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Preferred Citation

[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Annual Singing of the Harmonia Sacra, SdArch 0009, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.

Acquisition Information

Donor is unknown.

Bio/Historical Note

The hymn sing was organized by the Harmonia Sacra Society, a non-profit organization in the Shenandoah Valley, dedicated to preserving and promoting the legacy of Joseph Funk, a Southern shaped-note hymnal publisher, singing school instructor, and publisher of the hymnal, "Harmonia Sacra." The recording was made by Raymond Brunk, founder of "Gospel Sunrise," an organization that distributes religious cassette tapes to truck stops.

Scope and Content

The Annual Singing of the Harmonia Sacra, 1996, is comprised of two audiocassettes with a recording of a harmonia sacra hymn sing, held at Weavers Mennonite Church, on January 1, 1996. The hymn sing is held annually on New Year's Day.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Mennonites -- Hymns
• Sacred vocal music
• Shape note hymnals
• oral histories (literary works)