The Sacred Harp - 100 Anniversary - Double Springs, AL
Posted by: 
YoSam.
N 34° 08.784 W 087° 24.146
16S E 462899 N 3778461
The sacred harp, monument erected to the brothers who brought it to the front, and the anniversary of the first publication
Waymark Code: WMPW45
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 10/28/2015
Views: 4
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
"Sacred Harp singing is a tradition of sacred choral music that originated in the American South of the United States. The name is derived from The Sacred Harp, a ubiquitous and historically important tunebook printed in shape notes. The work was first published in 1844 and has reappeared in multiple editions ever since. Sacred Harp music represents one branch of an older tradition of American music that developed over the period 1770 to 1820 from roots in New England, with a significant, related development under the influence of "revival" services around the 1840s. This music was included in, and became profoundly associated with, books using the shape note style of notation popular in America in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
"Sacred Harp music is performed a cappella (voice only, without instruments) and originated as Protestant Christian music."
~ Wikipedia