04/09/2026
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10,000 copies of The Sacred Harp: 2025 Edition have been distributed in just over six months since the debut of the new book in Atlanta! Attendance at singings is up, and the excitement of singing new songs by both living and historical composers is palpable. Thank you for your overwhelming support and for your warm embrace of the new edition, the first revision in 34 years!
The third printing was completed in February, and books are available for immediate order and shipment worldwide from our website. Introductory prices are continuing: individual books are $20 plus shipping, and cases of eight books are $160 with free domestic shipping and $40 shipping to most international locations. Permanently-marked loaner books are still available for $80 per case. Youโll find a link to the loaner-book request form on the ordering page on our website.
Thank you for your feedback on the binding and print quality. We have worked with the printer to make the binding and the gold on the cover more durable by using more pressure to imprint the gold, applying more glue to the book's spine, and increasing the width of the crimp in the cover, which better protects the binding's thread. In addition, we have moved the printed content of each page slightly away from the interior "gutter" to improve readability. We are investigating new processes and printers for forthcoming printings, so we welcome your continued feedback about the quality of the first three printings.
The third printing has also afforded us an opportunity to make a few updates, corrections, and minor changes for clarity or consistency:
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โข EVENING HYMN (41): update of dotted rhythm in measures 7 (tenor)/8 (alto)/9 (treble)/11 (tenor) to pairs of dotted eighth notes and sixteenth notes.
โข BUFFAM FALLS (413): addition of repeat around second part of song.
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โข SHARPSBURG (39b): correct scripture to โBlessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.โPs. 32:1.โ
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โข MINISTERโS FAREWELL (69t): add โTreble and alto The Southern Harmony, 1835.โ
โข WORCESTER (195): add โAlto The Sacred Harp, 1844.โ
โข MULBERRY GROVE (482): change โCarmeiโ to โCarmiโ in alto attribution.
โข NEW AGATITE (485): add attribution for second verse, โIsaac Watts, 1719.โ
โข EAGLESโ WINGS (491): update attribution of second verse, โWesleyโs Redemption Hymns, 1747.โ
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โข Essay on โThe Revisions of The Sacred Harpโ (9): correct date of Sacred Harp Publishing Companyโs transition to nonprofit status to 1974.
โข โRudiments of Musicโ (15): replace Affetuoso with Affettuoso.
โข SOUTHMINSTER (161): change โheavenโsโ to โheavensโโ in โTo the heavensโ high King.โ
โข SAVE, MIGHTY LORD (70b): change "O" to "Oh" in chorus.
โข AND JESUS CRUCIFIED (184): change "forego" to "forgo" in โAll thy pleasures I forgo.โ
โข MONROE (370): change "O" to "Oh" in verse 3 (two instances).
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