Sacred Harp Singing

Famous quotes containing the words sacred, harp and/or singing:

    “Sacrifice is nothing other than the production of sacred things.”
    —Georges Bataille (1897–1962)

    “Strike the concertina’s melancholy string!
    Blow the spirit-stirring harp like any thing!
    Let the piano’s martial blast
    Rouse the Echoes of the Past,”
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

    “Where there’s more of singing and less of sighing,
    Where there’s more of giving and less of buying,
    And a man makes friends without half trying
    That’s where the West begins.”
    —Arthur Chapman (1873–1935)