Companion To The New Harp Of Columbia by Hatchett, Marion J - 2003-03-03

University of Tennessee Press, 2003-03-03. First Edition, First. hardcover. Used: Good.

Mar 03, 2003. New. Hardcover, new book, never been read, still sealed in plastic, excellent condition! b2.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Hardback. New. Meticulous in its research, encyclopedic in its detail, this reference volume is the first such work written for a shape-note songbook. Modeled on the various guidebooks to contemporary denominational hymnals, it provides commentary on every text, tune, author, and composer represented in M. L. Swan s New Harp of Columbia, a shape-note book originally published in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1867. The shape-note tradition first flourished in the small towns and rural areas of early America. Church-sponsored singing schools taught a form of musical notation in which the notes were assigned different shapes to indicate variations in pitch; this method worked well with congregants who had little knowledge of standard musical notation. Today many enthusiasts carry on the shape-note tradition, and The New Harp of Columbia (recently published in a restored edition by the University of Tennessee Press) is one of five shape-note singing manuals still in use. In the opening sections of this… Read More

Univ of Tennessee Pr, 2002. Hardcover. New. 1st reprint edition. 476 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.25 inches.

Univ Tennessee Press, 2003-03-03. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!