The Orally-Variant Repository Containing a Choice Collection of Tunes, Hymns, and Psalms & Commentary Selected from the Most Eminent Authorities

Willard, Karen E. (editor)

Published by Wilkeson Sacred Harp Singing Society, Chicago, IL, 1992

About this Item

This is an oversized paperback book with a plastic comb binding and heavy cardstock covers. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book is in mostly clean, bright condition, with a tiny bit of fading to the spine joints of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. "Karen E. Willard is the founder and president of Pacific Northwest Sacred Harp Singers, Inc. She is active as in church leadership, choir singing, and politics (as of 2012 she is the Democratic challenger to the incumbent state legislator in Washington's 31st legislative district)." (from Hymnary) and "Sacred Harp singing is a tradition of sacred choral music that originated in New England and was later perpetuated and carried on in the American South. The name is derived from The Sacred Harp, a ubiquitous and historically important tunebook printed in shape notes. The work was first published in 1844 and has reappeared in multiple editions ever since. Sacred Harp music represents one branch of an older tradition of American music that developed over the period 1770 to 1820 from roots in New England, with a significant, related development under the influence of "revival" services around the 1840s. This music was included in, and became profoundly associated with, books using the shape note style of notation popular in America in the 18th and early 19th centuries. " (from Wikipedia).

Seller Inventory # A50266

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Orally-Variant Repository Containing a Choice Collection of Tunes, Hymns, and Psalms & Commentary Selected from the Most Eminent Authorities
• Publisher: Wilkeson Sacred Harp Singing Society, Chicago, IL
• Publication Date: 1992
• Binding: Plastic comb binding
• Edition: 2nd Edition; 1st Printing.
• Condition: Very Good+