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A 180-year-old singing tradition is getting a new edition of its beloved hymnal
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Pre-Civil War hymnal 'The Sacred Harp' is getting an update
The more than 180-year-old compilation of sacred songs uses music notes shaped like triangles, ovals, squares and diamonds.
It’s not a reprint. Why Sacred Harp singers are revamping an iconic pre-Civil War hymnal
CORRECTS TO PRIMROSE, NOT PRIMEROSE - A 1911 edition of “The Sacred Harp,” a shape-note hymnal from the 1800s, opened to song ...
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 ...
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Sacred Harp singers revamping iconic pre-Civil War hymnal
Andy Ditzler stands in the center of a hollow square, "The Sacred Harp" formation in which singers organize into four voice ...
Orlando Sentinel12d
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 ...
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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, ...
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It's not a reprint. Why Sacred Harp singers are revamping an iconic pre-Civil War hymnal
(AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski) Matt Hinton, a shape-note singer, leads a song at a Sacred Harp singing event held at Holly Springs Primitive Baptist Church in Bremen, Ga., on Saturday, March 22 ...