Wow, Tim, what valuable and amazing footage. I've made some approximate timestamps as I figure they may be useful to people: 0:00 448b The Grieved Soul 2:54 32t Corinth 5:42 34t Gospel Pool 8:04 168 Cowper 9:57 300 Calvary 11:41 421 Sweet Morning 13:44 67 Columbus 17:46 383 Eternal Day 19:58 193 Huntington 22:22 195 Worcester 25:01 37b Liverpool 27:16 29t Fairfield 30:07 445 Passing Away 33:43 68b Ortonville 37:18 99 Gospel Trumpet 40:11 77t The Child of Grace 42:50 340 Odem (Second) 45:16 163b China 48:36 216 Delight 52:07 328 Praise God 54:12 274t The Golden Harp 56:21 107 Russia 58:45 379 Span of Life
Why do a lot of the songs seem to be named after places? (Liverpool, Worcester etc). I am in the U.K. and these are names of an English town and city respectively. But there seems to be other names of the songs that feel like they might be places too. (Fairfield, Ortonville, Huntingdon? And the more obvious China and Russia). Just makes me wonder! 🤔🙂
@@thecalicoheart7946 Naming a hymn tune for a town or other place was well established common practice when the earliest American songs in the Sacred Harp were written, mostly ca. late eighteenth century. The tunes in the Sacred Harp are mostly named for American places, though a lot of those places were named after European ones. Sometimes it's more complicated. Bangor N.I. was named for Bangor, Wales as was the tune Bangor, but Bangor Maine was named after the tune. Same with China and Poland. It's Constitution day in Poland this week- people over here were pretty enthusiastic about Poland's constitution in 1791. I always figured that's why Timothy Swan named his tune after the country, although he also named a tune Balloon because balloons were popular, and Leghorn after a hat (not the fabric of the same name). His tune Rainbow, however is named after a village in Connecticut. Haha!
@@TimEriksenMusicVideo Oh, thank you for replying. Fascinating. I really was wondering about it! Sounds like naming songs after places (or anything by the sound of it! 😁) was simply an act of acknowledgment or affection. How lovely really. 😊
Just coming off the 2024 All-Cal, I enjoy hearing this. Thankfully, all my eagworms of the Smiths, Bert Jansch, The Beatles, verging on nausea, have been replaced with wondrous Sacred Harp chestnuts, all which I can recreate in 4-part harmony in my head.
Beautiful! What a great singing session! You were definitely my introduction to sacred harp singing, when I saw Cordelia’s Dad at a concert many years ago at the Freight and Salvage in Berkeley. Thanks for that, and for sharing this video. 💜
Love this song that started at 14:00... The melody is haunting, and the beat is slow and very methodic. Very relaxing. I know this video says it was from July of 2002, I hope you're still involved in this community and still singing. This truly is a lost art, and needs to be revived. Makes me want to watch Cold Mountain again!
It is not a "lost art" though. There are thousands of people participating in hundreds of singing worldwide, and more being created all time. There are multiple the books in publication, numerous channels on RU-vid with hundreds of videos documenting how shape note singing sounds. The tradition lived and was passed down and is still going today. A "lost art" is one that is lost, the tradition has been broken, the knowledge lost. Compared to some obscure forms shape note singing is wide spread and popular. How many people know how to sing Ancient Greek music, for example?
A whole hour of Sacred Harp!! 😃😃 Saving this for later when I can watch it properly! Thank you for posting! 😊🙏 Thank you for all the information you put in the description - it’s fascinating. I would love to go to a to singing one day. My only experience is going to the Sidmouth Folk Festival (U.K.) for lessons they put on there and I got to meet you once briefly!! 😃😁 These videos and recordings of ‘proper’ singings are a joy. 😊 Thank you. 🙏
