Solomon's Song (Timothy Swan)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-01-08). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 134 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: 1801 edition. Oval note edition. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-01-08). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 4 pages, 89 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: 1801 edition. Note shapes added (4-shape).
General Information
Title: Solomon's Song
First Line: The voice of my beloved sounds
Composer: Timothy Swan
Lyricist: Charles Wesley
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Anthem
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: First published as The voice of my beloved in Brownson's New Collection of Sacred Harmony, 1797. Considerably revised by Swan in his New England Harmony, 1801, pp. 84-87. Words by Charles Wesley, 1762, Scripture Hymns No. 934, one stanza.
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Original text and translations
English text
The voice of my beloved sounds,
While o’er the mountain-tops he bounds,
He flies exulting o’er the hills,
And all my soul with transport fills!
Gently doth he chide my stay
“Rise, my love, and come away.”