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Keywords: "sacred harp OR shape note" (All words)
Shape Note Music: "Florida Storm" by Judge Jackson, 1928

Shape Note Music: "Florida Storm" by Judge Jackson, 1928

Date
1928
Description
Shape note music for "Florida Storm," written by J. Jackson in 1928 to commemorate the Great Miami Hurricane of 1926. Published in Judge Jackson, The Colored Sacred Harp (Ozark, Ala.: n.p., 1973), 87-89.
Collection
Shape note singing at Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church

Shape note singing at Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church

Date
1979-07-29
Description

Two audio cassettes. Shape note singing from The Sacred Harp at Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church in Old Chicora, a ghost town on the borderline of Polk and Hillsborough counties, south of the present day towns of Lithia and Mulberry.

On side two of C79-82, Bulger interviews Albritton. He explains the shapes, the shape note singing revival around the United States, the difference between the Cooper and Denson revisions of The Sacred Harp, the relationship between song titles and their lyrical content, as well as the origin of the melodies in the book.

Collection
Shape note singing at Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church

Shape note singing at Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church

Date
1980-03-30
Description
Three audiotape reels. Old Chicora is a ghost town on the borderline of Polk and Hillsborough counties, south of the present day towns of Lithia and Mulberry.
Collection
Shape note singing at Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church

Shape note singing at Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church

Date
1978-10-29
Description
Three audiotape reels.  Shape note singers sing songs from the Cooper revision of The Sacred Harp. At 38:10, Bulger interviews Albritton about the founding of the church and the history of shape note singing in Old Chicora, a ghost town on the borderline of Polk and Hillsborough counties, south of the present day towns of Lithia and Mulberry. This interview, as well as "Cowper" and "Angel Band" are reproduced on C79-76. "I Will Praise My Master" drops out momentarily due to a problem with the tape.
Collection
Shape note singing at Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church

Shape note singing at Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church

Date
1994-01-19
Description
One digital audiotape (DAT).
Collection
Southeast Alabama and Florida Union Sacred Harp Singing Convention

Southeast Alabama and Florida Union Sacred Harp Singing Convention

Date
1980-08-24
Description

Five audiotape reels. In addition to the Cooper revision of The Sacred Harp, particpants at the convention also sing from The Colored Sacred Harp, a 1934 collection of original shape note compositions by black singers compiled by Judge Jackson (1883-1958). His son, Japheth Jackson of Ozark, Ala., leads "Service of the Lord," "Farewell to All" and "Florida Storm" (at the request of folklorist Dyen). Williams, an NEA National Heritage Fellowship recipient from Dale County, Ala., leads "Exhilaration" and "Ninety-Fifth Psalm." Williams's daughter, Bernice Harvey, leads "Return Again." Pauline Griggs leads "The Old Ship of Zion," and Tommie Spurlock of Ozark leads "We Will Sing With the Angels There." 

Collection
Sunday performances at the 2000 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Performance and Dance Stage) (Tape 3)

Sunday performances at the 2000 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Performance and Dance Stage) (Tape 3)

Date
2000-05-28
Description
One digital audio tape (DAT).
Collection
Sunday service at the Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church

Sunday service at the Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church

Date
1978-10-29
Description
Sixty-one color slides. Images of a church service, with sacred harp (shaped note) singing, an adjacent cemetery, church members, and a lunch afterwards. Several slides are missing: S78-1206, 1207, 1214, 1216, 1218-1220, 1227, 1236-1238, 1247-1249, 1260-1261, 1264-1265, 1273, and 1277.
Collection
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
flc_783.954-col-1973_01Shape Note Music: "Florida Storm" by Judge Jackson, 1928TextShape-note hymnals
Church music
Sheet music
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a_s1576_03_c79-082Shape note singing at Bethlehem Primitive Baptist ChurchSoundSingers
Field recordings
Shape note singing
Religious songs
A capella singing
Music -- Performance
Sacred Harp, Cooper Revision
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a_s1576_t83-074Shape note singing at Bethlehem Primitive Baptist ChurchsoundShape note singers
Field recordings
Religious songs
Music -- Performance
Shape note singing
Sacred Harp, Cooper Revision
A capella singing
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a_s1576_t78-348Shape note singing at Bethlehem Primitive Baptist ChurchsoundShape note singing
Music -- Performance
Religious songs
A capella singing
Field recordings
Sacred Harp, Cooper Revision
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a_s1664_08_tape78Shape note singing at Bethlehem Primitive Baptist ChurchsoundReligious songs
A capella singing
Field recordings
Music -- Performance
Shape note singing
Sacred Harp, Cooper
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FP851571Silas Lee Family and Friends Sacred Harp singing - White Springs, Florida.Folklore revival festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Arts (Performing)--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Singing--Religious aspects
Musical traditions, Sacred
Shape note singing
Music--Performance
Sacred music
4-Shaped-Note singing
Male singers
Women singers
Vocal groups
Songbooks
Vocal music
Folk festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
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a_s1576_t80-089Southeast Alabama and Florida Union Sacred Harp Singing ConventionsoundField recordings
Music -- Performance
Shape note singing
Religious songs
A capella singing
African Americans
Sacred Harp, Cooper Revision
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a_s1576_84_d00-037Sunday performances at the 2000 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Performance and Dance Stage) (Tape 3)SoundSingers
Fiddlers
Guitarist
Musicians
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Singing
Religious songs
Musical tradition, sacred
Gospel (Black)
Shape note singing
Mexican Americans
Arts, Mexican
Marimba
Folk music Mexico
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Sunday service at the Bethlehem Primitive Baptist ChurchSunday service at the Bethlehem Primitive Baptist ChurchStill ImageFieldwork
Musical tradition, sacred
Shape note singing
A capella singers
A capella singing
Choir singing
Churches
Baptist church buildings
Baptists
Primitive Baptists
Cemeteries
Grave markers
Gravestones
Children
Church membership
Church services
Church attendance
Religion
Christianity
Shape note singers
Preachers
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FS79364B"The Goodly Land" from a revised copy of the "Sacred Harp" by W.M. Cooper - Old Chicora, FloridaShape note hymnals
Sacred music
Shape note music
Music publications
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