Judea (Solomon Howe)

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• (Posted 2017-11-22)  CPDL #47668:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-11-22).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 40 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition.

• (Posted 2017-11-22)  CPDL #47659:     

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-11-22).   Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 41 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). All three stanzas included.

General Information

Title: Judea
Composer: Solomon Howe
Lyricist: Solomon Howe

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1804 in The Farmer's Evening Entertainment, p. 32
Description: Line 1 of Stanza 1 is by Niccolò Machiavelli, 1513; the remainder by Solomon Howe, 1804, in three stanzas.

Original text and translations

English text

1. Virtue is forever growing
On its basis, joy and love;
Generous works forever flowing
Like the saints who reign above.

2. God, the source of every virtue,
Bids us imitate his Son;
That we may ascend to glory,
There adore him on his throne.

3. Sing his merits most sublimely,
Ransomer from hell and death;
To his praise we'll be devoted,
Thus employ our fleeting breath.