The following (more-or-less) alphabetical list is intended as a companion to Steven Sabols' Tunebooks, Music Books, and Hymnals, where you will find reviews for most of them. You may wish to open his page in a seperate browser window, so that you can easily go back and forth between his page and mine.
      Links are to Amazon.com unless otherwise specified.

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Harmony of Maine; Supply Belcher   Da Capo Press reprint (June 1974) of 1794 collection   Hardcover
Written before the days of shaped notes, some of Belcher's music later got into shape-note tune books.
       Amazon.com
 
Hymn Tune Index: A Census of English-Language Hymn Tunes in Printed Sources from 1535 to1820; Nicholas Temperley, Charles G. Manns, and Joseph Herl   Oxford University Press/Clarendon Press (May 1998)   Hardcover
       Amazon.com
 
Hymns and Tunes: An Index; Katharine S. Diehl   Scarecrow Press (January 1979)   Hardcover
       Amazon.com
 

 
Mennonite Hymnal, Shaped Notes; Herald Press, 1960
 
The Missouri Harmony: Or a Collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes, and Anthems; Allen D. Carden, compiler   University of Nebraska Press facsimile reprint of the 1846 edition, reprint edition (March 1994)   Paperback
       Amazon.com
 
The Missouri Harmony: Or a Choice Collection of Psalm Tunes, Hymns, and Anthems; Allen D. Carden, compiler   Missouri History Museum Press; Revised edition (June 30, 2005)   Hardback
       Amazon.com
 
Music of the New American Nation: Sacred Music from 1780-1820; Karl Kroeger and others, editors   Garland Publishing Co.   15-volume series   Hardcover
       Amazon.com
 
Music of the New American Nation: Volume 1.: Amos Bull, The Collected Works; Karl Kroeger, editor   Garland Publishing Co.   (March 1996)   Hardcover
       Amazon.com
 
Music of the New American Nation: Volume 2.: Three Connecticut Composers: The Collected Works of Oliver Brownson, Alexander Gillet, and Soloman Chandler; Karl Kroeger, editor   Garland Publishing Co   Hardcover
       Amazon.com
 
Music of the New American Nation: Volume 3.: Three New York Composers: The Collected Works of Lewis Edson, Lewis Edson, Jr., and Nathaniel Billings; Karl Kroeger, editor   Garland Publishing Co.   (October 1995)   Hardcover
       Amazon.com
 
Music of the New American Nation: Volume 4.: Elias Mann (1750-1825), The Collected Works; Daniel C. L. Jones, editor   Garland Publishing Co.   (March 1996)   Hardcover
       Amazon.com
 
Music of the New American Nation: Volume 5.: Supply Belcher (1751-1836), The Collected Works; Linda Davenport, editor   Garland Publishing Co.   (November 1996)   Hardcover
       Amazon.com
 
Music of the New American Nation: Volume 6.: Abraham Wood, The Collected Works; Karl Kroeger, editor   Garland Publishing Co.   (March 1996)   Hardcover
       Amazon.com
 
Music of the New American Nation: Volume 7.: Two Vermont Composers: The Collected Works of Elisha West (1752-ca. 1808) and Justin Morgan (1747-1798); Karl Kroeger, editor   Garland Publishing Co.   (March 1997)   Hardcover
       Amazon.com
 
Ever wonder what happened to Justin Morgan's horse?
Justin Morgan Had a Horse; Marguerite Henry, Wesley Dennis (Illustrator)   Aladdin Paperbacks reissue edition (October 1991)   Paperback
Reading level: Ages 9-12   I read this just a few years ago, and thoroughly enjoyed it. However, it's more about the horse than the Singingschool Master!
       Amazon.com
 
Music of the New American Nation: Volume 8.: Two Connecticut Composers: The Collected Works of Asahel Benham and Merit Woodruff; Karl Kroeger, editor   Garland Publishing Co.   (October 1995)   Hardcover
       Amazon.com
 
Music of the New American Nation: Volume 9.: Jacobs French (1754-1817), The Collected Works; Daniel C. L. Jones, editor   Garland Publishing Co.   Hardcover
       Amazon.com
 
Music of the New American Nation: Volume 10.: Joseph Stone (1758-1837), The Collected Works; Karl Kroeger, editor   Garland Publishing Co.   (March 1996)   Hardcover
       Amazon.com
 
