Thursday, January 04, 2007

The Singers of Sacred Harp

Episode 7 is available for download.
(36 minutes, 18.7MB, MP3)

A few months ago Collections Assistant Heather Marie Wells was privileged to be able to record the Sacred Harp singers who meet in our General Store. In this program you will hear some of the history of this singing tradition and some interviews with group members.

Brief history and how it works [0:49]

99 Gospel Trumpet [8:56]
King, 1844
Cole, 1792

Interview with Syd Caldwell [11:20]

74 The Enquirer [13:04]
White, 1844
Watts, 1707

Interview with Shannon Seyler [15:51]

39 Sharpsburg [18:51]
Reese and Shell, 1869
Doddridge, 1755

Interview with Andrew Albers [21:03]

73 Cusseta [27:00]
Massengale, 1844
Hegenwalt, 1524 and Jacabi, 1722

Interview with Bruce Rye [30:08]

159 Wondrous Love [32:42]
Christopher, 1840
Mead's General Selection, 1811

All songs are from the 1991 edition of Sacred Harp

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