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Shape Notes: the eight note, seven shape method – article promoting the seven shape method; Shape-note Connexion & music of Jeremiah Ingalls Archived 20 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine where you can hear a fine example of shapenote singing, including the first run-through with the shapenote syllables being sung; A Shape-Note Singing ...
A friend recalls Gordon introducing Sacred Harp music to the group, which embraced it enthusiastically. Bread & Puppet's 1972 performance of Stations of the Cross [12] was the first time shape note singing surfaced in a Bread and Puppet production and in the years since it has been a frequent element in the group's performances. [13]
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 ...
John Jacob Niles, singing and playing his large Appalachian dulcimer. John Jacob Niles (April 28, 1892 – March 1, 1980) was an American composer, singer and collector of traditional ballads.
Betsy Rutherford (February 11, 1944 in Galax, Virginia – March 12, 1991 in Galax) [1] was a performer of traditional music from the Appalachian Mountains who was known for her powerful, authentic singing style. In 1970, she recorded an album, "Traditional Country Music," which was released by Biograph Records in 1971. [2]
The song "Idumea" is an example of Sacred Harp music, also known as shape note because the notes printed on the sheet music bear shapes, such as squares and triangles, to show changes in pitch. [4] After rehearsing with the Sacred Harp singers in a studio, Burnett decided that the style was best heard in Liberty Baptist Church in Henagar ...
Musical groups from Appalachia (5 C, 7 P) P. Musicians from Pittsburgh (2 C, 171 P) W. Musicians from West Virginia (15 C, 51 P) Pages in category "Musicians from ...
Chloe Smith was born and grew up in Atlanta, Georgia in an artistic family. Her father, Andrew Hunter Smith, is a folk-sculptor and painter. [2] [3] Her mother, Jan Smith, is a jazz pianist and folk musician schooled in the traditions of southern Appalachian folk music who played fiddle with the Rosin Sisters.