The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion

by William Walker

Book Overview

William Walker's Southern Harmony , first published in 1835, was the most popular tune book of the nineteenth century, containing 335 sacred songs, dominated by the folk hymns of oral tradition and written in the old four-shape notation that was for generations the foundation of musical teaching in rural America. Born in 1809 in South Carolina, William Walker grew up near Spartanburg and early became devoted to the Welsh Baptist Church of his ancestors...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081311859X
• ISBN13: 9780813118598
• Release Date: September 1993
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 9.2" x 6.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher