Sacred Harp

tradition of sacred choral music, originating in New England in the 18th century and carried on in the Southern U.S., using tunebooks printed in shape notes
Intangible music_genre Q7397088
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Sacred Harp

Summary

Sacred Harp is a music genre[1]. It draws 254 Wikipedia views per month (music_genre category, ranking #311 of 1,946).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sacred Harp's instance of is recorded as music genre[3].
  • Sacred Harp's audio is recorded as Alabama Sacred Harp Singers - Sherburne.ogg[4].
  • Sacred Harp's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2006040764[5].
  • Sacred Harp's subclass of is recorded as Christian music[6].
  • Sacred Harp's subclass of is recorded as music of the United States[7].
  • Sacred Harp's subclass of is recorded as religious vocal music[8].
  • Sacred Harp's country of origin is recorded as United States[9].
  • +1800-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Sacred Harp[10].
  • Sacred Harp's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01xq99[11].
  • Sacred Harp's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sacred Harp[12].
  • Sacred Harp's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/The-Sacred-Harp[13].
  • Sacred Harp's BBC Things ID is recorded as 4af67a65-3d87-455e-ac23-84b450eddd29[14].
  • Sacred Harp's Quora topic ID is recorded as Sacred-Harp[15].
  • Sacred Harp's New Georgia Encyclopedia ID is recorded as arts-culture/sacred-harp[16].
  • Sacred Harp's MusicBrainz genre ID is recorded as 7de0cdcc-9ea2-487f-a9e8-66c317395bbf[17].
  • Sacred Harp's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007381876305171[18].
  • Sacred Harp's Rate Your Music genre ID is recorded as sacred-harp-singing[19].
  • Sacred Harp's Every Noise at Once ID is recorded as sacredharp[20].

Why It Matters

Sacred Harp draws 254 Wikipedia views per month (music_genre category, ranking #311 of 1,946).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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