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{{Voicing|3|STB}}<br>
{{Voicing|3|STB}}<br>
{{Genre|Sacred|Carols}}
{{Genre|Sacred|Carols}} &nbsp; {{meter|11 10. 11 10 with refrain}} (11 10.)
{{Language|English}}
{{Language|English}}
{{Instruments|A cappella}}
{{Instruments|A cappella}}
{{Published|1835}}
{{Published|1835}}


'''Description:''' First published by [[William Walker]] in ''[[Southern Harmony]]'', 1835, p. 16, for three voices, notes in four-shape format. The tune is a folk hymn from the late eighteenth century (Jackson 1953a, No. 182). Revised by William Walker for four parts in seven-shape format in his ''Christian Harmony'' in 1867. Words by [[Reginald Heber]], 1811.
'''Description:''' First published by [[William Walker]] in ''[[Southern Harmony]]'', 1835, p. 16, for three voices, notes in four-shape format. The tune is a folk hymn from the late eighteenth century (Jackson 1953a, No. 182). Revised by [[Star in the East (William Hauser)|William Hauser]] in four parts in 1848, and William Walker for four parts in seven-shape format in 1867. Words of the first stanza are by an anonymous author; second through fourth stanzas and chorus by [[Reginald Heber]], 1811.


'''External websites:'''  
'''External websites:'''  


==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
{{Text|English|
{{LinkText|2|Hail the blest morn, see the great Mediator|Brightest and best of the sons of the morning}}
::::''1.''
:Hail the blest morn! when the great Mediator
:Down from the mansions of glory descends;
:Shepherds, go worship the babe in the manger,
:Lo! for his guard the bright angels attend.
 
::''Chorus:''
::Brightest and best of the sons of the morning.
::Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid;
::Star in the east, the horizon adorning,
::Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
 
::::''2.''
:Cold on his cradle the dew-drops are shining;
:Low lies his head with the beasts of the stall:
:Angels adore him, in slumbers reclining;
:Wise men and shepherds before him do fall. ''Chorus''
 
::::''3.''
:Say, shall we yield him, in costly devotion,
:Odors of Edom, and offerings divine,
:Gems from the mountains, and pearls from the ocean,
:Myrrh from the forest, and gold from the mine? ''Chorus''
 
::::''4.''
:Vainly we offer each ample oblation,
:Vainly with gifts would his favor secure;
:Richer by far is the heart's adoration,
:Dearer to God are the prayers of the poor. ''Chorus''}}


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[[Category:Sheet music]]
[[Category:Christmas]]
[[Category:Christmas]]
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[[Category:Romantic music]]

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  • (Posted 2014-12-19)  CPDL #33758:         
Editor: Robert Bolyard (submitted 2014-12-19).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 35 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: transcribed from Southern Harmony (1854). MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
  • CPDL #01673:  Network.png
Editor: Christopher R. Baker (submitted 2000-11-27).   Copyright: CC BY 1.0
Edition notes: Music of "Star In The East," an English tune from 1820, from Silas H. Durand, and P. G. Lester, eds., Hymn and Tune Book For Use In Old School or Primitive Baptist Churches (Greenfield, Indiana: D. H. Goble, Fifth Edition, 1886), #59, p. 24. Melody is in the tenor.
  • CPDL #00005:        (Finale 1998)
Editor: Rafael Ornes (submitted 1999-06-29).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 34 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.

General Information

Title: Star in the East
First Line: Hail the blest morn, see the great mediator
Arranger: William Walker
Lyricist: Reginald Heber

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: STB

Genre: Sacred, Carol   Meter: 11 10. 11 10 with refrain (11 10.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

{{Published}} is obsolete (code commented out), replaced with {{Pub}} for works and {{PubDatePlace}} for publications.

Description: First published by William Walker in Southern Harmony, 1835, p. 16, for three voices, notes in four-shape format. The tune is a folk hymn from the late eighteenth century (Jackson 1953a, No. 182). Revised by William Hauser in four parts in 1848, and William Walker for four parts in seven-shape format in 1867. Words of the first stanza are by an anonymous author; second through fourth stanzas and chorus by Reginald Heber, 1811.

External websites:

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Hail the blest morn, see the great Mediator and Brightest and best of the sons of the morning.  

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