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Folklife Database: Sacred Harp Singing by the Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church
Item Type:
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Sound
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| Series Number/Title |
S1576 |
| Container |
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| Item |
Audio recording |
| Item ID Number |
T83-74 - T83-76 |
| Item Title |
Sacred Harp Singing by the Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church |
| Program/Event |
Florida Record Project: Drop On Down in Florida
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| Date/Date Range |
03/30/1980 |
| Collector/Fieldworker |
DeVane, Dwight
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| Tradition Bearer |
Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church Sacred Harp Singers
Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church
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| Ethnicity/Nationality |
Anglo American
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| Genre/Occupation |
Singers
Shape note singers
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| Title of Work |
Lord Revive Us (T83-74)
Firm Foundation
Children of the Heavenly King
Look to Jesus
Longing for Heaven
Shades of Night
We Will Wear a Crown
Closer Walk With God
The Gospel Feast
Blow Ye The Trumpet
Coronation
Nearer, My God to Thee
Christian Soldier (T83-75)
Arnold
Cowper
How Long Dear Savior
The Traveler
I am Going Home
To Die No More
I Would See Jesus
Forever Blessed
Amazing Grace (T83-76)
Fountain of Life
Gospel Message
Sharpesburg
The Orphan Girl
Happy Land
That Beautiful Land
95th Psalm
Prayer
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| Subject |
Fieldwork
Musical tradition, sacred
Shape note singing
Singing
Performing arts
Music performance
Christianity
Churches
Church services
Baptists
Primitive Baptists
Religious music
Religious songs
Religion
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| Place Name |
Old Chicora (Fla.)
Hillsborough County (Fla.)
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| Corporate/Conference Name |
Florida Folklife Program
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| General Note/Comment Field |
Three reel to reel recordings.
Sacred Harp singing is the largest surviving branch of traditional American Shape Note Singing. “Sacred Harp” refers to The Sacred Harp, a book first published in 1844. The a capella singing is a non-denominational community musical event emphasizing participation, not performance. Singers sit facing inward in a hollow square. Each individual is invited to take a turn “leading,” i.e. standing in the center, selecting a song, and beating time with the hand. For other recordings of sacred harp signing from this church, see reels T78-348 through T78-350, and cassettes C79-82 through C78-83.
The Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church Sacred Harp Singers can be heard on the Podcasts page.
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