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Awake, My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp is a 2006 documentary film directed by Matt and Erica Hinton, and narrated by Jim Lauderdale. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It follows the folk tradition of Sacred Harp singing, a type of shape-note singing , kept alive by amateur singers in the rural American South .
Sacred Harp Shape note. Genres and subgenres. Southern Gospel Gospel blues Bluegrass gospel ... National Gospel Singing Convention National Quartet Convention
The third Sacred Harp was the one by B. F. White and E. J. King (1844), the origin of today's Sacred Harp singing tradition. Lastly, according to W. J. Reynolds, writing in Hymns of Our Faith , there was yet a fourth Sacred Harp – The Sacred Harp published by J. M. D. Cates in Nashville, Tennessee in 1867.
Hugh McGraw (February 20, 1931 – May 28, 2017) [1] was a leading figure in contemporary Sacred Harp singing. He was the General Chairman of the committee that created the 1991 Denson revision of The Sacred Harp and played an important role in promoting the spread of Sacred Harp singing.
In just two years, J. L. White made three attempts to revise the Sacred Harp in a manner that would satisfy Sacred Harp singers. With the exception of the added gospel songs in close harmony, this 1911 "White Book" is the most traditional of the three early 20th century revisions of the Sacred Harp, reprinting the 1870 book almost "verbatim ...
An 1847 publication of Southern Harmony, showing the title "New Britain" ("Amazing Grace") and shape note music. Play ⓘ. The roots of Southern Harmony singing, like the Sacred Harp, are found in the American colonial era, when singing schools convened to provide instruction in choral singing, especially for use in church services.
The Sacred Harp documentary Awake, My Soul's accompanying soundtrack Help Me to Sing: Songs of the Sacred Harp features a song by Eriksen and one by Cordelia's Dad. Paste Magazine describes Eriksen's performance of Sacred Harp songs at an Atlanta concert as "stand-out" and said Eriksen "was best at adapting the raw power of Sacred Harp to his ...
Alabama is the leading state for Sacred Harp singing. More annual singings are held in Alabama than in any other state. [6] The Sacred Harp: Revised Cooper Edition, a version of The Sacred Harp used across the southern parts of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas, [7] is published by the Sacred Harp Book Company of Samson, Alabama. [8]