Invitation (Jacob Kimball)

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  • (Posted 2017-07-26)  CPDL #45664:       
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-07-26).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 51 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Arranged by William Hauser, 1848. Note shapes added (4-shape). Words by Isaac Watts, 1707; the first part from Watts. Hymn 70, Book 1, Stanza 1 (Hark! the Redeemer), the second part from Watts' Hymn 78, Book 1, Stanza 7 (Come, my Beloved). One stanza included.
  • (Posted 2017-07-26)  CPDL #45663:       
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-07-26).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 75 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Oval note edition, as written in 1784. Only one stanza included, because it is the last stanza of Watts' hymn.
  • (Posted 2017-07-26)  CPDL #45661:   
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-07-26).   Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 50 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Only one stanza included, because it is the last stanza of Watts' hymn.

General Information

Title: Invitation
First Line: Come, my Beloved, haste away
First Line: Hark! the Redeemer from on high
Composer: Jacob Kimball
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred   Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1784 in Bayley's Select Harmony
    2nd published: 1848 in The Hesperian Harp
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1707, Hymn 78, Book 1, Stanza 7. The music was revised and different words substituted by William Hauser, 1874; Hauser's version was the one used in The Sacred Harp, p. 327, 1936 to the present.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Who is this fair one in distress and Hark! The Redeemer from on high.