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- The_Missouri_Harmony abstract "The Missouri Harmony, first published in 1820, was the most popular of all American frontier shape-note tune books during its reign. The 185 songs compiled in the collection were favorites used in Protestant churches and singing schools, and many were deeply rooted in American culture by the time of its first publication. Its origins lay in a St. Louis school, where it was introduced by singing master Allen Carden, and its spread along the Mississippi River and its tributaries. It is said that Abraham Lincoln and his sweetheart, Ann Rutledge, sang from The Missouri Harmony at her father's tavern in Illinois.".