Acton (Daniel Belknap)
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- (Posted 2015-11-27) CPDL #37694:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-11-27). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 74 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition. Five more stanzas elected from Watts' poem included. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- (Posted 2015-11-27) CPDL #37693:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-11-27). Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 70 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape) Five more stanzas selected from Watts' poem included.
General Information
Title: Acton
First Line: Farewell, bright soul, a short farewell
Composer: Daniel Belknap
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: First published in The Evangelical Harmony, 1800, p. 7. Words by Isaac Watts, 1706, Horae Lyricae, entitled On the Sudden Death of Mrs. Mary Peacock, in eight stanzas. Belknap used the second stanza of Watts' poem in his composition.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Hark! She bids all her friends adieu.