Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

OPINION | STEVE STRAESSLE: The civil war between the sacred and the profane

I'm driving by War Memorial Park, taking in its stretch of green, rolling hills. Unfortunately, it still lies empty in a profane void. Why aren't we using this, I wonder for the thousandth time when I ...
Newsday

Takeaways from AP's report on why pre-Civil War hymnal 'The Sacred Harp' is getting an update

BREMEN, Ga. — “The Sacred Harp” is a pre-Civil War compilation of sacred songs that uses music notes shaped like triangles, ovals, squares and diamonds, and it is getting an update. Sung in four-part ...
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It’s not a reprint. Why Sacred Harp singers are revamping an iconic pre-Civil War hymnal

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BREMEN, Ga. (AP) — Singers at Holly Springs ...
Newsday

It's not a reprint. Why Sacred Harp singers are revamping an iconic pre-Civil War hymnal

BREMEN, Ga. — Singers at Holly Springs Primitive Baptist Church in West Georgia treat their red hymnals like extensions of themselves, never straying far from their copies of “The Sacred Harp” and its ...