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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 185 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 is a type of Christian music[4].
  • Sacred Harp is a type of music of the United States[5].
  • Sacred Harp is a type of religious vocal music[6].
  • Sacred Harp's country of origin is recorded as United States[7].
  • 1800 marks the founding of Sacred Harp[8].
  • Sacred Harp's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sacred Harp[9].

Body

Definition and Type

Sacred Harp's instance of is recorded as music genre[3]. Recorded subclass of include Christian music[4], music of the United States[5], and religious vocal music[6].

Origins

1800 marks the founding of Sacred Harp[8].

Why It Matters

Sacred Harp draws 185 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.[10]

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Solidest · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Country of origin → United States
    Inception → +1800-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Rate your music genre id → sacred-harp-singing
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P9173]]: shape-note-singing, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/294194521|shape note singing (#294194521)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4712|Ra"
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