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b&w pen_ink drawing of sacred harp sing

February 22, 2018 Appalachian music / Hymns

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.

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trinity methodist church organ 1903

July 5, 2017 Appalachian music / Hymns / Ohio

She wrote 1500 hymns

Lelia Naylor Morris wrote about 1500 hymns in all, over a 37 year period. Her best known song can still be found in hymnals today.

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