Sacred Harp music
*postings about Sacred Harp (and other shapenote) singing.
☛ 6/22/10: Rivers of Babylon
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2010/06/22/rivers-of-babylon/]
music: Wood Street 504, William Billings round Rivers of Babylon
☛ 9/23/10: Memorial singing
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2010/09/23/memorial-singing/]
music: Boylston 147t, War Department 160t, Babylon Is Fallen 117, Jordan 66, All Is Well 122, Mount Desert 474
☛ 9/23/10: Shapenote singing: some basics
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2010/09/23/shapenote-singing-some-basics/]
music: St. Thomas 34b, Ninety-Fifth 36b, New Britain 45t, Natick 497, Wood Street 504
☛ 9/23/10: Notes on shapenote singing
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2010/09/23/notes-on-shapenote-singing/]
☛ 10/17/10: Shapenote videos
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2010/10/17/shapenote-videos/]
video of Panting for Heaven 384
☛ 12/13/10: Jesus, the Light of the World
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2010/12/13/jesus-the-light-of-the-world/]
mention of Cookham 81b
☛ 1/7/11: Quotes and footnotes
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2011/01/07/quotes-and-footnotes/]
mention of The Grieved Soul 448b
☛ 3/28/11: Singing and cake
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2011/03/28/singing-and-cake/]
☛ 8/16/11: Ilse Lehiste Memorial Symposium
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2011/08/16/ilse-lehiste-memorial-symposium/]
music: Hallelujah 146
☛ 8/30/11: Hallelujah
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2011/08/30/hallelujah/]
discussion of Hallelujah 146
☛ 8/30/11: Awake my soul
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2011/08/30/awake-my-soul/]
music: Loving-Kindness 275
☛ 11/29/11: Rudolph in Northfield
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2011/11/29/rudolph-in-northfield/]
music: Northfield 155
☛ 11/29/11: Borrowing texts
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2011/11/29/borrowing-texts/]
287 Cambridge, 299 New Jerusalem, 168 Cowper
☛ 11/30/11: Text and tune
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2011/11/30/text-and-tune/]
discussion of Northfield 155
☛ 12/12/11: Black keys
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2011/12/12/black-keys/]
music: Prospect 30b, New Britain 45t, Jewett 105, New Britain in Southern Harmony 8t
☛ 12/13/11: Text+Tune
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2011/12/13/texttune/]
music: from American Christmas Harp: Antioch, Antioch in Southern Harmony, Sheffield, Boston
☛ 12/23/11: Come thou fount
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2011/12/23/come-thou-fount/]
music: Nettleton in Episcopal hymnal, and under the name The Good Shepherd, in Walker’s Christian Harmony, Restoration (First) 312b, Olney 135, Warrenton 145, Family Circle 333
☛ 12/26/11: Six tunes, at least that many texts
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2011/12/26/six-tunes-at-least-that-many-texts/]
music: Auld Lang Syne / Hamburg / Plenary 162, Shepherds Rejoice 152, Oxford 306, Boston, Ellacombe (Lutheran hymnal), Christmas Eve (Lutheran hymnal)
☛ 1/5/12: Portuguese Hymn
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2012/01/05/portuguese-hymn/]
music: Portuguese Hymn 223
☛ 7/10/12: Copernicus and Springsteen
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2012/07/10/copernicus-and-springsteen/]
music: The Last Words of Copernicus 112
☛ 7/10/12: Muriillo’s, or Morelli’s, Lesson
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2012/07/10/murillos-or-morellis-lesson/]
music: Murillo’s Lesson 358, The Bride’s Farewell 359b
☛ 12/21/12: Through all the changing scenes of life
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2012/12/21/through-all-the-changing-scenes-of-life/]
music: Psalm 34th
☛ 12/27/12: Confidence and Bear Creek
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2012/12/27/confidence-and-bear-creek/]
music: Confidence 270, Bear Creek 269
☛ 12/28/12: Praise singing
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2012/12/28/praise-singing/]
music: Bridgewater 274
☛ 5/15/13: half the beast, the neighbor of the beast
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2013/05/15/half-the-beast-the-neighbor-of-the-beast/]
☛ 5/19/13: Two mother songs
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2013/05/19/two-mother-songs/]
music: The Dying Boy 398, Holy Manna 59
☛ 6/10/13: Shapenote postings
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2013/06/10/shapenote-postings/]
