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[bibliography; links; hymnology; organizations; singing schedules] Definitive guide to "Sacred Harp" and related musical traditions.
http://fasola.org/

Plans for a reprint by the UT-Knoxville press; other NHC resources.
http://members.aol.com/RSRICHMOND/newharp.html

[indexes; hymnals] New edition of an early-19th-century American hymnal.
http://fasola.org/index/0Index.html

[reviews of recordings from the Library of Congress]
http://www.rootsworld.com/rw/feature/sacred-harp.html

Features extensive, searchable, downloadable database of recordings; singings and conventions in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Area; links.
http://www.shapenotes.com/shapenotes/sitemap.asp

Describes printed music, literature, recordings, and other resources relating to Sacred Harp singing and other shape-note music
http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/~mudws/resource/

Describes Sacred Harp singing, a form of traditional music in the United States: repertory, notation, research; schedules; net resources; and other general information.
http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/~mudws/harp.html

Extensive historical article.
http://www.apadrecordings.com/southarm.htm

Includes links, calendar of events, and sales of books and recordings.
http://www.ukshapenote.org.uk/index.html

[Aiken 7-shape music] Brief history, 10 sample scores, facsimile of old music instruction book.
http://shapenote.tripod.com/

Includes several hymns reset using a shape-note font.
http://www.goshen.edu/~lonhs/Practical_Musician/Shapenotes.html

Features three MP3 recordings; discussion of recording techniques.
http://www.orange-carb.org/~cmh/SacredHarp/recordings.html

[hymnals; recordings] (commercial content) Information about a chorus, and an expanded reprint of an early-19th-century hymnal.
http://www.northernharmony.pair.com/

(checklist of books in the Rare Book Collection of Alderman Library University of Virginia)
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/MusicLib/guides/shape.html

Article including description of shape-note traditions and archival photos.
http://users.auracom.com/dowland/articles_early_music.html

Includes MIDI hymn tunes from: many shaped-note books, some forgotten Mason and Hastings works, and original compositions.
http://www.geocities.com/mlmoore_99.geo/

Etext and digital facsimile of 1860 edition.
http://lib0131.lib.msu.edu/dmc/s.../public/all/sacredharp/harp.html