Whitfield (Merit Woodruff)

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  • (Posted 2018-05-18)  CPDL #49690:       
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-05-18).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 51 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Oval note edition, as written in 1800. Another stanza included.
  • (Posted 2018-05-18)  CPDL #49689:       
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-05-18).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 44 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Another stanza included.

General Information

Title: Whitfield
First Line: Come, thou almighty King
Composer: Merit Woodruff
Lyricist: Anonymous

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred   Meter: 664. 6664

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1800 in Devotional Harmony, p. 14
Description: Words by an anonymous author, apparently first published in George Whitefield's Collection of Hymns for Social Worship, 1757, with five stanzas.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Come, Thou almighty King.