I watch a lot of these great Sacred harp video, and cannot help but see that in most there is a constant movement of women into their chairs. Almost as if on cue they enter. As American, from an upper southern State, I wonder what it is that Europeans see/hear in these simple, yet powerful, choral works that most Americans do not. would like to hear from anyone who participates in sacred Harp. I am a fanatic in European Choral music making, esp that found in English Cathedrals, but also know that Sacred Harp was part of my ancestors music making, in Northern Virginia.
@sacredHarpBremen
4 жыл бұрын
Let me assure you that, by my estimation, most Europeans don't know what to make of this. They grew up with classical choral music; this raw, visceral "shouting" is alien to them, up to the point of sending hate emails. The ones you see in the videos are a tiny minority. We are glad to have them.
@stevenbartley6088
4 жыл бұрын
@@sacredHarpBremen I hope it will continue in Europe. We can be an arrogant bunch, esp now with our crude clown of a President. But in our early days, there were some simple good things happening. At the present commercial pop culture has infected our mind
@kitsiewr
4 жыл бұрын
Gorgeous - but sung so fast, it loses some of its majesty. Better sung slower.
@justforever96
3 жыл бұрын
I agree. People like to push the songs faster, like they think it will always be better when done faster, but there is a point it just doesn't work. This is just done too fast and you loose the driving rhythm and tones. Although you do get an interesting bom-bom-bom-bom pulse. Of course sometimes the leader simply doesn't understand how to lead properly and start beating time twice as fast as they intended it to be. I've seen that happen before.
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