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Thread #97332 Message #1913567
Posted By: leeneia
19-Dec-06 - 09:21 AM
Thread Name: Does anybody recognize this shape-note s
Subject: Does anybody recognize this shape-note s
Yesterday I was going through the Catholic "Breaking Bread" hymnbook for 2005, and I came upon a song called "Rejoice With All the Saints." The words, I saw, are contemporary, but the tune came from "Southern Harmony, 1854."
Just now I sent the MIDI to Joe Offer for posting here so that you can listen to it. It has a wonderful, spare sound that says "mountain music" to me.
When we see a hymn collection with a date like that and the word "Harmony" in the title, we are almost certainly dealing with a shape-note collection. So far I have heard of Southern Harmony, Virginia Harmony (I think), Missouri Harmony and Columbian Harmony.
"Rejoice with All the Saints" is a shape-note song with the serial number filed off, as Liz the Squeak would say. Can anybody tell me the name of the original hymn?