page_title: Benjamin Franklin White
section_title: Death and eulogy
hierarchical_section_title: Benjamin Franklin White / Death and eulogy
caption_attribution_description: English: This is a photograph of a historic marker in Hamilton, GA that commemorates the singer, BF White.
context_page_description: Benjamin Franklin White was a shape note "singing master", and compiler of the shape note tunebook known as The Sacred Harp. He was born near Cross Keys in Union County, South Carolina, the twelfth child of Robert and Mildred White.
context_section_description: B. F. White died in 1879 and was buried in the Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta, Georgia.  The following year, members of the Chattahoochee Musical Convention eulogized him thus:
  After teaching twenty years, his soul became so bounding with music that he could not rest until he had the satisfaction of seeing his own productions and the many rich collections from his co-laborers in one grand compilation--the Sacred Harp, 1844.  He was highly delighted with the circulation of the work.--He was charmed with each revision and edition, with their appendices, millions of copies of which have been sold throughout the land. ... Thousands and tens of thousands have enjoyed the music found alone in the Sacred Harp. ...
  Maj[or] White was never more at home than when surrounded with a band of sweet singers ... He was spirited and never failed to animate all whom he led. ... All were naturally drawn toward him as he discoursed upon music and its charms.
  White is the namesake of the shape note tune "White" by Edmund Dumas.
caption: A historic marker in the town square in Hamilton, Georgia commemorates the life and legacy of B. F. White.
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