The social harp
By: [compiled] by John G. McCurry ; edited by Daniel W. Patterson and John F. Garst
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 1973
Place of publication: Athens
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
Subjects: English Hymns; Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices, 4 parts), Unaccompanied; Shape-note singing; Instruction and study; Shape-note hymnals; Tune-books; Anthems; Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices, 3 parts), Unaccompanied
Notes: For mixed chorus (3-4 parts) unacc.

Shape-note notation.

"The present edition ... is a facsimile based on the 1855 printing"--Foreword.

Original t.p. reads: The social harp; a collection of tunes, odes, anthems, and set pieces, selected from various authors : together with much new music never before published ... With a full exposition of the rudiments of music. Philadelphia : Published by T. K. Collins, Jr., for the proprietor, John G. McCurry, 1855.

"Rudiments of music": p. 5-16.

Includes indexes (alphabetical; metrical; arrangers and composers; first lines).

New foreword and introduction by the editors: p. [v]-xxv.

English words.