Fasola Discussions

Friends, Thanks for all the comments. Here's a draft of a new version: https://docs.google.com/

Jake, How do you determine that people are leading a song within a year of first hearing it? Thanks!

Hi all! My name is Jake Harmon, and I've been singing from the Sacred Harp book for about a year

Thank you. That's very interesting and helpful. I personally am delighted that O, Come Away went

My latest Vital Sparks column is a reflection on Thomas Ward's KEDAR (357). More sermony, perhaps

Hi Mark, My (equally unresearched) impression is that the “protagonist” of “family” songs is a child

Okay, I've got my own copy now, and I don't think I did any damage to the original in the

"when I can read my title clear" is critical--much on the mind-- to everyone everywhere

That will probably significantly speed up the process at Hymnary. Thx, Baltimore! Leland Bryant Ross

Definitely planning to attend! Never quite sure who follows this group, except the regular

The editors of the 2025 edition may already be aware of this, but since it is several years earlier

My latest essay: https://vitalsparks.beehiiv.com/p/william-cowper-and-the-theology-of-despair -- Will

Mike Hinton's obituary is now available at Legacy.com: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/

> a sort of dutch-door tunebook with the upper half of the book tunes and the lower half texts,

Thanks for the thoughtful responses. The Tulane article is interesting, too, and perhaps worthy of

Hi all, Here's something I've put together as part of my ongoing four-shape shape-note

I have contacted Mr. Bruce, and he will be providing answers directly. Thank you everyone who has

A misattribution in my book Songs Before Unknown should be updated in the following way: [Songs

As I've shared here before, I'm working on a bibliography of four-shape shape-note tunebooks

Thanks, Will! Intriguing poet. I've downloaded her works from the Internet Archive and will be

Barry -- Thanks!! Seconding Karen's appreciation. Am a fan of Chapin tunes ++/-ish. Fasola All --

Hello All, I believe that all of the manuscripts that served as sources for the session on

This does not answer your question but I'm still using an early printing and was not aware of the

...fellow Dissenters... I love the Dissenter theme yet, hoping for solid truths... On Wed, Jun 11,

My latest "Vital Sparks" column discusses Watts's alleged Unitarianism, but mostly

thanks to both AJ and Barry for your discussion👍 Karen On Fri, Jun 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM Antonio James

“And I am also interested in why and when the Walker line gave up on WELCH, and also when they added

Of course! Thanks for the nice compliment. I agree, Solomon Howe's 1804 Psalm-Singer's

HATFIELD remains in the 2012 Cooper Edition of The Sacred Harp -- still on page 327 -- with an alto

Thank you, Dick!