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A Checklist
of
Printed Shaker Hymnals
The complete checklist of printed and published Shaker hymnals between 1812 and 1908, compiled by Shaker music scholar, Roger Lee Hall, is available on these multi-media DVDs:
"The Humble Heart" - A Fifty Year Survey of Shaker Music
"Invitation to Zion" - A Guide to Shaker Music
Original Shaker Music Recordings
Blended Together
Field recordings from the 1970s and 1980s
with Shaker sisters from New Hampshire and Maine
speaking about and singing their music.
Early Shaker Spirituals
A CD collection of 40 Shaker spirituals from Rounder Records sung by The United Society of Shakers, Sabbathday Lake, Maine. Many of the spirituals are sung by Sister R. Mildred Barker, the foremost Shaker singer of her time. The spirituals include humility songs, gift songs, prayer songs, hymn and anthem and several interviews with Sister Mildred Barker. Extensive notes and texts for all the music are provided by Daniel W. Patterson.
Gentle Words: A Shaker Music Sampler
Recordings by Eldress Bertha Lindsay from Canterbury, New Hampshire and Sister R. Mildred Barker from Sabbathday Lake, Maine.
24 Premiere Recordings!
"Gentle Words" - A Shaker Music Sampler
The Golden Harvest -
More Shaker Chants and Spirituals
Let Zion Move - Music of the Shakers
This 2 CD set from Rounder Records includes 40 Shaker spirituals sung by the Shakers from Canterbury, New Hampshire and Sabbathday Lake, Maine. It includes a history of Shaker music narrated by Sister R. Mildred Barker and Sister Lillian Phelps. There are also interviews with Sister R. Mildred Barker, Eldress Bertha Lindsay, and Sister Lillian Phelps.
The interviews were done in 1960 by William (Bill) Randle, and in 1972 and 1980 by Roger Hall, who has written the extensive notes for this unique historical collection.
The set also has an attractive 72 page illustrated booklet with examples of Shaker music and the words to all 40 Shaker spirituals plus a bibliography and discography.
Simple Gifts:
Shaker Chants and Spirituals
Simple Gifts: Shaker Chants and Spirituals
(Boston Camerata with the Sabbathday Lake Shakers)
Additional recordings of original Shaker music are found at
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