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Campbell, Gavin James (Spring 1997), "Old Can Be Used Instead of New: Shape-Note Singing and the Crisis of Modernity in the New South, 1880–1910", Journal of American Folklore (article), 110 (436): 169– 88, doi:10.2307/541811, JSTOR 541811 investigates the internal debate among shape note singers at the end of the 19th century and beginning ...
William Walker. William Walker (May 6, 1809 – September 24, 1875) was an American Baptist song leader, shape note "singing master", and compiler of four shape note tunebooks, most notable of which are the influential The Southern Harmony and The Christian Harmony, which has been in continuous use (republished 2010).
They included both music and text and were introduced by an extended essay on the rudiments of singing. Each song was known by the name given to its tune rather than by a title drawn from the text." [1] The following is a partial list of the shape note tunebooks published over the last two centuries. The list is divided according to the two ...
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An 1847 publication of Southern Harmony, showing the title "New Britain" ("Amazing Grace") and shape note music. Play ⓘ. The roots of Southern Harmony singing, like the Sacred Harp, are found in the American colonial era, when singing schools convened to provide instruction in choral singing, especially for use in church services.
The annual all-day singing from the Shenandoah Harmony at Cross Keys typically ends by singing Davisson's "Retirement" at the graveside of the composer.. The Shenandoah Harmony is a 2013 republication of the works of Ananias Davisson (1780–1857) and other composers of his era, in the format used by modern shape note singing groups.
Robert Sterling Arnold (January 26, 1905 – February 8, 2003) was an American shape note music publisher, singer, composer, singing school teacher, and the cousin of country western singer, Eddy Arnold. Robert was born at Coleman in Coleman County, Texas, the son of Millard Franklin and Rowena Victoria (Lawrence) Arnold.
Anthony Johnson Showalter (May 1, 1858 – September 14, 1924) was an American gospel music composer, teacher and publisher. [1] He was born in Cherry Grove , West Virginia . Showalter was trained in the Ruebush-Kieffer School of Music and was teaching in shape note singing schools by age fourteen.