Check out Southern Harmony. I'm not sure what you mean by "THE music to ACCOMPANY" -- the shape-note culture was a-cappella, and the original music arranged for it was harmonized so that all parts were first-class citizens (not "melody" and "accompaniment" even in a choral sense).
Anyone could compose accompaniments for the melodies (which are often, George Jackson Pullen argued, simply folk tunes), and some reputable composers have done so, for some of the more popular tunes. But "the" Southern Harmony arrangement (linked above) is complete as is.
Thank you! We usually need support (of the organ) when we sing. I had hoped there was a simple harmony somewhere but I guess I should try to do something myself.
Looking at the page again, it may not be obvious if you haven't poked around in period tunebooks, but that is a harmonized version, not three lines of a tune (as it would be if you saw the same layout in, say, a "tune-only" edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern). At the time, it was a lot cheaper to do it this way (with moveable type) than to engrave multiple parts on the same staff.
The second line, I believe, is the "Tenor", the tune itself. The first and third lines are "treble" and "bass" parts. But I have no idea whether, or how, they'd work for organ.
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Check out Southern Harmony. I'm not sure what you mean by "THE music to ACCOMPANY" -- the shape-note culture was a-cappella, and the original music arranged for it was harmonized so that all parts were first-class citizens (not "melody" and "accompaniment" even in a choral sense).
Anyone could compose accompaniments for the melodies (which are often, George Jackson Pullen argued, simply folk tunes), and some reputable composers have done so, for some of the more popular tunes. But "the" Southern Harmony arrangement (linked above) is complete as is.
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Thank you! We usually need support (of the organ) when we sing. I had hoped there was a simple harmony somewhere but I guess I should try to do something myself.
That is a harmony!
Looking at the page again, it may not be obvious if you haven't poked around in period tunebooks, but that is a harmonized version, not three lines of a tune (as it would be if you saw the same layout in, say, a "tune-only" edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern). At the time, it was a lot cheaper to do it this way (with moveable type) than to engrave multiple parts on the same staff.
The second line, I believe, is the "Tenor", the tune itself. The first and third lines are "treble" and "bass" parts. But I have no idea whether, or how, they'd work for organ.