Sacred Harp singers are not historical reenactors, he said. They use their hymnals week after week. Some treat them like ...

The songbook drops some familiar samples of ... tunes and lyrics borrowed from Anglican, Lutheran and Roman Catholic hymnals. But the hymnal committee, Kennedy explained, did draw certain lines ...

Sacred Harp singers of all ages keep a unique, 180-year-old a cappella hymn tradition alive, finding spiritual connection, ...

BREMEN, Ga. (AP) — “The Sacred Harp” hymnal is beloved by those who sing from it, carrying on the Christian songbook’s more than 180-year-old legacy. They are young and old — and all ...

Groups of Sacred Harp singers are working together to revise their hymnal The a capella tradition ... Since the Christian songbook’s pre-Civil War publication, groups of Sacred Harp singers ...

Singers at Holly Springs Primitive Baptist Church in West Georgia treat their red hymnals like extensions ... Since the Christian songbook’s pre-Civil War publication, groups of Sacred Harp ...

A Christian hymnal called “The Sacred Harp” is at the heart of a more than 180-year-old American singing tradition that is as ...

Why Sacred Harp Singers Are Revamping an Iconic Pre-Civil War Hymnal BREMEN ... Since the Christian songbook’s pre-Civil War publication, groups of Sacred Harp singers have periodically worked ...