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Wish I could find a version of #14 on here! It's beautiful
x0Desiderata0x 1 month ago
Beautiful!!!
elena911000 7 months ago
Always loved this version, enjoy it even more now since I started Shape Note Singing from the Sacred Harp.
macgiollabuide 10 months ago
I really like this adaptation!!
William Billing's also wrote one my favorite Sacred Harp tunes- Africa! What a powerful song that is!!
BBiebigheiser 1 year ago
Beautiful, sublime! Hypnotic thanks for posting !!
richardhanna0 1 year ago
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With everything that god gave us and how clearly evident gOD is how could we question his greatness?? You know the way he sits back and does nothing. Always being their in ancient history with stories passed down by highly superstitious uneducated desert goat herders with stories that only contradict them selves every story or so. He does such a good job of staying out of the way its almost like gODs not even there. Like as though he doesnt exist at all. Good trick gOD. Its all about faith
party489 1 year ago
The "adaptations" on disc 2 completely go against the spirit and intentions of a capella shape-note SacredHarp/ChristianHarmony music. The SacredHarp tunes were not intended for solos by individuals; solos put ego and individual face front and center. The SH ethos is a communal effort of four disparate parts each made up of a group of individuals , whom the music bonds together. Its purpose is the opposite of an ego trip; it is for submerging one's selfishness to the higher purpose of
ClaireConrad 1 year ago
@ClaireConrad—helping the group rise spiritually to blend as a composite chorus of praise to an ineffable God who is all about serving others—and in the process, learning the serenity and peace of true humility (Romans 12:3 and 12:16). Second, to surround and underpin and blanket the words with instruments should make the very tunes themselves leap off the pages and cry out in pain and anguish. I am not doctrinally against musical instruments in praising God with instruments (many mentions in
ClaireConrad 1 year ago
@ClaireConrad—the book of Psalms; I Chronicles 15:28, 2 Chron. 7:6 & 34:12, 2 Kings 3:15). But the very meaning of “sacred harp” is the unaccompanied human voice. The complexity of the harmonies (another reason to consign solos to the ash heap) cannot be fully appreciated nor whole-heartedly produced by the singers if they have the crutch and supplantation of any instrument other than their own voices.
ClaireConrad 1 year ago
awsome!
MultiWhana 1 year ago
great blend of the saced harp and moderrn take. more please.
risvegliato 1 year ago
Congratulations... you've taken all of the power out of the original composition. I hope you can sleep well at night.
ouiser5000 1 year ago
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Hi, sorry but this is a very old song. The lyrics at least. The words are almost identical to "When Absalom Was Slain", a madrigal by Thomas Thompkins written around 1620 in Elizabethan England. Several other madrigals were written around this time based on the same lyrics. I'm not sure who the original author is; Elizabethan musicians borrowed from each other all the time. I recommend you check out Thompkins' version.For my tastes a much more powerful song than the pop version in this video.
ojalaquelluevaya 2 years ago
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ojalaquelluevaya 2 years ago
My great great great grandfather composed this song. (-:
arepasheat 2 years ago 17
@arepasheat William Billings composed some of the most beautiful music, you should be honored to have him as an ancestor
haveldad 2 years ago 2
I am very honored. I love his music myself and kinda feel like it's within some sort of genetic memory.
arepasheat 2 years ago
@arepasheat that is awesome william billings was a genius composer
bulldogtmp 1 year ago
@arepasheat i love your grandfather O.o may he rest in peace
Zilerrezko 4 months ago
yes i M YOUR LOST TWIN
ButSomethinGotToGive 2 years ago
dangit, my comp is messing up and won't let me hear it! But I PROMISE I'll come back and listen to it later, k? lol
daddysdolphin94 3 years ago
Awesome!! This track is one of my favorites on that disc.
inatangle 3 years ago
I think the band is great but I can't find any news about them - their website has been updated last in 2006! and where to find their records?? can anyone help me???
jeudi33 3 years ago
powerful version of this song, great work.
halobat 3 years ago 2
This is a wonderful example of a great blend of traditional and modern gospel musical styles and the performance and video is top notch for sure! One of my favorites this year!
unitedgospel 3 years ago 5
@unitedgospel
This is not gospel style. It's traditional folk music "style"
TheOloorlik 5 months ago
I love this song
it's inspiring
At0mmic 3 years ago 3