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==Music files== | ==Music files== | ||
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*{{PostedDate|2017-07-08}} {{CPDLno|45338}} [[Media:VernonLChapin1820compare.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:VernonLChapin1820compare.mxl| | *{{PostedDate|2017-07-08}} {{CPDLno|45338}} [[Media:VernonLChapin1820compare.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:VernonLChapin1820compare.mxl|{{XML}}]] | ||
{{Editor|Barry Johnston|2017-07-08}}{{ScoreInfo|Unknown|2|58}}{{Copy|Public Domain}} | {{Editor|Barry Johnston|2017-07-08}}{{ScoreInfo|Unknown|2|58}}{{Copy|Public Domain}} | ||
:'''Edition notes:''' A comparison of the tunes (four parts) of five versions. | :'''Edition notes:''' A comparison of the tunes (four parts) of five versions. Notes in four-shape format. | ||
:# Jeremiah Ingalls' ''[[Farewell Hymn (Jeremiah Ingalls)]]'' (D minor, 4:4), converted to the timing and rhythm of Chapin's arrangement | :# Jeremiah Ingalls' ''[[Farewell Hymn (Jeremiah Ingalls)|Farewell Hymn]]'' (D minor, 4:4), converted to the timing and rhythm of Chapin's arrangement | ||
:# ''[[Vernon ( | :# ''[[Vernon (Amzi Chapin)]]'', 1813 (E minor, 2:4) | ||
:# ''Vernon'' in William Moore, 1825 (E minor, 2:4) | :# ''Vernon'' in William Moore, 1825 (E minor, 2:4) | ||
:# ''Vernon'' in William Walker, 1830 (E minor, 2:4) | :# ''Vernon'' in William Walker, 1830 (E minor, 2:4) | ||
:# ''Vernon'' in ''The Sacred Harp'', 1860 (E minor, 2:4) | :# ''Vernon'' in ''The Sacred Harp'', 1860 (E minor, 2:4) | ||
*{{PostedDate|2017-07-08}} {{CPDLno|45335}} [[Media:VernonLChapin1820a.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:VernonLChapin1820a.mid|{{mid}}]] [[Media:VernonLChapin1820a.mxl|{{XML}}]] | *{{PostedDate|2017-07-08}} {{CPDLno|45335}} [[Media:VernonLChapin1820a.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:VernonLChapin1820a.mid|{{mid}}]] [[Media:VernonLChapin1820a.mxl|{{XML}}]] | ||
{{Editor|Barry Johnston|2017-07-08}}{{ScoreInfo|Unknown|1|38}}{{Copy|Public Domain}} | {{Editor|Barry Johnston|2017-07-08}}{{ScoreInfo|Unknown|1|38}}{{Copy|Public Domain}} | ||
:'''Edition notes:''' Notes in four-shape format, as originally published in 1813. All six stanzas of Watts' hymn included. | :'''Edition notes:''' Notes in four-shape format, as originally published in 1813. All six stanzas of Watts' hymn included. | ||
==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
{{Title|''Vernon''}} | |||
{{FirstLine|Lord, what a heaven of saving grace}} | {{FirstLine|Lord, what a heaven of saving grace}} | ||
{{Composer | {{Composer|Jeremiah Ingalls}} | ||
{{Arranger|Amzi Chapin}} | |||
{{Lyricist|Isaac Watts}} | {{Lyricist|Isaac Watts}} | ||
{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br> | {{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br> | ||
{{Genre|Sacred|}} {{ | {{Genre|Sacred|}} {{Meter|88. 88 (L.M.)}} | ||
{{Language|English}} | {{Language|English}} | ||
{{Instruments|A cappella}} | {{Instruments|A cappella}} | ||
{{ | {{Pub|1|1813|in ''[[Patterson's Church Music (Robert Patterson)|Patterson's Church Music]]''.}} | ||
'''Description:''' | '''Description:''' Words by [[Isaac Watts]], 1709, Hymn 16 of Book 2, with six stanzas. | ||
This tune was written as ''[[Farewell Hymn (Jeremiah Ingalls)|Farewell Hymn]]'' by Jeremiah Ingalls in 1790, for use at the funeral of a child; first published in 1805. It was revised by | This tune was written as ''[[Farewell Hymn (Jeremiah Ingalls)|Farewell Hymn]]'' by Jeremiah Ingalls in 1790, for use at the funeral of a child; first published in 1805. It was revised by Amzi Chapin in 1813, changing the key from D minor to E minor, renaming it, and substituting different words, as shown above. Chapin's revision was put to different words by Charles Wesley (''Come, O thou traveler unknown'') in Samuel Metcalf's ''The Kentucky Harmonist'', 1818. This was repeated and reduced to three parts by William Walker in ''Southern Harmony'' (p. 34) in 1830. The version in William Moore 1825 (four parts, Wesley's words) was restored in ''The Sacred Harp'' (p. 55b) from 1844 through 1911; the 1991 edition has it on page 95b. | ||
Harp'' (p. 55b) from 1844 through 1911; the 1991 edition has it on page 95b. | |||
'''External websites:''' | '''External websites:''' | ||
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{{LinkText|Lord, what a heaven of saving grace}} | {{LinkText|Lord, what a heaven of saving grace}} | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Amzi Chapin arrangements]] | ||
[[Category:Four-shape note editions]] | [[Category:Four-shape note editions]] | ||
[[Category:Sheet music]] | [[Category:Sheet music]] | ||
[[Category:Classical music]] | [[Category:Classical music]] | ||
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- (Posted 2017-07-08) CPDL #45338:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-07-08). Score information: Unknown, 2 pages, 58 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: A comparison of the tunes (four parts) of five versions. Notes in four-shape format.
- Jeremiah Ingalls' Farewell Hymn (D minor, 4:4), converted to the timing and rhythm of Chapin's arrangement
- Vernon (Amzi Chapin), 1813 (E minor, 2:4)
- Vernon in William Moore, 1825 (E minor, 2:4)
- Vernon in William Walker, 1830 (E minor, 2:4)
- Vernon in The Sacred Harp, 1860 (E minor, 2:4)
- (Posted 2017-07-08) CPDL #45335:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-07-08). Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 38 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Notes in four-shape format, as originally published in 1813. All six stanzas of Watts' hymn included.
General Information
Title: Vernon
First Line: Lord, what a heaven of saving grace
Composer: Jeremiah Ingalls
Arranger: Amzi Chapin
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1813 in Patterson's Church Music
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1709, Hymn 16 of Book 2, with six stanzas.
This tune was written as Farewell Hymn by Jeremiah Ingalls in 1790, for use at the funeral of a child; first published in 1805. It was revised by Amzi Chapin in 1813, changing the key from D minor to E minor, renaming it, and substituting different words, as shown above. Chapin's revision was put to different words by Charles Wesley (Come, O thou traveler unknown) in Samuel Metcalf's The Kentucky Harmonist, 1818. This was repeated and reduced to three parts by William Walker in Southern Harmony (p. 34) in 1830. The version in William Moore 1825 (four parts, Wesley's words) was restored in The Sacred Harp (p. 55b) from 1844 through 1911; the 1991 edition has it on page 95b.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Lord, what a heaven of saving grace.