Category: Shape Note

Categories: Singers | Musicians | Music

Shape note singing is a tradition of non-denominational community singing that originated in 18th century New England singing schools, and was perpetuated in the American South before it spread internationally.

This category is suitable for composers, lyricists, compilers, publishers, scholars, teachers, and prominent singers of shape-note music, particularly those who are not primarily associated with The Sacred Harp, (q.v.)

Amzi Chapin 02 May 1768 Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony - 19 Feb 1835

Thomas Commuck 18 Jan 1804 Charlestown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States - 25 Nov 1855

John Daily 21 May 1854 Clinton, Indiana, United States - 11 Aug 1920

Dovie (Jackson) Reese 02 Dec 1904 Ewell, Dale, Alabama, United States - 15 Sep 2000

Judge Jackson 12 Mar 1883 Bryhill, Montgomery, Alabama, United States - 07 Apr 1958

John Tufts 26 Feb 1689 Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay - 17 Aug 1752

William Walker 06 May 1809 Union, South Carolina, United States - 24 Sep 1875

Thomas Walter 07 Dec 1696 Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony - 10 Jan 1725

This page was last modified 20:25, 12 March 2023. This page has been accessed 150 times.