WEB Research Materials ON THIS SITE !
A collection of misc. info and web sites copied here during my research.

Shape Note Stuff
a primer on Shape Notes

Shaped Note Musings
the best of the search engine returns

Books:

Public Worship, Private Faith: Sacred Harp and American Folksong by John Bealle, 1997 University of Georgia Press. [ BEALLE ]

White Spirituals in the Southern Uplands by George Pullen Jackson, 1933 Chapel Hill, The University of North Carolina Press. [ JACKSON ]

The Great Wagon Road by Parke Rouse Jr., 1995 Dietz Press Richmond Virginia.

Biography of Reuben Philips, Teacher, Preacher and Circuit Rider by John Wesley Philips, 1975. ON THIS SITE !

Two Notable Shaped-Note Leaders : Joseph Funk & Aldine S. Kieffer by John W. Wayland & Weldon T. Myers, Wm. B. Blake, B.C. Unseld / [edited by] Jim Presgraves ; with an introduction and update by Harry Eskew

Web Sites:

Shape Note Historical Background http://web.mit.edu/user/i/j/ijs/www/sn/sn-hist.html

What are the Shapes and Why? http://www.fasola.org/introduction/note_shapes.html

Sacred Harp Singing http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/~mudws/harp.html

Reuben Philips Singin' School "Reuben Philips, Teacher & Musician"
By Kenneth Davidson Israel http://www.shookhistory.org

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