Funeral Hymn (James P. Carrell)

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• (Posted 2024-03-06)  CPDL #79417:         

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2024-03-06).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 46 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from The Virginia Harmony, 1831. Notes in four-shape format, as published in 1831. All three of Wesley's stanzas included.

General Information

Title: Funeral Hymn
First Line: Rejoice for a brother deceased
Composer: James P. Carrell
Lyricist: Charles Wesley
Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: TrTB
Genre: Sacred, Psalm-tune   Meter: 88. 88. D (L.M.D.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1831 in The Virginia Harmony, p. 126
Description: Very different from Funeral by Carrell 1821, using the same words but in a minor key. Words by Charles Wesley, 1746, Hymn 2 from Funeral Hymns, with three stanzas. Carrell included the first two stanzas in his composition.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Rejoice for a brother deceased.