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I’ve sung in England, but there’s also groups in Poland,” he said. Shape note was popular in the early 1800s and especially took hold in rural areas of the South where music education was rare, but ...

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The shape-note tradition emerged from New England’s 18th century singing school movement that aimed to improve Protestant church music and expanded into a social activity.

The shape-note tradition emerged from New England’s 18th century singing school movement that aimed to improve Protestant church music and expanded into a social activity.