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BREMEN, Ga. — “The Sacred Harp” hymnal is beloved by those who sing from it, carrying on the Christian songbook's more than 180-year-old legacy. They are young and old — and all ages in ...
Sacred Harp singers are not historical reenactors, he said. They use their hymnals week after week. Some treat them like scrapbooks or family Bibles, tucking mementos between pages, ...
Sacred Harp singing is a remarkably well-documented tradition. The small, unassuming museum — about 50 miles west of Atlanta near the Alabama state line — stewards a trove of recordings and ...
BREMEN, Ga. (AP) — "The Sacred Harp" hymnal is beloved by those who sing from it, carrying on the Christian songbook's more than 180-year-old legacy.
By HOLLY MEYER and JESSIE WARDARSKI BREMEN, Ga. (AP) — “The Sacred Harp” hymnal is beloved by those who sing from it, carrying on the Christian songbook’s more than 180-year-old legacy.
“The Sacred Harp” hymnal is beloved by those who sing from it, carrying on the Christian songbook's more than 180-year-old legacy. They are young and old — and all ages in between.
Sacred Harp singers of all ages keep a unique, 180-year-old a cappella hymn tradition alive, finding spiritual connection, family ties, and community as they await the hymnal’s newest edition.