Legacy of the Sacred Harp
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Printed: 2010 Author: Chloe Webb
Publisher: Texas Christian University Press ISBN: 978-0875654164
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Paperback 256 pages.

Publisher's blurb:
Sacred Harp music or shape-note singing is as old as America itself. The term sacred harp refers to the human voice. Brought to this continent by the settlers of Jamestown, this style of singing is also known as “fasola.” In Legacy of the Sacred Harp, author Chloe Webb follows the history of this musical form back four hundred years, and in the process uncovers the harrowing legacy of her Dumas family line. The journey begins in contemporary Texas with an overlooked but historically rich family heirloom, a tattered 1869 edition of The Sacred Harp songbook.