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Shape Note Christmas Music at Amazon.com
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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 **
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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.]

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American Vocalist - Spirituals, 1850-1870, The; William Billings, Daniel Read, et al., Composers. (October 20, 1992) Audio CD **
Joel Cohen conducting the Boston Camerata, Schola Cantorum Boston, et al.
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An American Idyll; Daniel McCabe, et al. Fleur De Son - #57924, June 24, 1997 Audio CD **
Amazon.com Christmas in Early America

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Desire For Piety / Wiregrass Sacred Harp Singers; Benjamin Franklin White, Henry G. Mann, et al., Composers. New World Records (June 10, 1997)
Audio CD **
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Glory Shone Around: A Christmas Collection; Northampton Harmony, Tony Trischka et al. Rounder Records, 1995
Includes "Sherburne" ("Glory Shone Around") Sound Samples Available
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In the Spirit: Alabama's Sacred Music Traditions; Henry Willett, editor. Black Belt Press Paperback & Audio CD *OP
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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.
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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!
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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 **
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Liberty Tree; Joel Cohen, Boston Camerata. Wea/Atlantic/Erato - #21668, August 18, 1998 Audio CD
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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
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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.
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Rivers Of Delight; Word Of Mouth Chorus. Wea/Atlantic/Nonesuch - #71360, July 25, 1989. Audio CD **
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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
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Donald Hunsberger and Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra; Donald Hunsberger, conductor. Kosei Publishing Company (KOCD-3022) Audio CD
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"The Sacred Harp"; David Liptak. (Composition for Wind Ensemble)
(This Recording also includes: "Fantasia And Fugue In C Minor", Johann Sebastian Bach; "The Red Pony", Aaron Copland; "Tristan Keuris", Catena; "Star Wars Trilogy", John Williams.)
Southern Music.

David Liptak wrote:
My composition for wind ensemble uses the setting of "Wondrous Love" from the Sacred Harp collection. The music was a commission celebrating the inauguration of the current president of the University of Rochester, and I wrote it for wind ensemble. The music is partly based upon "Wondrous Love," and the whole piece is meant to be reflective of that particularly American spirit I have found in shape note music from the 19th-century collections.
My own knowledge of this music goes back to my student days in the the early '70's, and it was then, in fact, that I heard tunes like "Wondrous Love."
If you hear this music, please send me a review!

The Shapenote Album; Loft Recordings - #1042 (August 7, 2001) Audio CD **
Composers: Justin Morgan, Daniel Read, et al.
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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.)
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Sound of the Dove: Singing in Appalachian Primitive Baptist Churches (Music in American Life), The; Beverly Bush Patterson. University of Illinois Press (Pro Ref, March 1995). Audio CD **
Steven Sabol's Review of the recording
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Southern Harmony; Book & CD; see Books

Southern Harmony; William / Gregg Smith Duckworth Singers, 1996 Audio CD **
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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 **
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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 **
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The Colored Sacred Harp; Wiregrass Sacred Harp Singers.
See Warren Steel's Review
Audio CD ** Sound Samples Available
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The Social Harp - Early American Shape-Note Songs; sung by traditional singers led by Hugh McGraw (Rounder 0094, August 2, 1994). Audio CD **
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White Spirituals From The Sacred Harp; Alabama Sacred Harp Convention. Audio CD **
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Sherburne MP3 (While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks)

Southern Journey, V. 9: Harp of a Thousand Strings - All Day Singing From the Sacred Harp
Includes these Christmas selections:
Christmas Anthem
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Present Joys

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