Nov
10
The origins of Old Harp singing, part 1 of 2
Liner notes for 1951 Folkways record ‘Old Harp Singing,’ featuring the Old Harp Singers of Eastern Tennessee, by Sidney Robertson Cowell— ‘Singers in the Harp’ number many thousands of people through the South and West who sing religious folksongs and fuguing tunes. They are accustomed to meet on one or two Sunday afternoons a month, [...]
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