Shape-Notes, “The Sacred Harp” and the Hollow Square: an American Musical Tradition.

Robert C Delvin

Shape-Notes, “The Sacred Harp” and the Hollow Square: an American Musical Tradition.

Illinois Wesleyan University

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Abstract

A survey of the late 18th and 19th-century, American singing school tradition, shape-note hymnals with emphasis on "The Sacred Harp" (1844); cultural connotations and musical performance practices.

Original language	American English
State	Published - Nov 20 2009

Keywords

Shape-note hymnals
Shape-note singing
Singing schools

Disciplines

Library and Information Science

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