Star in the East (Deodatus Dutton)

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• (Posted 2021-05-13)  CPDL #64403:         

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2021-05-13).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 63 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Arranged by William Hauser. Transcribed from Hauser's The Hesperian Harp (1848). Notes heads in four-shape format, as published in 1848.

• (Posted 2019-04-06)  CPDL #53882:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2019-04-06).   Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 44 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). As first published in The Christian Lyre, in 1831, presumably arranged by Deodatus Dutton.

• (Posted 2018-06-14)  CPDL #50137:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-06-14).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 2 pages, 65 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Comparison of four editions.

A. John H. Hickok, Arranger, The Sacred Harp, Lewistown, Pennsylvania, 1832, p. 140. Two parts (TB), 4:4, A minor. Measures 17-24 repeat of 1-8.

B. William Walker, Arranger, Southern Harmony, 1835, p. 16. Three parts, 4:4, A minor. Measures 17-24 written.

C. William Hauser, Arranger, The Hesperian Harp, 1848. Four parts, 2:4, A minor. Measures 17-24 repeat of 1-8.

D. William Walker, Arranger, Christian Harmony, 1867. Four parts, 4:4, A minor. Measures 17-24 written.

• (Posted 2018-06-13)  CPDL #50106:         

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-06-13).   Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 41 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Arranged by John Hickok. Transcribed from John H. Hickok's Sacred Harp, 1832, p. 140, for two parts: Tenor-Bass. Note heads in four-shape format, as originally published in 1832. All four stanzas added.

• (Posted 2018-06-12)  CPDL #50091:         

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-06-12).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (Landscape), 1 page, 44 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Arranged by William Walker for four voices SATB. Transcribed from William Walker's Christian Harmony, 1867. Notes changed to four-shape format. First stanza and chorus as in Southern Harmony, 1835; other stanzas from Evangelical Hymns, Lexington, Kentucky, 1829.

• (Posted 2014-12-19)  CPDL #33758:         

Editor: Robert Bolyard (submitted 2014-12-19).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 35 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Arranged by William Walker for three voices STB. Transcribed from Southern Harmony (1854).

• (Posted 2000-11-27)  CPDL #01673: 

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.

• (Posted 1999-06-29)  CPDL #00005:        (Finale 1998)

Editor: Rafael Ornes (submitted 1999-06-29).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 34 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes:

General Information

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

Number of voices: 2vv   Voicing: TB
Genre: Sacred   Meter: 11 10. 11 10 with refrain (11 10.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1831 in The Christian Lyre, Volume 1, p. 104
    2nd published: 1835 in Southern Harmony, p. 16, Edition 1
    3rd published: 1848 in The Hesperian Harp
    4th published: 1867 in The Christian Harmony
Description: First appears in Joshua Leavitt's The Christian Lyre in 1831 presumably arranged by Deodatus Dutton, for two parts (Tenor or Soprano and Bass). Arranged 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.

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.

English text Star in the East Hail, the blest morn when the great mediator, Down from the regions of glory descends Shepherds, go worship the babe in the manger, Low for his guards 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. Cold on his cradle the dew drops are shining, Low lies his bed with the beasts of the stall; Angels adore him in slumbers reclining, Wise men and Shepherds before him do fall Say shall we yield him, with costly devotion, Odors of Eden and offerings divine, Gems of the mountains and pearls from the ocean: Myrrh from the forest and gold from the mines. Vainly we offer each ample oblation, Vainly with gold we his favor secure; Richer by far is the soul adoration Dearer to God are the prayers of the poor. The Christian Herald 5(8):195. March 27, 1823. “… from an esteemed correspondent.”

Star in the East 1. Hail the blest morn! see the great Mediator, Down from the regions of glory descend! 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 was laid, 2. Cold on his cradle the dew drops are shining; Low lies his bed with the beasts of the stall; Angels adore him, in slumbers reclining. Wise men and shepherds before him do fall. 3. Say, shall we yield him, in costly devotion, Odors of Eden, and offerings divine, Gems from the mountains, and pearls from the ocean, Myrrh from the forest, and gold from the mine? 4. Vainly we offer each ample oblation. Vainly with gold we his favor secure; Richer by far is the heart's adoration; Dearer to God are the prayers of the poor. The Christian Lyre, pp. 104-105 (1831)