Christmas Anthem (#225)

Date recorded: September 12, 1959
Contributor(s): Performer: Alabama Sacred Harp Convention; Performer: Unidentified; Recordist: Lomax, Alan

Subject(s):

Genre: sacred song, shape note

Culture: Anglo-American, Southern U.S.

Instruments: voice

Setting: 56th Annual United Sacred Harp Musical Association Convention, Corinth Baptist Church

Language: English

Location: Fyffe, Dekalb County, Alabama, United States

Physical form: Reel to Reel

Tape number: T877

Track Number: 13

Archive ID: T877R13

Note: This was a special group of approximately 25 of the more experienced singers at the convention. There appears to have been no leader for these songs. Alan Lomax: "old music – nice recording"

Transcript:
Belongs to: Fyffe 9/59

About the session: Recordings from the 56th Annual Convention of the United Sacred Harp Musical Association, held at Corinth Baptist Church, in Fyffe, Alabama. Leman Brown, chairman. The numbers following the songs refer to their page numbers in the Sacred Harp. Often the name listed as "lead" is not the leader of the song, but the person who has picked the selection.

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