." read "'G.M.' in The Baptist Magazine (London) 21, 1829."
• Page 222, s.v. 358, for "in The American Musical Miscellany, 1798;" read "unattributed, in The Boston Magazine, December 1783;"
• Page 223, s.v. 369, for "Send s Blessing" read "Send a Blessing"
• Page 226, s.v. 390, for "Anonymous in The Religious Telescope, 15 January 1837." read "'G.M.' in The Baptist Magazine (London) 21, 1829."
• Page 227, s.v. 404, for "In Robinson, New England Sunday School Hymn Book, 1830" read "In Ebenezer Chase, Divine Songs (and elsewhere), 1814."
• Page 230. s.v. 422, for "the composer's wife and her family" read "the composer's mother and her family" [Thanks to Karen Willard]
• Page 232, s.v. 436, for "In Wolcott, Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1817" read "In Ebenezer Chase, Divine Songs (and elsewhere), 1814."
• Page 233, s.v. 448, for "W.S. Turner, 'Original,' in The Sacred Harp, 1859 (p. 422)", read "W.S. Turner, 1866, 'Original' in The Sacred Harp, 1870.
• Page 233, s.v. 450, for "In Ives, Manual of Instruction in American Sunday-School Psalmody, 1832," read "William B. Collyer, in Hymns partly collected and partly original, 1812."
• Page 235, s.v. 467, add "Alto by A.M. Cagle, 1960."
• Page 265, s.v. Brown, Jackson C., add line "http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=chandlermcclain&id=I6645"
• Page 266, s.v. Brown, S.M., add line "http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=chandlermcclain&id=I6638"
• Page 292, s.v. Mason, Henry Lowell, delete line:
  ----. The New Carmina Sacra. Boston, 1856.

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