Quickened with our immortal Head (William Besley)
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- Editor: Edmund Gooch (submitted 2026-02-15). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 67 kB Copyright: Public Domain
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General Information
Title: Quickened with our immortal Head
Composer: William Besley
Tune: Liberty
Lyricist: Charles Wesley
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1833 in A Collection of Tunes, ed. Thomas Hawkes, p. 137
Description: The order of staves in the source is Alto - Tenor - Soprano - Bass, with the alto and tenor parts notated in the treble clef an octave above sounding pitch.
No text is underlaid in the source, although Hymns 132 and 419 (of the Collection of Hymns for the Use of the People called Methodists) are specified. The present text is that of Hymn 419: the alternative text, Hymn 132, is Jesus, the sinner’s friend, to thee.
This tune is attributed to 'Wm. Besley' in the source, and is marked with an asterisk, used in that work to indicate tunes 'composed by modern and living authors'.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Quickened with our immortal Head.

