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Shape note — Star in the East from the 1854 edition of Southern Harmony Shape notes are a music notation designed to facilitate congregational and community singing. The notation, introduced in 1801, became a popular teaching device in American singing… … Wikipedia
How Sacred Harp music is sung — This article concerns how Sacred Harp music is sung, focusing on singing practices that are not expressed in the musical notation. In musicology, the material discussed here would be called performance practice, but the term is awkward in the… … Wikipedia
Elkanah Kelsey Dare — was a New England Methodist minister [http://phonoarchive.org/grove/Entries/S25584.htm Shape Note Hymnody] born 1782, and died 1826. He was one of the first American Composers [http://www.voxnovus.com/resources/American Composer Timeline.htm… … Wikipedia
Sacred Harp — singing is a tradition of sacred choral music that took root in the Southern region of the United States. It is part of the larger tradition of shape note music. The music and its notation The name of the tradition comes from the title of the… … Wikipedia
Northfield, Ohio — Village Location of Northfield, Ohio … Wikipedia
Singing school — O, tell me young friends, while the morning s fair and cool,: O where, tell me where, shall I find your singing school.: You ll find it under the tall oak where the leaves do shake and blow,: You ll find a half hundred a singing faw, sol, faw … Wikipedia
Africa (William Billings) — Africa is a hymn tune composed by William Billings.HistoryBillings wrote Africa some time before 1770 and included it in his first published hymnbook, The New England Psalm Singer . Later he made revisions for the version included in his The… … Wikipedia
Chapin — may refer to: People Alaric B. Chapin (1848–1924), Union hero in American Civil War Alfred C. Chapin (1848–1936), US politician Amzi Chapin (1768–1835), US cabinetmaker, singing school teacher and shapenote composer Andy Chapin (1951–1985), US… … Wikipedia
Union Harmony — The Union Harmony is a shape note hymn and tune book compiled by William Caldwell. The book was released in 1837, and is part of the larger tradition of shape note singing.William Caldwell was born in 1801 in Tennessee, the son of Anthony… … Wikipedia
Joel Cohen (musician) — Joel Cohen, (b. 1942) is an American musician specializing in early music repertoires. Since 1968 he has been the director of the Boston Camerata, generally considered to be the pre eminent American early music ensemble. Cohen founded the… … Wikipedia
Gospel quartet — The term Gospel quartet refers to several different traditions of harmony singing. Its origins are varied, including 4 part hymn singing, shapenote singing, barbershop quartets, jubilee songs, spirituals, and other Gospel songs.Gospel quartets… … Wikipedia
