Houston Chronicle

Sacred Harp hymn-singing is the rage again

In the movie Cold Mountain, news that the Civil War has started comes as residents of a small North Carolina town are charging through I'm Going Home in the music's rough-edged vocal style. American ...
al.com

Sacred Harp, early American hymns highlighted at concerts this weekend

The Huntsville Collegium Musicum will present two concerts featuring Sacred Harp singing and Early American hymns on Friday at 7:30 p.m. at The Old Country Church at Burritt on the Mountain and ...
Seattle Times

Takeaways from AP’s report on why pre-Civil War hymnal ‘The Sacred Harp’ is getting an update

BREMEN, Ga. (AP) — “The Sacred Harp” is a pre-Civil War compilation of sacred songs that uses music notes shaped like triangles, ovals, squares and diamonds, and it is getting an update. Sung in ...
insider.si.edu

The Sacred harp : the best collection of sacred songs, hymns, odes, and anthems ever offered the singing public for general use

Principally for 4 voices (SATB). Rev. ed. of: Original sacred harp. Denson revision, 1987 ed., 1987, c1971. "First compiled in 1844 by Benjamin Franklin White."--Preface. Shape-note notation.
Park Rapids Enterprise

First Noon Hour Concert of summer will feature dulcimer and harp

Jenn Ellis will perform hymns, classical and contemporary music on piano, harp and Appalachian dulcimer on June 4.