Music of the New American Nation: Volume 11.: Samuel Babcock (ca. 1760-1813), The Collected Works; Laurie Sampsel, editor   Garland Publishing Co.   Hardcover
       Amazon.com
 
Music of the New American Nation: Volume 12.: Samuel Holyoke (1762-1820) and Jacob Kimball (1761-1826), Selected Works; Harry Eskew and Karl Kroeger, editors   Garland Publishing Co.   (November 1997)   Hardcover
       Amazon.com
 
Music of the New American Nation: Volume 13.: Oliver Holden (1765-1844), The Collected Works; Oliver Holden, David W. Music, editors   Garland Publishing Co.   (January 1998)   Hardcover
       Amazon.com
 
Music of the New American Nation: Volume 14.: Daniel Belknap (1771-1818), The Collected Works; David Warren Steel, editor   Garland Publishing Co.   Hardcover
       Amazon.com
 
Music of the New American Nation: Volume 15.: Two Connecticut Composers: The Collected Works of Eliakim Doolittle (1772-1850) and Timothy Olmstead (1759-1848); Maxine Fawcett-Yeske, editor   Garland Publishing Co.   Hardcover
       Amazon.com
 
New Harp of Columbia: Tennesseana Editions Series; M. L. Swan   University of Tennessee Press, 1978   Trade Paperback
       Amazon.com
 
Northern Harmony: Plain Tunes, Fuging Tunes, and Anthems from the New England Singing School Traditions; Larry Gordon et al., eds.   2nd edition (November 1990)   Hardcover
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Northern Harmony: Plain Tunes, Fuging Tunes, and Anthems from the New England Singing School Traditions; Larry Gordon et al., eds.   3rd edition, New and Revised (August 1995)   Hardcover
Many new songs are included in this edition. It's out of print, as is the 4th edition (as of 08/13/2012)       Amazon.com   Alibris.com
 
The Norumbega Harmony: Historic and Contemporary Hymn Tunes and Anthems from the New England Singing School Tradition; Stephen A. Marini, University Press of Mississippi (January 2004). Hardcover. (American Made Music Series)
       Amazon.com
 
The Psalms and Hymns of Isaac Watts: With All the Additional Hymns and Complete Indexes; Isaac Watts   Soli Deo Gloria Publications (June 1998)   Hardcover
       Amazon.com
 
The Psalm-Singer's Amusement; William Billings   Da Capo Press (June 1974)   Hardcover
A 1974 Facsimile of The Psalm-Singer's Amusement (Earlier American Music, No 20)
       Amazon.com
 
Public Worship, Private Faith: Sacred Harp and American Folksong; John Bealle   University of Georgia Press (October 1997)   Hardcover
       Amazon.com
 
Public Worship, Private Faith: Sacred Harp and American Folksong; John Bealle   University of Georgia Press (October 1997)   Paperback
       Amazon.com
 
The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition; Benjamin F. White and E. J. King   Hardcover
The 4th Printing is now available from the publisher: see Steven Sabol's Tunebooks, Music Books, and Hymnals
This essential tunebook is not available from Amazon, because it has no ISBN #. House of Musical Traditions, Inc. carries it; you may purchase it on line using a secure server for $22.95. Send email to House of Musical Traditions for availability and current price information. Shipping in the continental US is $7.00. Tax to Maryland addresses is additional.
 
The Sacred Harp; B. F. White and E. J. King   Reprint Services Corp.   Library Binding
432 pages - Reprint of the Facsimile of the Third (1859) Edition. Subsequent editions removed some songs while introducing others.
       Amazon.com
 
The Sacred Harp: A Tradition and Its Music; Buell E. Cobb   Brown Thrasher Book   Paperback
See Warren Steel's Review
       Amazon.com
 
The Sacred Harp (The Donald Hunsberger Wind Library); David Liptak   Warner Bros Publications (January 1998)
Composition for Wind Orchestra: Conductor's Score Only; Paperback
       Amazon.com
Conductor's Score and Complete set of Performance Parts; Ringbound
       Amazon.com
Donald Hunsberger and Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra; Audio CD
The Sacred Harp; David Liptak   (Composition for Wind Ensemble)
 
