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  2. Sacred Harp hymnwriters and composers - Wikipedia

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    The music of The Sacred Harp is eclectic in origin, and can be roughly grouped into the following categories of songs (listed chronologically). In the examples listed below, songs are identified by the page number in the two most prominent modern versions of The Sacred Harp; the so-called "Denson edition" and the "Cooper edition". Thus, "D,C 49 ...

  3. List of compositions for harp - Wikipedia

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    The Evening Bell in B flat for harp and piano MWV Q 20 (1829) Fabio Mengozzi. Phoenix (violin and harp) Ousia (harp and piano) Ousia II (flute, cello, harp, piano) Auriga (harp and piano) Sergiu Natra. Music For Violin and Harp; Music For Harp and Three Brass Instruments (trumpet, trombone, & French horn) Music for Nicanor (harp, flute ...

  4. Hymns: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1948/1950)

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    In 1948, a new hymnbook that replaced both the Latter-day Saint Hymns (1927) and the Deseret Sunday School Songs was published under the title Hymns: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served as the official hymnbook of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1948 to 1985. The 1948 edition included 387 hymns.

  5. History of music in the biblical period - Wikipedia

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    David Playing the Harp by Jan de Bray, 1670.. Knowledge of the biblical period is mostly from literary references in the Bible and post-biblical sources. Religion and music historian Herbert Lockyer, Jr. writes that "music, both vocal and instrumental, was well cultivated among the Hebrews, the New Testament Christians, and the Christian church through the centuries."

  6. List of English-language hymnals by denomination - Wikipedia

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    Hymn and Tune Book for Use in Old School or Primitive Baptist Churches (1886) [572] Harp of Ages; Old Baptist Hymns (2012) Old School Hymnal; Primitive Baptist Hymn Book; The Good Old Songs; Songs of Faith (Double Oak Press) (2000) The Primitive Baptist Hymnal (2004) Southern Baptist Convention. Baptist Hymn Book (1847) [573]

  7. Religious music - Wikipedia

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    Religious music (also sacred music) is a type of music that is performed or composed for religious use or through religious influence. It may overlap with ritual music, which is music, sacred or not, performed or composed for or as a ritual. Religious songs have been described as a source of strength, as well as a means of easing pain ...

  8. Turlough O'Carolan - Wikipedia

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    Carolan's memorial in St Patrick's Cathedral was the gift of Sydney, Lady Morgan.. Carolan was born in 1670 in Nobber, County Meath, [1] where his father was a blacksmith. The family, who were said to be a branch of the Mac Brádaigh sept of County Cavan (Carolan's great-grandfather, Shane Grana O'Carrolan, was chieftain of his sept in 1607 [2]), forfeited their estates during the civil wars ...

  9. Old-time music - Wikipedia

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    Reflecting the cultures that settled North America, the roots of old-time music are in the traditional musics of the British Isles, [2] Europe, and Africa. African influences are notably found in vocal and instrumental performance styles and dance, as well as the often cited use of the banjo; in some regions, Native American, Spanish, French and German sources are also prominent. [3]