Vital Sparks

Vital Sparks

Occasional essays on the texts found in The Sacred Harp and related tune books

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Harriet Auber: From everlasting Thou art God

Harriet Auber: From everlasting Thou art God

Short biographies of poets in The Sacred Harp

Will Fitzgerald
Will Fitzgerald
Vital Sparks: Anne Steele is cozy with the ineffable

Vital Sparks: Anne Steele is cozy with the ineffable

Anne Steele, Part 2

Will Fitzgerald
Will Fitzgerald
Vital Sparks: Do you feel the smart?

Vital Sparks: Do you feel the smart?

Semantic Drift in The Sacred Harp, part 2

Will Fitzgerald
Will Fitzgerald
Vital Sparks: Gentle patience smiles on pain

Vital Sparks: Gentle patience smiles on pain

Anne Steele and personal suffering

Will Fitzgerald
Will Fitzgerald
Vital Sparks: Songs for Desperate Straits, Part 1

Vital Sparks: Songs for Desperate Straits, Part 1

Waiting for a cure

Will Fitzgerald
Will Fitzgerald
Worm Theology

Worm Theology

A Lenten meditation on human vermicularity

Will Fitzgerald
Will Fitzgerald
Vital Sparks: The poetry of Judge Jackson

Vital Sparks: The poetry of Judge Jackson

An essay for Black History month

Will Fitzgerald
Will Fitzgerald
Vital Sparks: God’s Garden

Vital Sparks: God’s Garden

335 RETURN AGAIN, 64 NASHVILLE, 284 GARDEN HYMN

Will Fitzgerald
Will Fitzgerald
Vital Sparks: Auld Lang Syne

Vital Sparks: Auld Lang Syne

162 PLENARY

Will Fitzgerald
Will Fitzgerald
Vital Sparks: Ye heedless ones

Vital Sparks: Ye heedless ones

Secular Songs in The Sacred Harp: Part 2

Will Fitzgerald
Will Fitzgerald
Join creation, preservation and redemption: join in one

Join creation, preservation and redemption: join in one

An Anthem for Thanksgiving, by William Billings

Will Fitzgerald
Will Fitzgerald
Vital Sparks: Behold the smiling, happy land

Vital Sparks: Behold the smiling, happy land

Secular Songs in The Sacred Harp, Part 1

Will Fitzgerald
Will Fitzgerald
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