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- Introducing Vol. 6, No. 2 of the Sacred Harp Publishing Company Newsletter
- Shape-Note Singing in Mississippi: A Preliminary History
- Building Community Harmony: Thirty-Three Years of Illinois State Sacred Harp Conventions
- Remembering Toney Smith: Singer, Leader, Teacher, Organizer, Reviser, and Encourager
- B. M. Smith: A Loving, Caring Spirit and Front Bench Stalwart
- In Memory of Earlis McGraw, July 27, 1935–June 8, 2016
- What I’ve Learned from My Sacred Harp Elders
- Bound Together: What Makes an Effective Pairing of Text and Tune
- The “Stacked Fourths” Chord: A Canonical Discord in The Sacred Harp
- Notes on Repairing Songbooks
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- Introduction (13)
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- National Newsletter (5)
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- Of Harmony and Composition (4)
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Category Archives: National Newsletter
The Composer’s Debt to Shape-Notes
Editor’s Note: In this essay, first published in the National Sacred Harp Newsletter 2, no. 6 (November 1986), Raymond Hamrick analyzes published scholarship and an interview with Hugh McGraw to argue convincingly that shape-notes aid in composition, not just in … Continue reading
The Pitcher’s Role in Sacred Harp Music
Editor’s Note: Raymond C. Hamrick’s “The Pitcher’s Role in Sacred Harp Music” was originally published in the National Sacred Harp Newsletter’s January 1986 issue (vol. 1, no. 8). Based on data Hamrick collected at Georgia Sacred Harp singings in 1985, the article … Continue reading
To Connecticut and Back: Notes from a Bus Trip to the 1985 New England Convention
Editor’s note: The article below is one of two in this issue reprinted from the vol. 1, no. 8 issue of the National Sacred Harp Newsletter (January 1986). This piece originally appeared on pages 6–7. It has been edited to correct … Continue reading
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Citizen of the Month: Lonnie Rogers
Editor’s Note: Life-long Sacred Harp singer and much-loved resident of Ephesus, Georgia, Lonnie Rogers passed away on February 15, 2012 just a few months short of his 96th birthday. His daughter, Karen Rollins, wrote about her father for the June … Continue reading
Dedication of the B. F. White Historical Marker
Editors note: with each new collection of posts we will be featuring articles from past issues of the National Sacred Harp Newsletter—a feature we are calling “National Newsletter.” The article below was originally printed on pages 4–5 of Vol. 1, … Continue reading
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