Articles and Essays on Sacred Harp Singing

Articles

• John Wyeth and southern folk hymnody (1988) by Warren Steel
• Two articles on Yankee composer Truman Wetmore (1774-1861) of Winchester, Connecticut, by Warren Steel (1980)
• Shape-Note singing in Mississippi: A preliminary history (2017), by Warren Steel [Sacred Harp Publishing Company Newsletter]
• Shape-note singing in the Shenandoah Valley (1997) by Warren Steel
• The W. T. Gwin Old Harp Singers Trophy (2015), by Warren Steel [Sacred Harp Publishing Company Newsletter]
• The United Sacred Harp Musical Association (Online Exhibition)
• Mapping the "Big Minutes": Visualizing Sacred Harp's Geographic Coalescence and Expansion, 1995-2014, by Jesse P. Karlsberg and Robert A. W. Dunn, Southern Spaces (2018)
• "Within Thy Circling Pow'r I Stand": Immersive Video from Sacred Harp's Hollow Square, by Jesse P. Karlsberg and Steve Bransford, Southern Spaces (2020)
• Shape-note singing in New York State (2005) by Warren Steel
• Mississippi's African American Shape Note Tradition (1999) by Chiquita Walls
• Give Me the Roses: Interview with Warren Steel (1999)
• Sacred Harp Singing: History and Tradition, by Steven Sabol
• Shape-Note Singing Assumes New Vigor (1997) by Joseph M. Jones
• Christian Harmony in Newton County, Mississippi, by John Hollingsworth
• Stormy Banks and Sweet Rivers: A Sacred Harp Geography by James B. Wallace, Southern Spaces (2007)
• Sacred Harp Minutes: Querying Sacred Harp's Sonic Past through the Minutes of Sacred Harp Singings, 1945-2016
• Hoboken Style: Meaning and Change in Okefenokee Sacred Harp Singing by Laurie Kay Sommers, Southern Spaces (2010)
• J.T. Allison's Sacred Harp Singers by John Bealle and Joyce Cauthen (2004)
• B.F. White: The Sacred Harp Man by William J. Reynolds (1997) [Texas Fasola]
• The Sacred Harp in the Land of Eden by Donald Davidson, Virginia Quarterly Review 10 (Spring 1934):203-17.
• Denson Brothers by Frances Robb (Encyclopedia of Alabama, 2007))
• Black Sacred Harp Singing in East Texas by Donald R. Ross (1995) [Texas Historical Association]
• Sacred Harp Singing in Northeast Mississippi, by John Quincy Wolf (1970) [Lyon College]
• Sacred Harp Singing: A Living Tradition by John Lamb (Chattanooga Singers)

Practical essays

• First time at a Sacred Harp singing? by Lisa Grayson [PDF]
• Guide to leading Sacred Harp music by Ginnie Ely
• Leading in four beats to the measure by Ginnie Ely
• Learning how to sing the notes by Ginnie Ely
• How to organize a Sacred Harp convention by Ginnie Ely
• Front-bench tenor at Sacred Harp conventions by Ginnie Ely
• A plea for participation by Ginnie Ely
• Test your knowledge of the Sacred Harp by Ginnie Ely
• Arranging Committee Tips by Linton Ballinger (1994)
• Sacred Harp Etiquette by "Miss Grace Notes" [Pacific Northwest Sacred Harp]
• Convention Etiquette [Bay Area Sacred Harp]
• Sing Proudly! (1965) by Irving Wolfe

Singing Reports and Essays

• Poplar Springs, Calhoun Co., Miss. (1866)
• The 1930 Texas Sacred Harp Convention by George Pullen Jackson [Fasola.org]
• Mississippi WPA Guide (1938)
• New Hope, Lauderdale Co., Miss. (1939)
• Drew, Sunflower Co., Miss. (1954)
• Holly Springs, Carroll Co., Ga. (1978)
• The First National Sacred Harp Singing Convention, Birmingham, Ala. (1980) [Sacred Harp Publishing Company Newsletter]
• Loosascoona, Yalobusha Co. Miss. (1991) [Fasola.org]
• Oxford, Miss. (2007) by Lucy Schultze
• Ireland's First Sacred Harp Convention by Jesse P. Karlsberg (2011), Southern Spaces

Singing Convention Histories

• United Convention (1905)
• National Convention (1980)

Reviews of books and recordings, by Warren Steel

Huntsville Sacred Harp Newsletter, 1994-1999, David Ivey, editor

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