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It’s not a reprint. Why Sacred Harp singers are revamping an iconic pre-Civil War hymnal
Sacred Harp singers are not historical reenactors, he said. They use their hymnals week after week. Some treat them like ...
Takeaways from AP's report on why pre-Civil War hymnal 'The Sacred Harp' is getting an update
The Sacred Harp” is a pre-Civil War compilation of sacred songs that uses music notes shaped like triangles, ovals, squares ...
AP PHOTOS: A 180-year-old singing tradition is getting a new edition of its beloved hymnal
A Christian hymnal called “The Sacred Harp” is at the heart of a more than 180-year-old American singing tradition that is as ...
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Not a reprint: Sacred Harp singers revamping an iconic pre-Civil War hymnal
Singers at Holly Springs Primitive Baptist Church in West Georgia treat their red hymnals like extensions of themselves, ...
Orlando Sentinel1d
It’s not a reprint. Why Sacred Harp singers are revamping an iconic pre-Civil War hymnal
BREMEN, Ga. (AP) — Singers at Holly Springs Primitive Baptist Church in West Georgia treat their red hymnals like extensions of themselves, never straying far from their copies of “The Sacred ...
Boston Herald1d
It’s not a reprint. Why Sacred Harp singers are revamping an iconic pre-Civil War hymnal
“The Sacred Harp” is still sung in its hollow square formation. Singers organize into four voice parts: treble, alto, tenor and bass. Each group takes a side, facing an opening in the center ...
Newsday3d
It's not a reprint. Why Sacred Harp singers are revamping an iconic pre-Civil War hymnal
“The Sacred Harp” is still sung in its hollow square formation. Singers organize into four voice parts: treble, alto, tenor and bass. Each group takes a side, facing an opening in the center ...