3rd Annual Sacred Harp Singing, and other music links

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• 3rd Annual Sacred Harp Singing -- “Following is a report of 3rd Annual Sacred Harp Singing, held at Campbell’s Cross Roads, Clay county, Ala., July 18th, 1926.”
• All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name! - Edward Perronet -- “This hymn’s popularity is evident because it appears in many hymnals with three different tunes.”
• Benson Collection of Hymnals and Hymnology -- “A list of links to books in the Benson Collection.”
• Hebrew Shema / Deuteronomy 6:4-6 Chant / Trope / Cantillated -- “So what does the Shema and the following two verses sound like when sung or chanted following the Hebrew accent marks?”
• Kardia Music -- “Kardia Music Theory Resources and Courses.”
• Little Is Much When God Is in It - Kittie Suffield -- “The place of service may seem insignificant, but ‘it is great if God is in it.’”
• McGough Family Documents -- “Shown below are two portions of John McGough’s son-in-law’s (Perry Nelson) 1818 song book.”
  
• Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven, by Henry Francis Lyte -- “Published in 1834, ‘Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven’ was inspired by Psalm 103. The opening stanza reflects on the first five verses of the Psalm.”
• Reformation Hymns -- “‘Bar form’ was a common musical form that was nurtured in the Church. It is a form consisting of two identical musical lines followed by a contrasting section: AAB. Many of Luther’s hymns, like ‘A Might Fortress,’ are written in this form, which has nothing to do with taverns.”
• Sacred Harp Sing Returns to Baylor University Joining Voices in Four-Part Harmony -- “Human voices come together without instruments or rehearsal...is returning to Baylor University after a two-year hiatus.”
• Silent Night! Holy Night! - Josef Mohr -- “Just before Christmas in 1818, in the small village of Oberndorf, Austria, it was discovered the church’s organ was broken.”
• Singing the Psalms -- “Since the largest book in the Bible is a songbook, we see the importance of sacred music before God.”
• Strings Attached -- “David Getman was working in a music store in Brooklyn, New York, in 1997 when a friend gave him a box of banjo parts. The friend suggested that he see what he could make with the pieces.”
• The Christian’s song, written by a young lady: together with a hymn called Love to Christ -- “The claim on the broadside that the song was ‘written by a young lady’ applies to the second song on this sheet, ‘Love to Christ.’”