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Harp of a thousand strings
Title
Harp of a thousand strings [sound recording].
Published
Cambridge, Mass. : Rounder, p1998.
Physical Description
1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Previously released in 1977 as White spirituals from The sacred harp, the Alabama Sacred Harp Convention, New World Records 80205-2; includes 6 previously unreleased selections.
"Remastered to 20-bit digital from the original field recordings"--Container.
Compact disc.
Program notes adapted and expanded by Matthew Barton from Lomax, texts, and selected bibliography ([36] p. : ill.) inserted in container.
Field recordings made by Alan Lomax, Sept. 12, 1959 in Fyffe, Ala.
Variant and related titles
Title on container spine: Harp of 1,000 strings
Subtitle on container: All day singing from The sacred harp
Sacred harp.
Format
Audio
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 30, 2013
Series
Performers
Sung by attendees of the 1959 United Sacred Harp Musical Association Singing Convention with various individuals leading.
Contents
Sherburne
David's lamentation
Soar away
Commentary
Wondrous love
Traveling on
New harmony
Hallelujah
Prayer for recess
Loving Jesus
Greenwich
Milford
Baptismal anthem
Amsterdam
Montgomery
Memorial lesson
Cussetta
The last words of Copernicus
The morning trumpet
Homeward bound
Northfield
Doddridge
Weeping Mary
Christmas anthem
New prospect
Oxford.
Issue number
CD 1709 Rounder
80205-2 New World Records
Subjects
Genre/Form
Field recordings.
Also listed under
Alabama Sacred Harp Convention (1959 : Fyffe, Ala.)
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