The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #36892   Message #513025
Posted By: Burke
23-Jul-01 - 10:18 PM
Thread Name: Shape notes
Subject: RE: Shape notes
Read is one of my favorites. I think Russia & Sherburne were probably the first tunes I learned.

Another place where this music shows up is in church choir arrangements. Last year our choir director found one of Billings' Easter Anthem. We have 4 Sacred Harp singers in choir so its really hard to do the arrangement instead of the Sacred Harp version. We were able to fix a couple of spots.

A lot of recent hymnals have added unharmonized versions in recent editions. They would be so surprised to hear the original harmonies of Beach Spring or Foundation (sang that in church yesterday)