Fasola: Fifty-three Shape Note Folk Hymns: All Day Sacred Harp Singing at Stewart's Chapel in Houston, Mississippi
Various Artists

This 1970 release records the shape note singing convention in Houston, Mississippi. As is the tradition with shape note signing, songs are first sung using notes "fa-so-la-mi," then with lyrics. Each voice part is equally balanced, consequently submerging the tune because all parts (except bass) are sung by both men and women.
Liner notes compiled by Amelia Ramsey include a history of shape note singing and background on each song. An illustrated essay by Frederic Ramsey Jr. provides more information on the Mississippi community.
RELATED LESSON PLAN
"A Shape Note Singing Lesson"
Track Listing
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Liverpool | Male and female singers | 1:40 | |
102
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Delight | Shape-note singers at Stewart's Chapel | 1:30 | |
103
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Schenectady | Shape-note singers at Stewart's Chapel | 1:58 | |
104
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Bear Creek | Male and female singers | 1:53 | |
105
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Harmony | Male and female singers | 1:30 | |
106
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World Unknown | Male and female singers | 1:40 | |
107
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Stratfield | Male and female singers | 1:41 | |
108
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Arbacoochee | Male and female singers | 1:40 | |
109
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Save, Lord, or We Perish | Male and female singers | 1:55 | |
110
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Soar Away | Male and female singers | 2:00 | |
111
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Cusseta | Male and female singers | 1:41 | |
112
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Traveling On | Male and female singers | 1:43 | |
113
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Fillmore | Male and female singers | 1:58 | |
201
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Gospel Trumpet | Male and female singers | 1:30 | |
202
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Providence | Male and female singers | 1:49 | |
203
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Florida | Male and female singers | 1:39 | |
204
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Columbiana | Male and female singers | 1:04 | |
205
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Happy Home | Male and female singers | 1:23 | |
206
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Southwell | Male and female singers | 2:40 | |
207
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Concord | Male and female singers | 1:28 | |
208
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Rees | Male and female singers | 2:06 | |
209
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New Hope | Male and female singers | 1:54 | |
210
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The Resurrection Day | Male and female singers | 1:48 | |
211
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Idumea | Male and female singers | 1:20 | |
212
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Mear | Male and female singers | 1:30 | |
213
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My Brightest Days - My Brightest Day | Male and female singers | 1:43 | |
301
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New Jordan | Male and female singers | 2:13 | |
302
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Alabama | Male and female singers | 1:45 | |
303
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Morning Sun | Male and female singers | 1:58 | |
304
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Exhortation | Male and female singers | 1:21 | |
305
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Sinners Friend | Male and female singers | 0:59 | |
306
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Coston | Male and female singers | 1:28 | |
307
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Georgia | Male and female singers | 1:28 | |
308
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Cheves | Male and female singers | 1:35 | |
309
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Invitation | Male and female singers | 1:28 | |
310
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Eternal Home | Male and female singers | 1:28 | |
311
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Green Street | Male and female singers | 0:39 | |
312
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The Spirit Shall Return | Male and female singers | 2:22 | |
313
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Christian Soldier | Male and female singers | 1:35 | |
314
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The Good Old Way / Cowper (medley) | Male and female singers | 1:22 | |
401
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Christmas Anthem | Male and female singers | 2:32 | |
402
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Jerusalem | Shape-note singers at Stewart's Chapel | 2:00 | |
403
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Exhilaration | Shape-note singers at Stewart's Chapel | 2:03 | |
404
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Canaan's Land | Shape-note singers at Stewart's Chapel | 1:46 | |
405
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Sweet Rivers | Shape-note singers at Stewart's Chapel | 1:40 | |
406
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Easter Anthem | Male and female singers | 1:55 | |
407
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Notes Almost Divine | Shape-note singers at Stewart's Chapel | 1:58 | |
408
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Manchester | Shape-note singers at Stewart's Chapel | 2:01 | |
409
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O Come Away | Male and female singers | 1:00 | |
410
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Murillo's Lesson | Shape-note singers at Stewart's Chapel | 2:13 | |
411
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Calvary | Shape-note singers at Stewart's Chapel | 1:24 | |
412
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Nashville | Male and female singers | 1:13 |