About a year-and-a-half ago, I went through a devastating breakup and, soon after, began a love affair with perhaps the strangest hobby an ex-yeshiva girl could imagine: Sacred Harp singing.

The Huntsville Collegium Musicum will present two concerts featuring Sacred Harp singing and Early American hymns on Friday at 7:30 p.m. at The Old Country Church at Burritt on the Mountain and ...

Principally for 4 voices (SATB). Rev. ed. of: Original sacred harp. Denson revision, 1987 ed., 1987, c1971. "First compiled in 1844 by Benjamin Franklin White."--Preface. Shape-note notation.

Surrounded by other singers arranged in a square, Judy Hauff rocks her feet heel to toe, rhythmically slashes the air with her arm and sings “Fa la sol la sol.” This is “shape note” music, an a ...

Cerys Matthews visits Alabama to learn a sacred choral tradition. Widely practised before the American Civil War, Sacred Harp singing is currently experiencing a global resurgence. Show more Cerys ...