Here are some overall statistics about the 113 songs that will be coming into The Sacred Harp: 2025 Edition. Hope this preview is exciting—but stay tuned as we get ready to reveal the identity of all 113 newly-added tunes!
Information about the 113 new songs added to The Sacred Harp: 2025 Edition.
- 113 songs added of 1,155 songs submitted.
- 10% of songs submitted were selected.
- Songs sung at 13 test singings in 5 U.S. states and 3 countries.
- 78 composers and sources of new songs.
- 49 living composers.
- 72% of new songs are by living composers.
- 18 U.S. states represented (200% increase from 1991 edition).
- 5 countries represented (400% increase from 1991 edition).
- 51% of new songs are major and 49% are minor. In the 1991 edition, 72% are major and 28% are minor. In the 2025 edition, 67% are major and 33% are minor, a 5% shift toward minor.
- New songs by era: 1700s: 4; 1800s: 18; 1900s: 10; 2000s: 81.
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About Nathan Rees
Nathan Rees is the Treasurer of the Sacred Harp Publishing Company, associate editor of the
Sacred Harp Publishing Company Newsletter, and a member of the Revision-Music Committee for
The Sacred Harp: 2025 Edition. Originally from Utah, he lives in Carrollton, Georgia, where he is associate professor of art history at the University of West Georgia.
About David Ivey
A lifelong Sacred Harp singer, David Ivey is the president of the
Sacred Harp Musical Heritage Association, director of
Camp Fasola, and chair of the Revision-Music Committee for
The Sacred Harp: 2025 Edition. David was a member of the Music Committee that revised
The Sacred Harp: 1991 Edition. David lives in Huntsville, Alabama, where he is chief information officer of the Alabama Supercomputer Authority.
About Jesse P. Karlsberg
Jesse P. Karlsberg is the vice president of the Sacred Harp Publishing Company. He edits the
Sacred Harp Publishing Company Newsletter and is a member of the Revision-Music Committee for
The Sacred Harp: 2025. Edition Born in Boston, he lives in Atlanta and is senior digital scholarship strategist at Emory University.
