Seaborn M. & Thomas J. Denson - Double Springs, AL
Posted by: YoSam.
N 34° 08.784 W 087° 24.138
16S E 462912 N 3778461
The brothers who woke up Southern Religious Folk Singing
Waymark Code: WMPW3X
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 10/28/2015
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County of memorial: Winston County Location of memorial: Blake St., courthouse lawn, Double Springs Marker erected by: Their families, their pupils and legions of singers Marker erected: 1944
Memorial text: To the Memory of the Brothers SEABORN M DENSON and THOMAS J. DENSON (1854~ 1936) (1863 ~ 1935)
Who Devoted their Lives and Gifts to Composing And Teaching, over Most of the Southland. American Religious Folk Music as Embodied in "THE SACRED HARP"THIS STONE IS PLACED In the Midst of Their Field of Labor by the Loving Hands of Their Families, Pupils of Their Singing, Schools, Legions of Singers and Other Friends in the Summer of the Year 1944. THE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF "THE SACRED HARP," While "Uncle Seab" and "Uncle Tom" sing on ~ [line of music I cannot copy] way o~ver in the promised land.
Committee: L.P.ODEM - RUTH DENSON - Dr. GEORGE P. JACKSON
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