The Social Harp
"Patterson's introduction to this facsimile is a valuable contribution to our knowledge of McCurry and other contributors toThe Social Harp, adding considerable biographical and local historical data to the information given by Jackson in his "White Spirituals." . . . A valuable addition to available primary sources of pre-Civil War music. Its editorial contributions set a high standard for future facsimile editions of this kind."--Journal of the American Musicological Society