tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201118595222755418.post8492392023870318127..comments2024-03-27T00:20:29.080-04:00Comments on Seated Ovation: shaping notesWillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00001122423953519326noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201118595222755418.post-60954460137906281122012-02-19T01:30:01.671-05:002012-02-19T01:30:01.671-05:00Wow, Sam Amidon really sounds like his Dad :-)Wow, Sam Amidon really sounds like his Dad :-)strayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109343770835869181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201118595222755418.post-76337306188124791172012-01-20T11:30:58.218-05:002012-01-20T11:30:58.218-05:00Nevermind! My chronology is totally wonky, Better ...Nevermind! My chronology is totally wonky, Better Music is circa mid 19th century.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00001122423953519326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201118595222755418.post-79327176626888124852012-01-20T11:27:04.538-05:002012-01-20T11:27:04.538-05:00Thanks! Yes I have been singing (in North Carolina...Thanks! Yes I have been singing (in North Carolina), and I'm 100% aware of the huge community of singing going on today. But I'm still a bit confused about this Brooklyn 1820s thing -- the narrative I've read again has a kind of *peak* of shape notes in New England around 1790s, and then the rise of Lowell Mason and his ilk gradually pushing it out west and down south in the early 19th century. And the revivalists bringing it back to the Northeast in the middle of the 20th century?Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00001122423953519326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201118595222755418.post-27354058999304957902012-01-20T07:12:45.683-05:002012-01-20T07:12:45.683-05:00I enjoyed reading your thoughts about shape note s...I enjoyed reading your thoughts about shape note singing. I can help with one thing that puzzles you. You wrote: "...shape notes basically migrated down south and out west at the end of the 18th century..." Change that to 19th century and you'll be right and some other things will fall in place as well.<br /><br />I can't quite tell if you are a shape note singer yourself. Just in case you don't know, there is an active group of singers in Brooklyn and there is at least one active composer of shape note songs who goes to that singing. Ii am sure he would be happy to talk about what goes into writing this kind of music.<br /><br />Thank you for pointing out that there is a large and vital group of singers in the 21st century! If you haven't been singing yet yourself, I hope you get to do so soon!Laura Timmermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11660182124690812249noreply@blogger.com