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The Sacred Harp

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1860 Edition


The Sacred Harp
The Sacred Harp

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S. C. Collins, 1860.

Editor

Improved and Enlarged edition
Benjamin Franklin White, and others.

Publisher

Philadelphia: S. C. Collins, 1860.

Misc. Notes

  1. 104884 and #62355 - Low-quality colour scan. Some pages are in the wrong order - this seems to have occurred in creating the PDF.
    #979679 - Pages 3-46, 67-78, 81-276, 285-290, 303-308, 317-398 only

Copyright

Complete Book

Complete Book

Incomplete Book

1911 James Edition "Original Sacred Harp"


J.S. James, 1911, 1921 reprint.

Editor

Joseph Stephen James (1849-1931) (and others in the editing committee)

Publisher

Atlanta: J.S. James, 1911, 1921 reprint.

Misc. Notes

This edition of the Sacred Harp was the fore-runner of the 1936 Denson edition (the direct ancestor of the current 1991 edition). It is famous for its "cheese notes" (see notes to song No.82, top, for explanation), some of which contain errors (for example attributions to Chopin rather than Chapin, and Sir John Stevenson rather than Joseph Stephenson of Poole)

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Complete Book

Complete Book

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The Sacred Harp

More information

1860 Edition

1860 Edition


S. C. Collins, 1860.

Editor

Improved and Enlarged edition
Benjamin Franklin White, and others.

Publisher

Philadelphia: S. C. Collins, 1860.

Misc. Notes

  1. 104884 and #62355 - Low-quality colour scan. Some pages are in the wrong order - this seems to have occurred in creating the PDF.
    #979679 - Pages 3-46, 67-78, 81-276, 285-290, 303-308, 317-398 only

Copyright

1911 James Edition "Original Sacred Harp"

1911 James Edition "Original Sacred Harp"


J.S. James, 1911, 1921 reprint.

Editor

Joseph Stephen James (1849-1931) (and others in the editing committee)

Publisher

Atlanta: J.S. James, 1911, 1921 reprint.

Misc. Notes

This edition of the Sacred Harp was the fore-runner of the 1936 Denson edition (the direct ancestor of the current 1991 edition). It is famous for its "cheese notes" (see notes to song No.82, top, for explanation), some of which contain errors (for example attributions to Chopin rather than Chapin, and Sir John Stevenson rather than Joseph Stephenson of Poole)

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