{"id":1312,"date":"2011-05-09T12:45:57","date_gmt":"2011-05-09T19:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/blog\/?page_id=1312"},"modified":"2021-04-03T22:06:50","modified_gmt":"2021-04-04T05:06:50","slug":"shape-note-hymns-in-slt","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/blog\/?page_id=1312","title":{"rendered":"Shape note hymns in SLT<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shape note hymns in Singing the Living Tradition<\/em><\/p>\n

Listings follow this format:<\/strong>
\n000 Singing the Living Tradition hymn title ~ Tune name in shape note tradition ~ Sacred Harp version as applicable ~ Southern Harmony version as applicable.<\/p>\n

References to The Sacred Harp<\/em> are to the 1991 edition. References and links to The Southern Harmony<\/em> are to the online 1854 edition. In some cases, I do not yet have a reference to an easily available shape note hymnal.<\/p>\n

Note that in the shape note tradition, the tenors carry the melody if it’s a four-part song; the middle part carries the melody in a three-part song. In many cases, the tunes in Singing the Living Tradition<\/em> have been slightly altered (often not for the better); tunes may vary from one shape note hymnal to another. Generally speaking, the harmonies in Singing the Living Tradition<\/em> are pallid in comparison to the robust harmonies in the shape note hymnals.<\/p>\n

015 The Lone Wild Bird ~ Prospect ~ Sacred Harp p. 30 (four parts) ~ Southern Harmony p. 92 online (three parts, with MIDI)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

018 What Wondrous Love ~ Wondrous Love ~ Sacred Harp p. 159 (four parts) ~ Southern Harmony p. 252 online (three parts, with MIDI and live recording)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

044 We Sing of Golden Mornings ~ Complainer ~ Sacred Harp p. 141 (four parts) ~ Southern Harmony p. 18 online (three parts, with MIDI)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

066 When Summer Sun Is Shining ~ Holy Manna ~ Sacred Harp p. 59 (four part) ~ Southern Harmony p. 103 online (three parts, with MIDI and live recording)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

079 No Number Tallies Nature Up ~ Resignation ~ Southern Harmony p. 38 online (three parts, with MIDI and live recording)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

094 What Is This Life ~ Devotion ~ Sacred Harp p. 48 (four part) ~ Southern Harmony p. 13 online (three parts, with MIDI)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

112 Do You Hear? ~ Foundation ~ Union Harmony, 1837 online with MIDI<\/a>.<\/p>\n

126 Come thou Fount of Every Blessing ~ Nettleton ~ No source yet.<\/p>\n

161 Peace, the Perfect Word ~ Charlestown ~ Sacred Harp p. 52 (four part) ~ Southern Harmony p. 23 online (three part, with MIDI)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

186 Grieve Not Your Heart ~ Primrose ~ Sacred Harp p. 47 (four part) ~ Southern Harmony p. 3 online (three part, with MIDI)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

193 Our Faith Is But a Single Gem ~ Distress ~ Sacred Harp p. 37 (four part) ~ Southern Harmony p. 22 online (three part, with MIDI)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

205 Amazing Grace ~ New Britain ~ Sacred Harp p. 45 ~ Southern Harmony p. 8 online (three part, with MIDI and live recording)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

213 There’s a Wideness ~ Charlestown, see #161 above.<\/p>\n

304 A Fierce Unrest ~ Salvation ~ Southern Harmony p. 84 online (three part, with MIDI)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

315 This Old World Is Full of Sorrow ~ Restoration ~ Sacred Harp p. 312 ~ Southern Harmony p. 5 online (three part, with MIDI)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

333 Alone She Cuts and Binds the Grain ~ Devotion, see #094 above.<\/p>\n

335 Once When My Heart Was Passion Free ~ Primrose, see #186 above.<\/p>\n

411 Part in Peace ~ Charlestown, see #161 above.<\/p>\n

In addition, there is one tune by William Billings, a prominent shape note composer, in the hymnal:<\/p>\n

261 When Jesus Wept<\/p>\n

N.B.: SLT attributes #279 By the Waters of Babylon to Billings, but it is actually NOT by him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shape note hymns in Singing the Living Tradition Listings follow this format: 000 Singing the Living Tradition hymn title ~ Tune name in shape note tradition ~ Sacred Harp version as applicable ~ Southern Harmony version as applicable. References to The Sacred Harp are to the 1991 edition. References and links to The Southern Harmony […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":456,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1312","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1312"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8330,"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1312\/revisions\/8330"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}