Bristol (Timothy Swan)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-05-04). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 2 pages, 80 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: 1802 version. Note shapes added (4-shape). Another stanza included, selected from Watts' paraphrase.
- (Posted 2016-05-03) CPDL #39532: MusicXML
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-05-03). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 65 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition, as written in 1783. All three stanzas included from Addison's paraphrase.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-05-03). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 2 pages, 95 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: 1783 version. Note shapes added (4-shape). All three stanzas included from Addison's paraphrase.
General Information
Title: Bristol
1783 First Line: The lofty pillars of the sky
1802 First Line: Rejoice, ye shining worlds on high
Composer: Timothy Swan
Lyricist: Joseph Addison
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 88. 88. D (L.M.D.) (1783); Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.) (1802)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
{{Published}} is obsolete (code commented out), replaced with {{Pub}} for works and {{PubDatePlace}} for publications., Revised 1802
Description: First published in Brownson's Select Harmony, 1783, p. 78. Words published with the music in 1783 are by Joseph Addison, 1712, a loose paraphrase of Psalm 19, in three stanzas.
Bristol was significantly revised by Swan in 1802, changing many measures, and using different words. Words used in 1802 are by Isaac Watts, 1717, paraphrase of Psalm 24, in seven stanzas; Swan used the fifth stanza in his composition.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 24. (1802)
- The work of an Almighty hand by Joseph Addison, 1712 (1783)
English text 1. The lofty pillars of the sky, |
2. Soon as the evening shades prevail, |
3. What though in solemn silence all |