Category: Sacred Harp Museum
Reports on exhibits, acquisitions, and other news at the Sacred Harp Museum.
From the Collection: An Earlier Sacred Harp
The Sacred Harp that we sing from today was not the first book by that name. In fact, it was not even the first oblong shape-note tunebook with that title. A decade before B. F. White published the first edition of The Sacred Harp, brothers Lowell and Timothy Mason published their own Sacred Harp in…
Preserving Sacred Harp’s Past for the Future: Interning at the Sacred Harp Museum
A note from the editor: The Sacred Harp Museum made great strides this summer in cataloging, archiving, preserving, and digitizing our collection thanks to Sasha Hsuczyk’s service piloting our new internship program. Below Sasha shares her experience living and working at the Sacred Harp Publishing Company Headquarters during her stay. The Publishing Company looks forward…
A Happy Life: Reflections on Sacred Harp Singing by Barrett Ashley
On Sunday, July 4, 1993, after the end of the second day of the Henagar-Union Sacred Harp Singing Convention in Henagar, Alabama, Chicago Sacred Harp singer Jerry Enright sat down with Barrett Ashley, a singer from Collinsville, Alabama, and one of the key members and supporters of the Lookout Mountain Sacred Harp singing community. Jerry…
Making the Sacred Harp Museum Accessible: A Newly Donated and Digitized 1909 White Book
The Sacred Harp Museum is thrilled to announce a new addition to the collection which will help us further our goal of preserving Sacred Harp heritage while making it as accessible as possible to the singing public. We express sincere thanks to Charles Whitmer of Conroe, Texas, for his generosity in donating a 1909 Sacred…
