Newton (Samuel Babcock)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-06-13). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 69 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition. Two more pairs of stanzas included from Doddridge's hymn. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-06-13). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 70 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Two more pairs of stanzas included from Doddridge's hymn.
General Information
Title: Newton
First Line: My Savior God, no voice but thine
Composer: Samuel Babcock
Lyricist: Philip Doddridge
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Set piece Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1795 in Babcock's The Middlesex Harmony, no. 25, p. 54
Description: Words by Philip Doddridge, 1755, entitled God saying to the soul, that he is its salvation, based on Psalm 35:3, with six stanzas. Babcock used the last two stanzas of Doddridge's hymn in his composition.
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Original text and translations
English text 1. Salvation! O melodious sound |
3. But O! may a degenerate soul, |
5. My Savior God, no voice but thine |