The story of The sacred harp, 1844-1944 : a book of religious folk song as an American institution / by George Pullen Jackson.

Author/creator Jackson, George Pullen
Format Book
Publication InfoNashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 1944.
Description46 pages : frontispiece (facsimiles), group portraits ; 19 cm
Subjects

Contents Old Baptist music -- How the sacred harp came to be and how it grew -- Some hearers don't like it. Why? -- The singers -- The turn of the century -- America discovers its own songs.
Local noteJOYNER MUSIC LIBRARY--Gift plate: "Gift of George Pullen Jackson, Library, East Carolina Teachers College, Greenville, N.C."
General note"The sacred harp, a collection of psalm and hymn tunes, odes, and anthems," originally compiled by Benjamin Franklin White and E. J. King, was first published in 1844; subsequently published in numerous editions, with changes and additions by various editors.
LCCN 44008844

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