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*{{NewWork|2006-08-10}} '''CPDL #12249:''' [http://www.hymnwiki.org/wiki/images/b/b2/BeThouMyVision_Dewey.pdf http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/84/Icon_pdf.gif] [http://www.hymnwiki.org/wiki/images/0/00/BeThouMyVision_Dewey_choir.mid http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/81/Icon_snd.gif](Choir) [http://www.hymnwiki.org/wiki/images/b/be/BeThouMyVision_Dewey_piano.mid http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/81/Icon_snd.gif](Piano) [http://www.hymnwiki.org/wiki/images/b/b7/BeThouMyVision_Dewey.ly LilyPond]
*{{NewWork|2006-08-10}} '''CPDL #12249:''' [http://www.hymnwiki.org/wiki/images/b/b2/BeThouMyVision_Dewey.pdf http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/84/Icon_pdf.gif] [http://www.hymnwiki.org/wiki/images/0/00/BeThouMyVision_Dewey_choir.mid http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/81/Icon_snd.gif](Choir) [http://www.hymnwiki.org/wiki/images/b/be/BeThouMyVision_Dewey_piano.mid http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/81/Icon_snd.gif](Piano) [http://www.hymnwiki.org/wiki/images/b/b7/BeThouMyVision_Dewey.ly LilyPond]
:'''Editor:''' [[User:Mark Hamilton Dewey|Mark Hamilton Dewey]] ''(added 2006-08-10)''.   '''Score information: '''Letter, 1 pages, 72 kbytes   '''Copyright:''' [[ChoralWiki:Personal|Personal]] (You may treat it as if it were public domain: i.e. you don't need permission to use, publish, or sell it; you may not claim the copyright of this work for yourself or others; however, you may copyright derivative works); the melody itself is already officially public domain.
:'''Editor:''' [[User:Mark Hamilton Dewey|Mark Hamilton Dewey]] ''(added 2006-08-10)''.   '''Score information: '''Letter, 1 pages, 72 kbytes   '''Arrangement Copyright:''' Public Domain (released to the public domain by the arranger on 27 July 2007)
:'''Edition notes:''' Parts, second verse (based on a translation from Old Irish to English by Aodh ó Dugáin), and re-versification by Mark Hamilton Dewey (b. 1980); arrangement written in the summer of 2006.  I wrote this arrangement on account of the scarcity of public domain choral arrangements of this song.  The midis will act as karaoke; all verses play.
:'''Edition notes:''' Parts, verses 1-2, and re-versification by Mark Hamilton Dewey (b. 1980); arrangement written in the summer of 2006.  Verses 1-2 written on 27 July 2007.  This arrangement was written on account of the scarcity of public domain choral arrangements of this song, and also to allow female singers to feel more comfortable singing (i.e. the second verse was changed; it used to say "I Thy true Son").  The midis will act as karaoke; all verses play.


==General Information==
==General Information==

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Editor: Mark Hamilton Dewey (added 2006-08-10).   Score information: Letter, 1 pages, 72 kbytes   Arrangement Copyright: Public Domain (released to the public domain by the arranger on 27 July 2007)
Edition notes: Parts, verses 1-2, and re-versification by Mark Hamilton Dewey (b. 1980); arrangement written in the summer of 2006. Verses 1-2 written on 27 July 2007. This arrangement was written on account of the scarcity of public domain choral arrangements of this song, and also to allow female singers to feel more comfortable singing (i.e. the second verse was changed; it used to say "I Thy true Son"). The midis will act as karaoke; all verses play.

General Information

Title: Be Thou My Vision
Composer: Traditional Arranger: Mark Hamilton Dewey

Number of voices: 7vv Voicing: SAATTBB
Genre: Sacred, Hymns
Language: English
Published: 2006

Description: Tune name: Slane (Irish folk melody)
Lyrics: attributed to Dallan Forgaill (8th century) Translation from Old Irish to English, for all but the second verse: Mary Elizabeth Byrne (1880-1931), 1905
Original versification for all but the second verse: Eleanor Henrietta Hull (1860-1935), 1912

External websites:
HymnWiki article
http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/t/btmvison.htm
http://www.oremus.org/hymnal/b/b021.html
Mudcat discussion
Original Irish Lyrics

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