Why should the children of a king (John Fawcett)
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- (Posted 2015-10-30) CPDL #37352:
Sibelius 7
- Editor: Edmund Gooch (submitted 2015-10-30). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 58 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: The first verse only of the text is given in the source: subsequent verses have been added editorially. The keyboard accompaniment given on the voice staves in the source has been split out onto separate staves in this edition.
General Information
Title: Why should the children of a king
Composer: John Fawcett
Tune: Consolation
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: Keyboard
Published: 1814
Description: This setting was published on p60 of John Fawcett's A Second Sett of Psalm and Hymn Tunes, London: [c1813-1814].
In A Second Sett of Psalm and Hymn Tunes, this piece is printed with the staves in the order Tenor - Alto - Air - [Bass], with the vocal bass line figured, with additional notes on the Air [treble] and Bass staves to provide a keyboard accompaniment, and with the Alto part printed in the treble clef an octave above sounding pitch.
Hymn Tune Index tune number 18217.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Why should the children of a King.