Singing Baptists: Studies in Baptist Hymnody in America; Harry Eskew, David W. Music, and Paul A. Richardson   Church Street Press (June 1998)   Paperback
       Amazon.com
 
September Psalms: The Shape-Note Community Remembers; Chris Noren, editor   Spiral-bound soft cover
A collection of tunes in the tradition of The Sacred Harp and related shape-note tunebooks, including 26 original tunes by living composers and with seven early American revival and patriotic tunes, some newly arranged. All proceeds collected from sales of the book will be donated to the Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund.
       Chris Noren
 
The Social Harp; by John G McCurry (Author), Daniel W Patterson (Editor), John F Garst (Editor)   University of Georgia Press (April 13, 2006)   Paperback
       Amazon.com
Hardcover (used)
       Amazon.com
 
The Sound of the Dove: Singing in Appalachian Primitive Baptist Churches (Music in American Life); Beverly Bush Patterson   University of Illinois Press (Pro Ref, March 1995)   Hardcover
       Amazon.com
 
The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion; William Walker, Glenn C. Wilcox, eds.   (September 1993)   Hardcover & CD
See Warren Steel's Review of the 1997 edition of the Tunebook, written for Ethnomusicology 33 (Spring/Summer 1989)
       Amazon.com
 
Spiritual Folk-Songs of Early America; George P. Jackson, editor   Peter Smith Pub. (1975)   Hardcover
       Amazon.com
 
Stoughton Musical Society's Centennial Collection of Sacred Music (Earlier American Music Series No. 23); Stoughton Musical Society   Da Capo Press reprint (June 1980) of the original 1878 tunebook   Hardcover
       Amazon.com
 
A Survey of Christian Hymnody; William J. Reynolds and Milburn Price   Hope Publishing Company 3rd edition (October 1987)   Paperback
       Amazon.com
 
T-Z Timothy Swan: Psalmody and Secular Songs (Music of the United States of America, Vol. 6); Nym Cooke, editor   A-R Editions (August 1997)   Paperback
Also published as Vol. 26 of Recent Researches in American Music; (same ISBN#)
Publisher's Review
       Amazon.com
 
White and Negro Spirituals, Their Lifespan and Kinship; George Pullen Jackson   Da Capo Press reprint (July 1975)   Hardcover
       Amazon.com
 
White Spirituals in the Southern Uplands: The Story of the Fasola Folk, Their Songs, Singings, and "Buckwheat Notes"; George Pullen Jackson   *OP
       Amazon.com
 
William Billings of Boston: Eighteenth Century Composer; David McKay and Richard Crawford   Princeton University Press (June 1975)   Hardcover
       Amazon.com
 
Shape Note Music: Audio
 
Books
 
Shape Note Christmas Music at Amazon.com
Sacred Harp MP3 at Amazon.com
 

The following (more-or-less) alphabetical list is intended as a companion to Steven Sabols' Sacred Harp and Related Shape-Note Music: Resources, where you will find reviews for most of them. At Berkley Moore's searchable Shape Note Recording Index, you can find tune-lists for many recording titles, and you can search by a tune name to discover which recordings include it. Berkley Moore has an updated list (January 2009) with many more recordings at Recordings Index. Remember to check my search page also; new listings appear frequently, especially among used recordings.

