Winter (Daniel Belknap)
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- Editor: Aaron Giles (submitted 2016-09-26). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 26 kB Copyright: Public Domain
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-04-28). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 55 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-04-27). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 59 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape).
General Information
Title: Winter
First Line: Now clouds the wintry skies deform
Composer: Daniel Belknap
Lyricist: David Humphreys
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1800 in The Evangelical Harmony, p. 11
Description: Words adapted from David Humphreys, 1790, entitled American Winter. Humphreys' poem is not metrical; Belknap has edited it to meter 88. 88. (L. M.).
External websites:
- Griswold, Rufus W. 1856. Poets and Poetry of America, Sixteenth Edition, 659 pp. Philadelphia: Parry and McMillan. David Humphreys, pp. 55-56.
Original text and translations
English text David Humphreys, 1790 |
Daniel Belknap, 1800 |
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