East Texas Musical Convention
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East Texas Musical Convention
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The East Texas Musical Convention, now usually called the East Texas Sacred Harp Convention, is an annual gathering of shape note singers. Songs are sung a cappella from the Sacred Harp tunebook. The Convention was organized in 1855, and is the oldest Sacred Harp convention in Texas, and the second oldest in the United States. The East Texas Convention was modeled after the older Southern Musical Convention established in 1845 by Benjamin Franklin White, the compiler of The Sacred Harp. The East
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2024-02-21T14:50:09Z
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