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'''Title:''' ''Happiness''<br>
'''Title:''' ''Happiness''<br>
{{FirstLine|O how happy are they Who their Savior obey}}
{{FirstLine|O how happy are they Who their Savior obey}}
{{FirstLine|Come away to the skies}}
{{Composer|Anonymous}}
{{Composer|Anonymous}}
{{Lyricist|Charles Wesley}}
{{Lyricist|Charles Wesley}}
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'''Description:''' A folk hymn (Lowens 1964). First published as ''Happiness'' in ''Wyeth's Repository, Part Second'' (1813) for two parts, Tenor-Bass. As ''Exultation'', a Treble part was added in Joseph Funk's ''A Compilation of Genuine Church Music'' (1835) (which later was retitled ''Harmonia Sacra''); in its thirteenth edition (1869) an Alto part was added. See Exultation (Anonymous) for a four-part version. The arrangement in ''The Christian Lyre'' is in G major, contrasting with A minor in all other versions. Words by [[Charles Wesley]], 1749, ''Hymns and Sacred Poems'' No. 65, with ten stanzas. Meter varies from 569. 569 through 569. 669 to {{CiteCat|669. 669}}.
'''Description:''' A folk hymn (Lowens 1964). First published as ''Happiness'' in ''Wyeth's Repository, Part Second'' (1813) for two parts, Tenor-Bass. As ''Exultation'', a Treble part was added in Joseph Funk's ''A Compilation of Genuine Church Music'' (1835) (which later was retitled ''Harmonia Sacra''); in its thirteenth edition (1869) an Alto part was added. See Exultation (Anonymous) for a four-part version. The arrangement in ''The Christian Lyre'' is in G major, contrasting with A minor in all other versions. Words by [[Charles Wesley]], 1749, ''Hymns and Sacred Poems'' No. 65, with ten stanzas. Meter varies from 569. 569 through 569. 669 to {{CiteCat|669. 669}}.


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==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==

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Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2019-09-29).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 69 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Exultation, for four voices, transcribed from Harmonia Sacra, 1869. Notes in four shape format, as published in 1835-1869. Ends of second and fourth lines changed from quarter-notes to half-notes. Words by Charles Wesley, 1767, Family Hymns No. 165, Come away to the skies, with eight stanzas. All eight stanzas of Wesley's hymn included. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
  • (Posted 2019-09-29)  CPDL #55463:         
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2019-09-29).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 59 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Happiness, for two voices, transcribed from Wyeth's Repository, Part Second, 1813. Notes in four shape format, as published in 1813. Ends of second and fourth lines changed from quarter-notes to half-notes. The first stanza of Wesley's hymn included. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.

General Information

Title: Happiness
First Line: O how happy are they Who their Savior obey
Composer: Anonymous
Lyricist: Charles Wesley

Number of voices: 2vv   Voicing: TB

Genre: Sacred   Meter: 669. 669 or 12 9. 12 9 (mostly; see below)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1813 in Wyeth's Repository, Part Second
    2nd published: 1831 in The Christian Lyre, in G major
    3rd published: 1835 in A Compilation of Genuine Church Music
    4th published: 1869 in Harmonia Sacra, Edition 13

Description: A folk hymn (Lowens 1964). First published as Happiness in Wyeth's Repository, Part Second (1813) for two parts, Tenor-Bass. As Exultation, a Treble part was added in Joseph Funk's A Compilation of Genuine Church Music (1835) (which later was retitled Harmonia Sacra); in its thirteenth edition (1869) an Alto part was added. See Exultation (Anonymous) for a four-part version. The arrangement in The Christian Lyre is in G major, contrasting with A minor in all other versions. Words by Charles Wesley, 1749, Hymns and Sacred Poems No. 65, with ten stanzas. Meter varies from 569. 569 through 569. 669 to 669. 669.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at How happy are they Who the Savior obey and Come away to the skies.