- Resource Type
- Tunebooks
- Accession Date
- 11/9/2018
- Date
- 1971c
- Call Number
- TB1971Origina
- Subtitle
- Denson revision : the best collection of sacred songs, hymns, odes, and anthems ever offered the singing public for general use
- Author
- White, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1800-1879
- Copy
- 9
- Author 2
- Denson, T. J. (Thomas Jackson), 1863-1935
- Author 3
- Denson, Paine, 1882-1955
- Place of Publication
- Cullman, Ala./Bremen, Ga.
- Publisher
- Sacred Harp Pub. Co.
- Section
- Sacred Harps
- Edition
- 1971 ed.
- Librarian Comments
- c.1 owned by Matthew Walter Griffin of Mt. Zion, Ga.
c.2 is correction copy owned by William J. Reynolds. Corrections were not incorporated in this edition, so probably this copy was used in the production of the 1987 corrected version.
c.3 is marked “Defective, lacks pp. 195-210”.
c.4 donated by P. Dan Brittain; has bookplate on outside front flyleaf and his name embossed on the cover. Includes many notes from him.
c.5 donated by Toney Smith. Some mold damage, but none seemingly active. Lacks inside front flyleaf.
c.6 donated by Loyd Redding of Bremen, Ga.
c.7 donated by Hugh McGraw of Bremen, Ga.
c.8 owned by Gillian A. Harris and later by Mora Sue Boydeter; Boydeter bought it in 1981 at the Chestnut Grove Singing. Includes memorial note to J.T. Pruitt.
c.9 donated by Toney Smith.
c.10 owned by D.T. White.
c.11 owned by Mrs. Pearl Driver. Includes some handwritten minutes.
c.12 owned by Buford McGraw of Mt. Zion, Ga.
c.13 owned by Lovella Warren of Blue Mountain, Ala. Lacks back cover and part of index.
c.14 owned by Buford McGraw of Mt. Zion, Ga.
c.15 owned by Carlene Griffin. Front cover attached but very loose.
c.16 owned by Carlene Griffin of Mt. Zion, Ga.
c.17 owned by Buford McGraw.
c.18 owned by Roy McGraw. Includes autographs commemorative of 1980 Sacred Harp tour to Vermont. Also includes part of a sheet of Christmas stamps affixed to the outside front flyleaf.
c.19 owned by Hugh McGraw. Lacks inside front flyleaf.
c.20 owned by Carlene Griffin. Lacks inside front flyleaf.
c.21 donated by Hugh McGraw of Bremen, Ga.
c.22 donated by David W. Stone and owned by Carlene Griffin and Nick Griffin of Mt. Zion, Ga.
c.23 donated by Jim Latimer; includes autographs from assorted singers.
c.24 donated by Glenda and Bert Collins and owned by Gladys Simmons of Bowdon, Ga.
c.25 owned by Carlene Griffin. Lacks first title page, possibly indicating a deliberate difference from other items of this same general state.
c.26 donated by Toney Smith.
c.27 owned by Matthew W. Griffin of Mt. Zion, Ga.
c.28 owned by Harold Jackson of Ranburne, Ala. Includes slip of paper with songs listed as “choices.”
c.29 owned by Hugh McGraw of Bremen, Ga.
c.30 marked “Defective, 155-186 missing.” Strangely tight binding, possibly representing a separate, unidentified state.
c.32 owned by John T. Hocutt of Jasper, Ala. Has list of songs, possibly minutes or song choices, taped to outside front flyleaf. Lacks inside front flyleaf. This copy has been covered in a rubber-like protective overbinding.
States:
c.1-16, 32 bound in full cloth, marbled red with a glossy finish. Cover title is in sans serif font with uncurved quotation marks, similar to some 1960 editions. Bright white paper in the text block in most but not all copies. Order of front matter: Original Sacred Harp 1944-1971 (with portraits)–title page–dedication–Preface–Music–Introduction and History of The Original Sacred Harp–Rudiments. Printed by Kingsport Press and with the Publishing Company address listed as Cullman, Ala.
c.17-23 bound in green boards with decorative covers featuring the 1844 edition title page on a marbled green and yellow background. Generally creamy paper in the text block. The facsimile title page serves as the cover title (Gothic font for “Sacred Harp” and “Suited to most Metres”, otherwise Latin). Order of front matter: facsimile title page from 1844 book; title page; Original Sacred Harp 1844-1971 (with portraits)–title page–dedication–Preface–Music–Introduction and History of The Original Sacred Harp–Rudiments. No mention of manufacturer; Publishing Company address listed as Bremen, Ga.
c.24 similar to 17-23 but with blue and white cover rather than green and yellow, and text block in darker cream paper.
c.25-27 bound in tan or beige boards. Cover title has “Original Sacred Harp” without quotation marks and in a Gothic typeface different from that of the 1844 facsimile title page used in other editions. Text block has relatively thin cream paper. Order of front matter: title–title page–Original Sacred Harp 1944-1971 (with portraits)–dedication–Preface–Music–Introduction and History of The Original Sacred Harp–Rudiments.
c.28-31 bound in dark brown boards with mock leather texture and tape spine of the same color. Binding cover varies slightly, possibly simply because of fading. Text block in light cream paper, thicker than c.25-27. Cover title has “Original Sacred Harp” without quotation marks and in a Gothic typeface, the same as c.25-27. Order of front matter: title–title page–Original Sacred Harp 1944-1971 (with portraits)–dedication–Preface–Music–Introduction and History of The Original Sacred Harp–Rudiments.