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All Hayle to the Days; Celia Harper Conducting Harper's Hamper   Cala-United   Audio CD   American Christmas: Shapenote Carols from New England and Appalachia; Anonymous, William Billings, Edward French, R. Herron, Jeremiah Ingalls, John Massengale, John G. McCurry, Daniel Read, Joseph Stephenson, Timothy Swan, William Harvey Jr. Swan, Christmas Traditional, Composers   Wesley Rogers (Performer)   Loft Recordings (August 5, 2003) Audio CD        Amazon.com   American Christmas; Anonymous, George Frederick Handel, John Jacob Niles, American Traditional, Christmas Traditional, John Francis Wade (Composers)   Frederick Jodry, Joel Cohen (Conductors)   Boston Camerata (Performer)   Erato (September 7, 1993) Audio CD   Some of the tracks are Shape-note hymns.   1. I. Prepare The Way: Watchman Of Zion [of the Mennonite shape-note tradition, according to M. J. Smith, review at Amazon.]   2. I. Prepare The Way: Kingsbridge [in The American Harmony. Performed with instruments, rather than women's voices; Cohen states that this reflects what we know about early practice in English country churches.] Kingsbridge was incoporated into The Sacred Harp.]   3. I. Prepare The Way: Bozrah [in several shape note tune books, including The Sacred Harp, where the tune name is "The Traveler".]   4. I. Prepare The Way: Baptismal Anthem ["Baptismal Anthem is from the Original Sacred Harp with the addition of the alto line but no shapes." - M. J. Smith, review at Amazon.]   5. II. A Virgin Unspotted: A Christmas Hymn (Stephenson) [in Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music Part Second, 1813]   6. II. A Virgin Unspotted: A Virgin Most Pure - A Virgin Unspotted   7. II. A Virgin Unspotted: Boston [in The Sacred Harp tune name is "Boston."]   8. III. Lo, The Bridegroom: The Heavenly Courtier   9. III. Lo, The Bridegroom: Pretty Home   10. III. Lo, The Bridegroom: The Midnight Cry [19th c., American; it is in The Sacred Harp.]   11. IV. I Wonder As I Wander: Wayfaring Stranger [flute solo] [it's in The Sacred Harp]   12. IV. I Wonder As I Wander: Slow Traveller   13. IV. I Wonder As I Wander: I Wonder As I Wander   14. IV. I Wonder As I Wander: Lullay, Thou Tiny Little Child   15. V. Shepherds Rejoice: Lovely Vine [in The Christian Harmony North Carolina and Alabama)."]   16. V. Shepherds Rejoice: Adeste Fideles [in The Sacred Harp tune name is "Portuguese Hymn"]   17. V. Shepherds Rejoice: Still Water   18. V. Shepherds Rejoice: While Shepherds Watched (Folksong)   19. V. Shepherds Rejoice: Sherburne [in The Sacred Harp   20. V. Shepherds Rejoice: Shepherds Rejoice [The Sacred Harp tune name is "Plenary".]   21. VI. Light Of The World: Fulfilment [The Sacred Harp spelling of the tune name is "Fulfillment".]   22. VI. Light Of The World: Fulfilment   23. VI. Light Of The World: Hush My Babe, Lie Still And Slumber [in The Sacred Harp tune name is "Charlestown".]   24. VI. Light Of The World: Jesus The Light Of The World   25. VI. Light Of The World: Joy To The World [in The Continental Harmony, "Father" Kemp [R. C. Kemp], 1857.]          Amazon.com        Amazon Dealers - New        Amazon Dealers - Used   The American Vocalist ~ Spirituals, 1850-1870; William Billings, Daniel Read, et al., Composers.   (October 20, 1992)   Audio CD Joel Cohen conducting the Boston Camerata, Schola Cantorum Boston, et al.        Amazon.com   An American Idyll; Daniel McCabe, et al.   Fleur De Son - #57924, June 24, 1997   Audio CD        Amazon.com   Christmas in Early America; Columbus Consort   Audio CD/MP3        Amazon.com   Desire For Piety / Wiregrass Sacred Harp Singers; Benjamin Franklin White, Henry G. Mann, et al., Composers.   New World Records (June 10, 1997)   Audio CD        Amazon.com   Folk Music U.S.A.: Vol. 1; MP3        Rocky Road: Shape-Note Singing   Glory Shone Around: A Christmas Collection; Northampton Harmony, Tony Trischka et al.   Rounder Records, 1995 Includes "Sherburne" ("Glory Shone Around")     Sound Samples Available        Cassette   Amazon.com        Audio CD   Amazon.com   In the Spirit: Alabama's Sacred Music Traditions; Henry Willett, editor   Black Belt Press   Paperback & Audio CD   *OP        Amazon.com        Search for it at Alibris.com   Joe Beasley Memorial Sacred Harp Album Underwritten by the Joe Beasley Memorial Foundation. This 2-CD or 2-tape set, each with a 28-page booklet, has tunes that Joe recorded in 1954 at an Old Flatwoods (Nauvoo, AL) night singing, in 1976 and 1977 at Concord (Winfield, AL), and in 1978 at the Shady Grove (Double Springs, AL) Dutch Treat Singing.        