David Warren Steel

I recently retired from full-time teaching at the University of Mississippi, where I taught courses in music history, ethnomusicology and applied organ and harpsichord. My wife Anne recently retired from teaching Latin at Oxford Middle School in Oxford, Mississippi. We both enjoy Sacred Harp singing, as you can see from this YouTube clip. I attended Harvard College and the University of Michigan. I perform with the “Mockingbird” early music ensemble. My book The Makers of the Sacred Harp was published in 2010 by University of Illinois Press. Other books include an edition of the collected works of American composer Daniel Belknap (1771-1818) from Garland Publications and an edition of the works of Stephen Jenks (1772-1856), published by A-R Editions in 1995. My organ CD Baroque Pearls was issued on Centaur Records. You can find information about my publications, research, and other activities in my curriculum vitae.

For twenty-one years I created and maintained a web site for the Department of Music at the University of Mississippi. I continue to maintain a web site for Sacred Harp singing. You’re welcome to enjoy some of my favorite net-spots.

My Corner of the Web

Sacred Harp singing, a form of traditional music
Department of Music, University of Mississippi
Curriculum vitae
The Makers of the Sacred Harp
Historic organs of Oaxaca
John Wyeth and southern folk hymnody
Reviews of books and recordings
Recent performances
Sanger – Steel – Warren family information
Religious freedom or hypocrisy? an essay
Mississippi flag proposal
My YouTube channel
My Flickr photos

Favorite Links

Music: Fasola home page; Early Music Links (ClassicalNet); Early Music America; Instituto de Órganos Históricos de Oaxaca (IOHIO); Folkstreams, American roots documentaries
Local interest: City of Oxford home page; Oxford City Guide; Oxford, MS weather forecast (Weather Underground); Oxford at Wikitravel; Yoknapatawpha Arts Council; Biking Oxford; Square Books, Oxford’s independent bookseller; William Faulkner on the Web (John B. Padgett); Yoknapatawpha Press, works by southern writers; Midtown Farmers Market; Oxford City Market; Fat Possum Records, "We're trying our best"; Hill Country Records; Thacker Mountain Radio, live weekly music and literary variety show; Honest Tune, the southern journal of jam; Living Blues magazine; Highway 61 Radio; Mississippi Public Radio online (MPB); MPB Think Radio listen live; The Oxford Eagle daily newspaper; Oxford Citizen semiweekly; The Daily Mississippian, Ole Miss student newspaper
A few local blogs: HottyToddy.com, Experience the South; John T. Edge on Southern food; Oxford Artists Guild; The End of All Music; Music in the Hall local video archive (Daniel Morrow); The Crime Scene (interactive fiction from Tom Arriola)
Reference: Google search; Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; Epicurious, for people who love to eat; Library of Congress; Berkeley Digital Library; National Public Radio; The Jargon File; Spam Primer (Randy Cassingham); The Leland Report, news from the “little finger”

Warren Steel (mudws@olemiss.edu)