Waltham (Samuel Babcock)

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  • (Posted 2016-06-23)  CPDL #40115:       
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-06-23).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 67 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Oval note edition. Another pair of stanzas included, selected from Watts' hymn. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
  • (Posted 2016-06-23)  CPDL #40114:   
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-06-23).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 68 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Another pair of stanzas included, selected from Watts' hymn.

General Information

Title: Waltham
First Line: Now to the power of God supreme
Composer: Samuel Babcock
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred   Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

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Description: First published in Babcock's The Middlesex Harmony, 1803, p. 59. Words by Isaac Watts, 1717, his Hymn 137 of Book 1, in five stanzas. Babcock used the first two stanzas of Watts' hymn in his composition.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Now to the power of God supreme.