Surprise (Barnabas McKyes): Difference between revisions

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Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-06-13). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 67 kB Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition. Two more stanzas included, selected from Watts' hymn. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-06-13). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 43 kB Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Two more stanzas included, selected from Watts' hymn.

Title: Surprise
First Line: Our life contains a thousand springs
Composer: Barnabas McKyes
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

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Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1709, Hymn 19 of Book 2, with six stanzas. Kyes used the third stanza of Watts' hymn in his composition.

External websites:

Original text and translations may be found at Let others boast how strong they be.

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-'''Description:''' First published in Asahel Benham's ''Social Harmony'', 1798, p. 36. Words by [[Isaac Watts]], 1709, Hymn 19 of Book 2, with six stanzas. Kyes used the third stanza of Watts' hymn in his composition.
+'''Description:''' Words by [[Isaac Watts]], 1709, Hymn 19 of Book 2, with six stanzas. Kyes used the third stanza of Watts' hymn in his composition.
 '''External websites:'''
 ==Original text and translations==