Sacred Harp & Shape Note Singing / Various Sacred Harp & Shape Note Singing / Various CD

The Sacred Harp singing style is unique to America, treasured today both for it's hauntingly attractive harmonies and it's links to a seemingly lost rural past. Evolving from church singing-school organizations of the 18th century, it was and remains a community movement, with all-day singing conventions as much a social as a musical gathering, these days concentrated mainly in the Deep South. The main source for material is still B. F. White & E. J. King's 'The Sacred Harp' - first published in 1844. The term 'shape note' comes from the book's system of musical notation - symbols being used rather than the more familiar 'staff' method. Here, from it's heartlands of Georgia and Alabama - but also from locations as far-flung as New York and Indiana, is a singular music for too long thrust to the sidelines.

1. Amazing Grace - Dye's Sacred Harp Singers 2. How Firm a Foundation - Dye's Sacred Harp Singers 3. Soar Away - Denson Quartet 4. Sabbath Morning - Denson Quartet 5. Rejoicing on the Way - Fa Sol la Singers 6. Jesus Walks with Me - Fa Sol la Singers 7. Happy on the Way - Fa Sol la Singers 8. Weeping Mary - Roswell Sacred Harp Quartet 9. Odem - Roswell Sacred Harp Quartet 10. Bound for Canaan - Allison's Sacred Harp Singers 11. Antioch - Allison's Sacred Harp Singers 12. Sweet Prospect - Allison's Sacred Harp Singers 13. The Old Ship of Zion - Allison's Sacred Harp Singers 14. Sweet Canaan - Allison's Sacred Harp Singers 15. Exhilaration - Allison's Sacred Harp Singers 16. Long Sought Home - Allison's Sacred Harp Singers 17. Weeping Pilgrim - Allison's Sacred Harp Singers 18. The Loved Ones - Allison's Sacred Harp Singers 19. My God the Spring of All My Joys - Elder Golden P Harris 20. My Christian Friends in Bonds of Love - Elder Golden P Harris 21. Rocky Road - Alabama Sacred Heart Singers 22. Present Joys - Alabama Sacred Heart Singers 23. Religion Is a Fortune - Alabama Sacred Heart Singers 24. Cuba - Alabama Sacred Heart Singers 25. The Happy Sailor - Denson's Sacred Heart Singers of Arley, Alabama 26. Protection - Denson's Sacred Heart Singers of Arley, Alabama 27. Ninety Fifth - Denson's Sacred Heart Singers of Arley, Alabama 28. The Christian Hope - Denson's Sacred Heart Singers of Arley, Alabama 29. Bells of Love - Middle Georgia Singing Convention No 30. Walking with My King - Middle Georgia Singing Convention No 31. Return Again - Okehatlanta Sacred Harp Singers 32. Penick - Okeh-Atlanta Sacred Harp Singers 33. Edom - Okeh-Atlanta Sacred Harp Singers 34. Parting Hand - Okeh-Atlanta Sacred Harp Singers 35. Blooming Youth - Huggins ; Philips Sacred Harp Singers 36. Lovers of the Lord - Huggins ; Philips Sacred Harp Singers 37. The Christian's Flight - Lee Wells ; His Jasper Alabama Sacred Harp Singers 38. North Port - Lee Wells ; His Jasper Alabama Sacred Harp Singers 39. The Promised Land - Pioneer Sacred Harp Singers 40. Raymond - Pioneer Sacred Harp Singers 41. The Heavenly Port - Allison's Sacred Harp Singers 42. Hallelujah - Allison's Sacred Harp Singers 43. The Golden Harp - Allison's Sacred Harp Singers 44. Heaven's My Home - Allison's Sacred Harp Singers 45. I'm a Long Time Travelling Away from Home - Allison's Sacred Harp Singers 46. I Belong to This Band - Allison's Sacred Harp Singers 47. Sharpsburg - Allison's Sacred Harp Singers 48. Murillo's Lesson - Allison's Sacred Harp Singers 49. Jewett - Allison's Sacred Harp Singers 50. Pisgah - Allison's Sacred Harp Singers 51. Primrose Hill - Allison's Sacred Harp Singers 52. Weeping Mary - Allison's Sacred Harp Singers 53. Penick - Allison's Sacred Harp Singers 54. Sweet Morning - Allison's Sacred Harp Singers 55. Esther - Allison's Sacred Harp Singers 56. Pryel's Hymn - Daniels-Deason Sacred Harp Singers 57. Hallelujah - Daniels-Deason Sacred Harp Singers 58. Primrose Hill - Daniels-Deason Sacred Harp Singers 59. Coronation - Daniels-Deason Sacred Harp Singers 60. Jubilee - Bassett Quartet 61. I'm Not Ashamed of Jesus - Bassett Quartet 62. Land of Beulah - Dye's Sacred Harp Singers 63. Calvary - Dye's Sacred Harp Singers 64. Victoria - Dye's Sacred Harp Singers 65. Bethel - Dye's Sacred Harp Singers 66. Conversion - Denson-Parris Sacred Harp Singers 67. The Good Old Way - Denson-Parris Sacred Harp Singers 68. The Heavenly Port - Denson-Parris Sacred Harp Singers 69. Blooming Youth - Denson-Parris Sacred Harp Singers 70. Ragan - Denson-Parris Sacred Harp Singers 71. Raymond - Denson-Parris Sacred Harp Singers 72. Christian Soldier - Denson Quartet 73. I'm on My Journey Home - Denson Quartet 74. Wondrous Love - Georgia Sacred Harp Quartet 75. Windham - Georgia Sacred Harp Quartet 76. Liberty - Moody Bible Sacred Harp Singers 77. In That Morning - Moody Bible Sacred Harp Singers 78. Soft Music - Original Sacred Harp Choir 79. Canaans Land - Original Sacred Harp Choir 80. Pleyel's Hymn - Original Sacred Harp Choir 81. New Britain - Original Sacred Harp Choir