https://southern-horizon.com/ An independent desk on the music of the American Civil War era: its songbooks, field instruments, regimental bands and the recordings that carry them. en-us Wed, 16 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT https://southern-horizon.com/recordings/how-a-small-period-ensemble-gets-found/https://southern-horizon.com/recordings/how-a-small-period-ensemble-gets-found/Wed, 16 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMTThe recordingsA listener finds a small period ensemble through search, referral links, and community pages. What a seasonal page must carry to stay findable next year. https://southern-horizon.com/recordings/shooting-an-acoustic-ensemble-outdoors/https://southern-horizon.com/recordings/shooting-an-acoustic-ensemble-outdoors/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMTThe recordingsA two or three person crew films a living-history performance outdoors: the day built around light, the sound captured beside the picture. https://southern-horizon.com/bands/building-a-regional-arts-season/https://southern-horizon.com/bands/building-a-regional-arts-season/Tue, 08 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMTThe bandsHow a regional concert season is assembled, what a presenter asks of a small ensemble, and why one programme is played twice in two towns. https://southern-horizon.com/bands/running-a-small-ensemble-parts-and-balance/https://southern-horizon.com/bands/running-a-small-ensemble-parts-and-balance/Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMTThe bandsHow four or five singers divide parts, rehearse, and stay balanced, and what a written guide to running a community ensemble teaches a period band. https://southern-horizon.com/songs/hymn-tunes-before-1865-still-sung/https://southern-horizon.com/songs/hymn-tunes-before-1865-still-sung/Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMTThe songsHow hymn tunes printed before 1865 are chosen, shelved and sung today, from camp meeting to hymnal, and what a period ensemble declares when it borrows one. https://southern-horizon.com/songs/reading-a-songsheet-1816-1865/https://southern-horizon.com/songs/reading-a-songsheet-1816-1865/Thu, 20 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMTThe songsHow engraved covers, publisher addresses, verse place names and maps printed in the same years settle where a song was sold and how far it travelled.