Music from various editions of The Original Sacred Harp.

Various groups (details given in the notes).

"The Library of Congress Archive of Folk Culture."

Compact disc.

Originally released in 1943 on analog discs AFS L11 in the series Folk music of the United States, by Recording Laboratory, Library of Congress.

Compact disc.

Program notes by Wayne D. Shirley (1978) & George Pullen Jackson (1942), with song texts, discographical details, sources (25 p. : ill., music) inserted in container.

Recorded by Alan Lomax & George Pullen Jackson in Aug. 1942 at the 37th annual session of the Alabama Sacred Harp Singing Convention, in Birmingham.

Sacred harp.

Folk music of the United States.

[Hymns] Windham / Daniel Read (2:13)

Mear / attrib. Aaron Williams (2:09)

Wondrous love / anon. (2:16)

Lover of the Lord / R.H. Reeves (1:35)

Lover of the Lord (version 2) (1:32)

[Fuguing songs] Montgomery / David Morgan ; words, Isaac Watts (2:08)

Northfield / Jeremiah Ingalls ; words, Watts (1:08)

Mount Zion / Brown (2:21)

Milford / John Stephenson (1:30)

Stratfield / anon. ; words, Watts (1:53)

Evening shade / anon. ; words, John Leland (1:50)

Ballstown / Nehemiah Shumway (1:40)

Edom / John Cole ; words, Watts (2:03)

Fillmore / John P. Rees ; words, O. Heginbothorn (2:03)

Sardis / Sarah Lancaster (2:08)

Mission / anon. (2:14)

Vain world adieu / Edmund Dumas ; words, anon. (2 min.)

[Anthems] Heavenly vision / William Billings ; words, from Revalations V-VIII (3:02)

David's lamentation / Billings ; words, II Samuel XVIII (1:51)

Sherburne / Daniel Read ; words, Nahum Tate (2:01).

CD 1503 Rounder

AFS L11 (AAFS 51--AAFS 55) Library of Congress, Division of Music, Recording Laboratory

AAFS 51--AAFS 55 Library of Congress, Division of Music, Recording Laboratory

Folk songs, English > Southern States.

Hymns, English > Southern States.

Shape-note singing > Southern States.

Church music > Southern States.

Folk music > United States.

Archive of Folk Culture (U.S.)