Together as One Hymn Choir

Few regions in the Southeast retain the vitality of the hymn choir, or common meter, tradition like York County. Emerging in the 1700s from English Calvinist worship and African ritual practices, hymn choir traditions took root in slave communities in South Carolina. Today, the practice of lining out hymns through unaccompanied congregational singing is still alive and is embodied in the Together As One Hymn Choir of York County.

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A Charge To Keep | Digital Traditions
A Charge To Keep | Digital Traditions

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Grades: Higher Education

The songs were recorded live, with no microphones in order to enhance a listener’s transportation by the old-style, traditional slave spirituals praising God even though times were dark.
Beulah Land | Digital Traditions
Beulah Land | Digital Traditions

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Grades: Higher Education

The songs were recorded live, with no microphones in order to enhance a listener’s transportation by the old-style, traditional slave spirituals praising God even though times were dark.*
Guide Me Oh Thy Great Jehovah | Digital Traditions
Guide Me Oh Thy Great Jehovah | Digital Traditions

Audio

Grades: Higher Education

The songs were recorded live, with no microphones in order to enhance a listener’s transportation by the old-style, traditional slave spirituals praising God even though times were dark.
He's Right On Time | Digital Traditions
He's Right On Time | Digital Traditions

Audio

Grades: Higher Education

The songs were recorded live, with no microphones in order to enhance a listener’s transportation by the old-style, traditional slave spirituals praising God even though times were dark.
I Heard The Voice | Digital Traditions
I Heard The Voice | Digital Traditions

Audio

Grades: Higher Education

The songs were recorded live, with no microphones in order to enhance a listener’s transportation by the old-style, traditional slave spirituals praising God even though times were dark.
I Was Lost But Now Im Found | Digital Traditions
I Was Lost But Now Im Found | Digital Traditions

Audio

Grades: Higher Education

The songs were recorded live, with no microphones in order to enhance a listener’s transportation by the old-style, traditional slave spirituals praising God even though times were dark.
I'm A Soldier | Digital Traditions
I'm A Soldier | Digital Traditions

Audio

Grades: Higher Education

The songs were recorded live, with no microphones in order to enhance a listener’s transportation by the old-style, traditional slave spirituals praising God even though times were dark.
Read Your Bible | Digital Traditions
Read Your Bible | Digital Traditions

Audio

Grades: Higher Education

The songs were recorded live, with no microphones in order to enhance a listener’s transportation by the old-style, traditional slave spirituals praising God even though times were dark.
Standing Outside | Digital Traditions
Standing Outside | Digital Traditions

Audio

Grades: Higher Education

The songs were recorded live, with no microphones in order to enhance a listener’s transportation by the old-style, traditional slave spirituals praising God even though times were dark.
Together as One Hymn Choir Photos | Digital Traditions
Together as One Hymn Choir Photos | Digital Traditions

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Grades: Higher Education

Few regions in the Southeast retain the vitality of the hymn choir, or common meter, tradition like York County. Emerging in the 1700s from English Calvinist worship and African ritual practices, hymn...
Who Built the Ark | Digital Traditions
Who Built the Ark | Digital Traditions

Audio

Grades: Higher Education

The songs were recorded live, with no microphones in order to enhance a listener’s transportation by the old-style, traditional slave spirituals praising God even though times were dark.