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Audio Recording South Georgia Sacred Harp Singing Convention, Georgia Agrirama, Tifton, Georgia, part 1

South Georgia Sacred Harp Singing Convention, Georgia Agrirama, Tifton, Georgia, part 1

About this Item

Title

  • South Georgia Sacred Harp Singing Convention, Georgia Agrirama, Tifton, Georgia, part 1

Names

  • Marshall, Howard W. (Collector)

Created / Published

  • Tifton, Georgia, May 1, 1977

Headings

  • -  Folklore--Georgia
  • -  Song festivals
  • -  Shape note singing
  • -  Field recordings
  • -  Songs
  • -  Music
  • -  Sound recording
  • -  United States -- Georgia -- Tift County -- Tifton

Genre

  • Field recordings
  • Songs
  • Music
  • Sound recording

Notes

  • -  The detailed typed logs that accompany this set of recordings of Sacred Harp singing, summarized in the notes for each item's data record, were prepared by an unidentified music specialist on behalf of fieldworker Howard W. Marshall in late 1977 and 1978 as the project documentation was first being assembled at the American Folklife Center. The descriptions provide titles and page numbers in the Original Sacred Harp hymnal, although the specific edition of this work is not identified. Handwritten raw notes by fieldworkers Rusty Marshall and Alan Jabbour comprise the digital sequence images 2 through 9 in the folder at call number AFC 1982/010: Box 10, Folder 103.
  • -  Part 1 of a 6-part recording of the South Georgia Sacred Harp Singing Convention held in the church at Georgia Agrirama (subsequently renamed Georgia Museum of Agriculture and Historic Village), Tifton GA, notes identify this segment as part of the morning session, typed date of 30 April 1977 is in error, note on log reports "one Sennheiser microphone drooped over center of room": recording begins with general discussion relevant to the singers, including their placement in the room; Original Sacred Harp page 59, "Holy Manna", Raymond Hamrick (?) leads; remarks by Mr. Hamrick, on local heritage, "to honor and cherish old memories," ends with prayer; motions from the floor; OSH 48, "Devotion," led by Otis Tussman; OSH 49, "Mear"; OSH 137, "Liberty"; OSH 457, "Wayfaring Stranger"; OSH 49, "Old Hundred"; OSH 452, "Martin"; OSH 34, "The Gospel Pool," led by Mary Brownlee; OSH 99, "Gospel Trumpet"; OSH 157, "Essay," led by John Robinson; OSH 354, "Happy Land"; OSH 297 "Conversion," Richard Johnson leads; OSH 313, "Concord"; OSH 155, "Northfield"; OSH 168 "Cowper"; OSH 147, "Boylston," recording ends with song in progress.

Medium

  • audiotape reel, 7 in.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1982/010: AFS 21039
  • MBRS shelflist: RXA 1618
  • Field project identifier: GA7-HM-R1

Source Collection

  • South-Central Georgia Folklife Project collection (AFC 1982/010)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • audio

Rights & Access

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Credit line: South-Central Georgia Folklife Project collection (AFC 1982/010), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Cite This Item

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Chicago citation style:

Marshall, Howard W. South Georgia Sacred Harp Singing Convention, Georgia Agrirama, Tifton, Georgia, part 1. Tifton, Georgia, May 1, 1977. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1982010_afs21039/.

APA citation style:

Marshall, H. W. (1977) South Georgia Sacred Harp Singing Convention, Georgia Agrirama, Tifton, Georgia, part 1. Tifton, Georgia, May 1. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1982010_afs21039/.

MLA citation style:

Marshall, Howard W. South Georgia Sacred Harp Singing Convention, Georgia Agrirama, Tifton, Georgia, part 1. Tifton, Georgia, May 1, 1977. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1982010_afs21039/>.