Salem (William Moore)

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• (Posted 2018-07-01)  CPDL #50344:         

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-07-01).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 76 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Arranged by William Hauser for SATB. Notes in four-shape format, as originally published in 1826 and 1848. In Hauser's 1848 edition, the chorus after the double-bar is a repeat of the verses, with complex notation for the slurs in measure 3; in this edition, the chorus is written out. All seven stanzas of Newton's hymn included.

• (Posted 2018-07-01)  CPDL #50343:         

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-07-01).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 69 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Notes in four-shape format, as originally published in 1826. All seven stanzas of Newton's hymn included.

General Information

Title: Salem
First Line: How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
Composer: William Moore
Lyricist: John Newton (hymnwriter)

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: STB
Genre: Sacred   Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1826 in Moore's Columbian Harmony, p. 121, for three voices: Treble-Tenor-Bass
    2nd published: 1835 in Southern Harmony
    3rd published: 1848 in The Hesperian Harp, p. 148
Description: First published in William Moore's Columbian Harmony, 1826, for three voices; reprinted in Southern Harmony, 1835. William Hauser re-arranged it for four voices in 1848. A folk hymn (Jackson 1952, No. 255). Words by John Newton, 1779, entitled The Name of Jesus, with seven stanzas.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at How sweet the name of Jesus sounds.