On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 11:00 AM Karlin High <karlinh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/22/2020 11:15 AM, Carl Sorensen wrote: > > But to my eye, the Mennonite Hymnal from 1969 has the best aesthetics of > > all the scans you shared. > > Much of the shape-note tradition is aimed at amateurs. It's trying to > get a strong community-wide music tradition from minimal educational > resources. For that 1969 book, the level of music training behind it is > probably higher than many of the others. > Interestingly enough, I am an amateur. I've had no formal music training since Junior High school. All I know about music engraving I've learned from my association with LilyPond. It's been a great learning opportunity. > > <https://emu.edu/faculty-staff/?show=nafzigkj> > > There is also a successor, "Hymnal: A Worship Book" from 1992. > <https://www.amazon.com/dp/0836180011> > We have it in our university library. Would you like me to get it and make some page scans? Carl
