Sweet Rivers (William Moore)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-07-02). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 52 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Notes in four-shape format, as originally published in 1826. Seven stanzas included. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
General Information
Title: Sweet Rivers
First Line: Sweet rivers of redeeming love
Composer: William Moore
Lyricist: John Granade
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: STB
Genre: Sacred, Unknown
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: Published in Moore's Columbian Harmony, 1826, p. 135, for three parts: Treble-Tenor-Bass. This tune was reprinted in William Walker's Southern Harmony, 1835, p. 166, for three parts; and in The Sacred Harp, p. 61, 1844 to the present. William Hauser revised it and added an Alto part in his Hesperian Harp, 1848; and Hauser's four-part tune was reprinted in William Walker's Christian Harmony, 1867. Hauser's Alto part was added to The Sacred Harp after 1911. Words by John A. Granade, 1804, with seven or eight stanzas.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Sweet rivers of redeeming love.