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Sacred Harp singing is a tradition of sacred choral music that originated in New England and was later perpetuated and carried on in the American South. The name is derived from The Sacred Harp, a ubiquitous and historically important tunebook printed in shape notes. The work was first published in 1844 and has reappeared in multiple editions ...
White and Elisha J. King published The Sacred Harp in 1844, using the four-shape shape note notation. King died in 1844. In 1845, White led in the establishment of the Southern Musical Convention. In 1850, he issued a second edition of The Sacred Harp, adding 97 songs and 103 pages.
The Sacred Harp is a shape note tunebook, originally compiled in 1844 by Benjamin Franklin White and Elisha J. King in Georgia and used to this day in revised form by Sacred Harp singers throughout America and overseas. This article is a historical overview and listing of the composers and poets who wrote the songs and texts of The Sacred Harp.
In 1844, three years before J. L. White's birth, B. F. White and Elisha J. King published The Sacred Harp, using the four-shape shape note system of notation.It was in the musical tradition established by this book that J. L. White would carry out his musical career.
The Sacred Harp was first published in 1844; King died 31 August of the same year. [1] His younger brother Elias Lafayette King (1828-1876) was an important member of the early Sacred Harp community. He served on the committee that prepared the augmented second edition (1850).
The Sacred Harp, B. F. White & Elisha J. King (1844) Hesperian Harp, Dr. William Hauser (1848) The American Vocalist, D.H. Mansfield (1849) (partially reprinted 2010) The Social Harp, John Gordon McCurry (1855) The Colored Sacred Harp, Judge Jackson (1934) Northern Harmony, Larry Gordon & Anthony G. Barrand (1979; 5th edition 2012) An American ...
The Story of the Sacred Harp, 1844-1944. Vanderbilt University Press, 1944; A Directory of Sacred Harp Singers and Singing Conventions. 1945; American Folk Music for High School and other Choral Groups. C. C. Birchard and Co., 1947 (a collaboration with Charles Faulkner Bryan) Another Sheaf of White Spirituals. University of Florida Press, 1952
The Southern Musical Convention was the first Sacred Harp musical convention, organized by B. F. White and others in 1845. It was formed at Huntersville in Upson County, Georgia. From its founding until 1867, White's The Sacred Harp was the "textbook" of the convention.