Shape-Note Hymnody

Robert T. Kelley


I have given two talks on shape-note music:

South Carolina's Lost Art: Shape-Note Singing
presents background information on the American singing-school and shape-note singing tradition.
Given April 2008 as part of the Lander University Distinguished Speaker Series

Sacred Harp Harmony
discusses the compositional style of shape-note hymnody.
Given October 2009 at the Society for Music Theory Annual Meeting in Montréal, Québec.


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