Hallelujah (Amos Bull)
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- (Posted 2015-07-05) CPDL #35971:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-07-05). Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 80 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Four more pairs of stanzas from Watts' paraphrase added below.
General Information
Title: Hallelujah
First Line: Loud hallelujahs to the Lord
Composer: Amos Bull
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SSTB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1795
Description: Published in The Responsary, 1795, p. 51, voiced for Treble-Treble-Tenor-Bass. Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, his paraphrase of Psalm 148. In the first part of Bull's composition (mm. 1-16), stanza 1 of Watts' paraphrase is sung, then that part is repeated with stanza 2; the second part (mm. 17-26) sets stanza 3.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 148.