"The Goodly Land" from a revised copy of the "Sacred Harp" by W.M. Cooper - Old Chicora, Florida

Title

• "The Goodly Land" from a revised copy of the "Sacred Harp" by W.M. Cooper - Old Chicora, Florida

Image Number

• FS79364B

Year

• 1979

Date Note

• Photographed on August 2, 1979.

Series Title

• General: Folklife Collection.
• Specific: Folklife Collection North Florida Folklife Project (Bethlehem Sacred Harp Sing Slide Tape Program)

General Note

• Photographed at the Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church in Old Chicora.



General Note

• Accompanying note: "'Well, in the Sacred Harp book there are four shapes, FA, SO, LA, MI. The FA is triangular, and the LA is square, the MI is diamond-shaped and the SO is uh zero, an O. And there's only four shapes, in Sacred Harp music and they're called, the notes are called by the shape of the note, rather than where it is located on the staff... because you don't have to know very much music to be able to sing... That's the main reason that, that I can figure out... anyway... is that it's easy to sing, just because you, you call the note by the shape of it.'"

Title of Work

• Sacred Harp, The :pThe Goodly Land

Photographer/Personal Author

• Bulger, Peggy A.

Additional Creator

• Cooper, W. M.

Physical Description

• 1 slide - col.

Subject Term

• Shape note hymnals
• Sacred music
• Shape note music
• Music publications

Geographic Term

• Old Chicora (Fla.)
• Polk County (Fla.)

Subject Corporate

• Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church (Old Chicora, Fla.)

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