¨Ananias Davisson's the Kentucky Harmony is one of the most important and influential collections of American folk hymnody ever compiled, and despite its once great popularity, it has become a great rarity. Few have ever been privileged to examine one of the tiny number of extant copies.¨

Irving Lowens: Introduction to The Kentucky Harmony: Facsimile Edition. January 1976

¨An analysis of the 1854 edition of The Sacred Harp shows that it utilized 58 tunes chosen by Davisson. The 1860 edition of The Sacred Harp used 44.¨

Irving Lowens: Introduction to The Kentucky Harmony: Facsimile Edition. January 1976