summary of postings
☛ 4/20/14: Easter Anthem
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2014/04/20/easter-anthem/]
☛ 11/2/14: Sacred Harp by Cantus
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2014/11/02/sacred-harp-by-cantus/]
music: A Thankful Heart 475, Holy Manna 59
☛ 4/29/15: Ignaz Pleyel
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2015/04/29/ignaz-pleyel/]
music: Pleyel’s Hymn (First) 123, Pleyel’s Hymn (Second) 523b
☛ 4/17/16: Marian Bush:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2016/04/17/marian-bush/]
death notice for a singer
☛ 5/19/16: How long?:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2016/05/19/how-long/]
NORTHFIELD
☛ 7/13/16: Farewells:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2016/07/13/farewells/]
SH347 Christians, Farewell (with alternative words)
☛ 9/18/16: Another curiosity shelf:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2016/09/18/another-curiosity-shelf/]
SH99 Gospel Trumpet
☛ 9/26/16: The Antichrist:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2016/09/26/the-antichrist/]
Southern Harmony 19t: Hicks’ Farewell
SH83b The Dying Minister
SH348t Ainslie
SH570 Farewell to All (Second)
☛ 11/16/16: But oh, their end, their dreadful end:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2016/11/16/but-oh-their-end-their-dreadful-end/]
SH183 Greenwich
SH191 Virginia
SH192 Schenectady
SH193 Huntington
☛ 11/28/16: My tongue broke out in unknown strains:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2016/11/28/my-tongue-broke-out-in-unknown-strains/]
SH297 Conversion
☛ 2/13/17: Our allotted span:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2017/02/13/our-allotted-span/]
SH35 Saints Bound for Heaven
SH50 t: Mortality, b: Humility
SH181: Exit
☛ 2/13/17: Rainbow:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2017/02/13/rainbow/]
SH344: Rainbow; Bay Area singings
☛ 4/24/17: Memorial song: Fellowship 330b:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2017/04/24/memorial-song-fellowship-330b/]
“Blest be the tie that binds”
☛ 4/29/17: base(ly):
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2017/04/29/basely/]
SH71: Leander (and SH270: Confidence)
☛ 5/13/17: I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valley:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2017/05/13/i-am-the-rose-of-sharon-and-the-lily-of-the-valley/]
SH254: Rose of Sharon
☛ 8/22/17: The FaSoLa Cafe:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2017/08/22/the-fasola-cafe/]
cafe in Narita Airport
☛ 9/27/17: The birthday singing:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2017/09/27/the-birthday-singing/]
Old Hundred SH49t; Mear SH49b
☛ 10/1/17: Ecstasy:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2017/10/01/ecstasy/]
SH85 The Morning Trumpet, SH106 Ecstasy, SH120 Chambers, SH285t Arnold, SH497 Natick
☛ 10/14/17: A musical journey to NW MA:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2017/10/14/a-musical-journey-to-nw-ma/]
SH155 Northfield, SH195 Worcester, SH127 Green Fields, SH40 Lenox; (by Billings) Amherst, Greenfield, Boston ACH28, Charlston ACH25, Water Town ACH26, Jamaica ACH34; also Deerfield, Springfield, Northampton, Williamstown ACH35, Hull ACH34, Salem ACH102, Milford SH273 and ACH10, Mount Desert SH474, Portland SH556
☛ 11/17/17: Singing in parts:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2017/11/17/singing-in-parts/]
lines in SH singing (and SATB choral music and TTBB men’s quartet music)
☛ 2/23/18: Lexical adventures in the Sacred Harp:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2018/02/23/lexical-adventures-in-the-sacred-harp/]
Florence SH121, Mission SH204, Columbus SH67, Cambridge SH287, O Come Away SH334, Stafford SH78; concordance to the Sacred Harp; Southern Harp O Come, Come Away
☛ 2/23/18: Death’s end:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2018/02/23/deaths-end/]
Promised Day SH409, New Jerusalem SH299, Northfield SH155
☛ 3/26/18: Todrick Hall:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2018/03/26/todrick-hall/]
Judy Hauff’s CD Angels on the Wing, Karen Willard’s book An American Christmas Harp
☛ 3/31/18: Easter Anthem: the text:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2018/03/31/easter-anthem-the-text/]
SH236
☛ 6/28/18: Mix and match:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2018/06/28/mix-and-match/]
mixing and matching text and tune
☛ 8/13/18: In Syntax Country:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2018/08/13/in-syntax-country/]
SH299 New Jerusalem
