A Companion to the New Harp of Columbia

A Companion to the New Harp of Columbia
ISBN-10
1572332034
ISBN-13
9781572332034
Category
Music
Pages
476
Language
English
Published
2003
Publisher
Univ. of Tennessee Press
Author
Marion J. Hatchett

Description

"The shape-note tradition first flourished in the small towns and rural areas of early America. Church-sponsored "singing schools" taught a form of musical notation in which the notes were assigned different shapes to indicate variations in pitch; this method worked well with congregants who had little knowledge of standard musical notation. Today many enthusiasts carry on the shape-note tradition, and The New Harp of Columbia (recently published in a "restored edition" by the University of Tennessee Press) is one of five shape-note singing-manuals still in use."--Jacket.

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