Southern Harmony, 1854 (William Walker)
[lyrics; indexes; MIDI; scores; shape notes; hymnals] Facsimile of this hymnal once popular in the southern United States.
Shape Note Resources
[bibliography; links; hymnology; organizations; singing schedules] Definitive guide to "Sacred Harp" and related musical traditions.
Sacred Harp, 1991 (Online Index)
[indexes; hymnals] New edition of an early-19th-century American hymnal.
Sacred Harp
Etext and digital facsimile of 1860 edition.
New Harp of Columbia
Plans for a reprint by the UT-Knoxville press; other NHC resources.
Shape of Things To Come
[Aiken 7-shape music] Brief history, 10 sample scores, facsimile of old music instruction book.
Singing Schools in Nova Scotia
Article including description of shape-note traditions and archival photos.
Southern Harmony: Introduction to the 4th Edition
Extensive historical article.
Isaac Watts Fan Club
Includes MIDI hymn tunes from: many shaped-note books, some forgotten Mason and Hastings works, and original compositions.
Harmonia Sacra Hymns (Shape Notes)
Includes several hymns reset using a shape-note font.
Shape-note Hymnals
(checklist of books in the Rare Book Collection of Alderman Library University of Virginia)
Sacred Harp Singing
Describes Sacred Harp singing, a form of traditional music in the United States: repertory, notation, research; schedules; net resources; and other general information.
Sacred Harp and Shape-Note Music Resources
Describes printed music, literature, recordings, and other resources relating to Sacred Harp singing and other shape-note music
Northern Harmony, 1993
[hymnals; recordings] (commercial content) Information about a chorus, and an expanded reprint of an early-19th-century hymnal.
Recording Sacred Harp in Ottawa
Features three MP3 recordings; discussion of recording techniques.
Singing the Sacred Harp
[reviews of recordings from the Library of Congress]
Rising Dove: Shape Notes
Features extensive, searchable, downloadable database of recordings; singings and conventions in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Area; links.
United Kingdom Shape-Note Page
Includes links, calendar of events, and sales of books and recordings.
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