Another song from Sunday’s shapenote singing — one that we don’t sing a lot: Murillo’s Lesson, #358, an exercise in scales and arpeggios whose words burst into florid patriotism in its second half. From the 1991 edition of the (Denson) Sacred Harp: (As a bonus, you get #359b, The Bride’s Farewell, a commentary on family life in … Continue reading Murillo’s, or Morelli’s, Lesson