Alternate   Kisses Sweeter Than Wine; The Weavers.   Omega Classics (February 14, 1994)   Audio CD Set (2) This Two-CD Set includes one track entitled "Two Shape Note Hymns" - (previously unreleased). One of the two hymns is "Evening Shade." They sing it very fast!        Amazon.com   A Land of Pure Delight: William Billings: Anthems; William Billings.   Paul Hillier conducting His Majesties Clerkes.   Harmonia Mundi (Fra) - #907048 (March 2, 1992)   Audio CD        Amazon.com   Liberty Tree; Joel Cohen, Boston Camerata.   Wea/Atlantic/Erato - #21668, August 18, 1998   Audio CD        Amazon.com   Music of the American Revolution; Milnes, McCoy, et al.   New World Records - #80276 (May 29, 1996)   Audio CD This is not Shape Note Music per se; however, Neely Bruce is one of the Conductors. "Of interest to shape-note singers are four choral pieces by composers Billings ("Lamentation Over Boston"and "Independence") and Wood ("Warren" and "A Hymn on Peace")." - from Steven Sabol's description        Amazon.com   Present Joys, Blessings Past; The 1998 Potomac River Sacred Harp Singing Convention Two-CD Set Field Recording: Singing from The Sacred Harp, 1991 edition, The B. F. White Sacred Harp, 1992 Cooper Edition, and "New Traditions" (songs recently composed in the Sacred Harp Tradition). Underwritten by the Folklore Society of Greater Washington through the Susan Wantland Memorial Fund for Shape-Note Singing. This recording is dedicated to her memory.        order information   Rivers Of Delight; Word Of Mouth Chorus   Wea/Atlantic/Nonesuch - #71360, July 25, 1989.   Audio CD        Amazon.com   Sacred Harp Singing; Alabama Sacred Harp Singing Convention of August 1942   (January 13, 1998)   Audio CD See Warren Steel's Review        "Alabama Singing Convention" Sound Samples Available        Amazon.com   The Shapenote Album; Loft Recordings - #1042 (August 7, 2001)   Audio CD Composers: Justin Morgan, Daniel Read, et al.        Amazon.com   Showers of Blessings       From the 1995 Garden State Sacred Harp Convention - more than 30 songs from this strong and joyous singing. An excellent learning and sing-along recording. Cassette $12. Now also available on CD, $17. (Both prices include postage.)        Alternate   The Sound of the Dove: Singing in Appalachian Primitive Baptist Churches (Music in American Life); Beverly Bush Patterson.   University of Illinois Press (Pro Ref, March 1995)   Audio CD Steven Sabol's Review of the recording        Amazon.com   Southern Harmony; Book & CD; see Books   Southern Harmony; William / Gregg Smith Duckworth Singers, 1996   Audio CD        Amazon.com   Southern Journey, Vol. 9: Harp Of A Thousand Strings - All Day Singing From The Sacred Harp; Alan Lomax Collection (Rounder Series), Southern Journey (Rounder Series), Alabama Sacred Harp Singers.   (August 10, 1998)   Audio CD        Amazon.com   Southern Journey, Vol. 10: And Glory Shone Around - More All Day Singing From The Sacred Harp; Alan Lomax Collection (Rounder Series), Southern Journey (Rounder Series), Alabama Sacred Harp Singers.   (August 10, 1998)   Audio CD        Amazon.com   The Colored Sacred Harp; Wiregrass Sacred Harp Singers. See Warren Steel's Review        Audio CD     Sound Samples Available        Amazon.com   The Social Harp ~ Early American Shape-Note Songs; sung by traditional singers led by Hugh McGraw (Rounder 0094, August 2, 1994)   Audio CD        Amazon.com   White Spirituals From The Sacred Harp; Alabama Sacred Harp Convention.   Audio CD        Amazon.com Includes "Sherburne" MP3        Amazon.com (While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks)   Southern Journey, V. 9: Harp of a Thousand Strings ~ All Day Singing From the Sacred Harp;        Amazon.com        Includes these Christmas selections:            Christmas Anthem            Oxford            Milford   Western Massachusetts Sacred Harp Convention;   MP3        Amazon.com        57 songs, including "Present Joys"        Amazon.com

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