☛ 1/1/19: Fiction: He kissed me:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2019/01/01/fiction-he-kissed-me/]
a Palo Alto singing in 1996
☛ 4/24/19: A Ceci disavowal:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2019/04/24/a-ceci-disavowal/]
SH117 Babylon Is Fallen
☛ 6/16/19: On this day in 2019:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2019/06/16/on-this-day-in-2019/]
BASH singing at Palo Alto World Music Festival; SH 297 Conversion
☛ 7/3/19: Numerology:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2019/07/03/numerology/]
SH63 Coronation, SH198 Green Street, SH314 Cleburne, SH485 New Agatite
☛ 7/16/19: Singout at the CA chorale:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2019/07/16/singout-at-the-ca-chorale/]
singing scheduled for 2019 motss.con in Palo Alto; SH singing style
☛ 8/29/19: 79:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2019/08/29/79/]
SH79 The Old Ship of Zion; SH388; references to SH50t and SH181; Marian Bush memorial singing
☛ 8/31/19: Come lay your carnal weapons by:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2019/08/31/come-lay-your-carnal-weapons-by/]
SH404 Youth Will Soon Be Gone
☛ 9/2/19: More dream linguistics:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2019/09/02/more-dream-linguistics/]
SH122 All Is Well
☛ 9/8/19: Greetings:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2019/09/08/greetings-2/]
SH272 Exhortation (Second)
☛ 9/9/19: Revisiting 34: sing out, Arnold!:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2019/09/09/revisiting-34-sing-out-arnold/]
SH285t Arnold; SH354b Happy Land; Wesley text, Breedlove tune; pairing of texts and tunes
☛ 1/29/20: Roses now, or roses later:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2020/01/29/roses-now-or-roses-later/]
SH340 Odem (Second); SH339 When I Am Gone; SH260 Farewell Anthem
☛ 4/4/20: Clouds of glory:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2020/04/04/clouds-of-glory/]
SH480 Redemption; SH479 Chester
☛ 6/12/20: Wayfaring musicians:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2020/06/12/wayfaring-musicians/]
SH457 Wayfaring Stranger
☛ 5/5/21: Musical numerology: two days in May:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2021/05/05/musical-numerology-two-days-in-may/]
for 5/4: SH54 The Blessed Lamb; and for 5/9: SH59 Holy Manna
☛ 5/29/21: The hairy and the smooth:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2021/05/29/the-hairy-and-the-smooth/]
SH200 Edom
☛ 5/31/21: Idumea:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2021/05/31/119161/]
SH200 Edom, SH47b Idumea, SH47t Primrose, SH147 Boylston
☛ 8/21/21: Annals of research queries:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2021/08/21/annals-of-research-queries/
SH65 Sweet Prospect
☛ 1/7/22: Royal Melchior:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2022/01/07/royal-melchior/]
☛ 1/9/22: The Burne-Jones Adoration:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2022/01/09/the-burne-jones-adoration/]
☛ 2/6/22: The SIN and GUILT of a LINGUIST:
[ttps://arnoldzwicky.org/2022/02/06/the-sin-and-guilt-of-a-linguist/]
☛ 5/5/22: Music of joy:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2022/05/05/music-of-joy/]
☛ 5/5/22: Go revel ye Cupids, the day is your own:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2022/05/05/go-revel-ye-cupids-the-day-is-your-own/]
☛ 5/6/22: Angel Band:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2022/05/06/angel-band/]
☛ 5/10/22: Three occasions:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2022/05/10/three-occasions/]
☛ 5/19/22: Shouting songs:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2022/05/19/shouting-songs/]
☛ 6/28/22: Zwicknames:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2022/06/28/zwicknames/]
☛ 8/27/22: Eat Your Woolly Mammoths!:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2022/08/27/eat-your-woolly-mammoths/]
☛ 8/29/22: Sacred Harp numerology for my birthday:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2022/08/29/sacred-harp-numerology-for-my-birthday/]
☛ 8/31/22: Who was that winged man?:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2022/08/31/who-was-that-winged-man/]
☛ 9/4/22: The vine and the fritter:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2022/09/04/the-vine-and-the-fritter/]
☛ 10/9/22: What I’ve been writing:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2022/10/09/what-ive-been-writing/
☛ 10/11/22: NCOD 2022:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2022/10/11/ncod-2022/]
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