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*{{PostedDate|2017-03-23}} {{CPDLno|43710}} [[Media:DevotionJohnson1818b.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:DevotionJohnson1818b.mid|{{mid}}]] [[Media:DevotionJohnson1818b.mxl| | *{{PostedDate|2017-03-23}} {{CPDLno|43710}} [[Media:DevotionJohnson1818b.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:DevotionJohnson1818b.mid|{{mid}}]] [[Media:DevotionJohnson1818b.mxl|{{XML}}]] | ||
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:'''Edition notes:''' | :'''Edition notes:''' Note heads in four-shape format, as originally published. This version started as a three-part edition in William Walker's ''Southern Harmony'', 1835; an Alto part was added in Walker's ''Christian Harmony'' in 1866. This four-part version has appeared on page 48 (top) in ''The Sacred Harp'' from 1860 to the present. {{MXL}} | ||
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'''Description:''' A folk hymn (see Music 2005), first published in ''Johnson's Tennessee Harmony'', 1818. Reprinted in over 25 nineteenth-century tunebooks, with a variety of lyrics | '''Description:''' A folk hymn (see Music 2005), first published in ''Johnson's Tennessee Harmony'', 1818. Reprinted in over 25 nineteenth-century tunebooks, with a variety of lyrics. | ||
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- (Posted 2017-03-23) CPDL #43710:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-03-23). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 60 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note heads in four-shape format, as originally published. This version started as a three-part edition in William Walker's Southern Harmony, 1835; an Alto part was added in Walker's Christian Harmony in 1866. This four-part version has appeared on page 48 (top) in The Sacred Harp from 1860 to the present. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- (Posted 2017-03-23) CPDL #43709:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-03-23). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 66 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note heads in four-shape format, as originally published. This three-part version is from Funk's Genuine Church Music, 1832. Words by Anne Steele, 1760, entitled The glorious presence of Christ in heaven, with six stanzas. All six stanzas included. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- (Posted 2017-03-22) CPDL #43708:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-03-22). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 62 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note heads in four-shape format, as originally published. This three-part version is from Moore's Columbian Harmony, 1825. Words by Isaac Watts, 1717, paraphrase of Psalm 92, Part 1, with seven stanzas. In Moore's version, as in Johnson's, the song starts with the second stanza of Watts' paraphrase. All seven stanzas included. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
General Information
Title: Devotion
First Line: Sweet is the day of sacred rest (Watts)
First Line: O, for a sweet inspiring ray (Steele)
Composer: Alexander Johnson
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Lyricist: Anne Steele
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: STB
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: A folk hymn (see Music 2005), first published in Johnson's Tennessee Harmony, 1818. Reprinted in over 25 nineteenth-century tunebooks, with a variety of lyrics.
Reference:
- Music, David W., Editor. 2005. A Selection of Shape-Note Folk Hymns From Southern United States Tune Books, 1816-61. Middleton, Wisconsin: A-R Editions. 91 pp.
External websites:
Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 92 and O for a sweet inspiring ray.