THE HARMONIA SACRA,
BEING A COMPILATION OF
GENUINE CHURCH MUSIC,
COMPRISING A GREAT VARIETY OF METRES,
Harmonized for Three and
Four Voices:
TOGETHER WITH A COPIOUS EXPLICATION OFTHE PRINCIPLES
OF VOCAL MUSIC.EXEMPLIFIED AND ILLUSTRATED WITH TABLES,IN A PLAIN AND
COMPREHENSIVE MANNER.BY JOSEPH FUNK AND SONS.
“And the ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.”—ISAIAH
TWENTY-SIXTH EDITION
Newly typeset, corrected and improved and provided online in both
seven and four shape notation.
Typeset by James Nelson Gingerich
and published online by James Nelson Gingerich & Will Fitzgerald
2008
Welcome
The Harmonia Sacra is a shape-note tunebook in the Mennonite tradition. Originally published in 1832 by Joseph Funk as A Compilation of Genuine Church Music. Since then, it has gone through twenty-six editions. This on-line version provides both seven-shape and four-shape ("Sacred Harp"-style) versions of tunes.
Ordering
We now have copies of the 26th edition of Harmonia Sacra available again! For ordering information, please contact Will Fitzgerald: will.fitzgerald -at- gmail -dot- com. Current cost is $30 per copy, plus shipping.