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Shape note singing in Culver City
Singing location: 4427 Overland Avenue, Culver City, California
Close to "The Spot Cafe & Lounge"
Contact: David Olson (310) 410-9033 for more details.
Listen to, or purchase, this CD at Tim Eriksen's website.
This webpage has been created by fans so that we can sing along with Tim Eriksen (lead), Jeff Colby (bass), Cath Oss (alto), and Kelly House (treble), and (cyberspacially or around the kitchen table) with each other.
| Track | Tunename | Practical Source for Singers (Musicological Source for researchers) |
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| 01 | Lisbon | Missouri Harmony, page 149 (Harry S. Chandler, The Social Harp, 1854) Singable PDF file here. |
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| 02 | Christian Warfare | Sacred Harp page 179 (Southern Harmony, 1835) Singable PDF file here. |
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| 03 | Despair | [Unavailable?]
(American Musical Magazine, 1802) Cath Oss & Tim reunite at Celtic Conections 2011 to sing this song. (YouTube link) |
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| 04 | Devotion | Sacred Harp page 48t (Alexander Johnson, The Sacred Harp, 1818) Singable PDF file here. |
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| 05 | Fisher | Northern Harmony page 66 (Heart Songs 1909; arranged Tim Eriksen 1995) |
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| 06 | Sacred Mount | Sacred Harp page 456 (A. M. Cagle, Sacred Harp, 1935) |
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| 07 | Gethsemane | [at UCLA, Southern Religion Library Facility has a copy.]
(J. L. Clapp, Ancient Harmony Revived, 1849) |
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| 08 | Walpole | Northern Harmony pages 216-217 (Abraham Wood, Northampton Harmony, 1797) In four parts. |
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| 09 | Milbrook | Northern Harmony page 146 (Neely Bruce, 1989, Hamm Harmony) Neely Bruce's website. |
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| 10 | New Concord | Berkley Moore's Hesperian Harp website, number 227. (The Brethren's Tune and Hymn Book, 1872) Singable PDF file on this website. |
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| 11 | In Evil Long | [Difficult to obtain copies]
(American Vocalist, 1848) Singable tenor here. |
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| 12 | Spring | [Out of print] (Many other songs are called "Spring") Singable file for four voices. (P. T. Bullard, World of Music, c. 1847) |
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| 13 | Washington's Dirge | [Unavailable?]
(Uri K. Hill, American Musical Magazine, 1800) (Uri Keeler Hill), 1780-1844 |
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| 14 | Psalm 119 | Berkley Moore's Hesperian Harp website, number 135
Singable PDF file here. (Smith, American Vocalist, 1848) |
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| 15 | No. 8 | Missouri Harmony pages 162-163 (Elias Mann, American Musical Magazine, 1802) |
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| 16 | All Is Well | Northern Harmony page 7 (American Vocalist, 1848) |
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| 17 | Montgomery | Sacred Harp page 189 (Justin Morgan, 1790) |
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| 18 | Consecration | Sacred Harp page 448t (William S. Turner, 1866) |
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| 19 | Lisbon | (As above, this time recorded during a group singing.) |
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| 20 | David's Lamentation | Sacred Harp page 268 (William S. Turner, 1866) |
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| 21 | Green Street | Sacred Harp page 198 (unknown; assumed late 18th century English) |
| Missouri Harmony | In print (order from Amazon). | |
| Northern Harmony | Out-of-print (can be purchased used). | |
| Sacred Harp (1991 ed.) | Order from P.O. Box 385 |
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