Ephrathah (Samuel Babcock)

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• (Posted 2016-07-05)  CPDL #40238:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-07-05).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 64 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Four-part version; Counter part written by B. C. Johnston, 2016. Oval note edition. Two more pairs of stanzas included from Tate's hymn.

• (Posted 2016-07-05)  CPDL #40237:   

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-07-05).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 69 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Four-part version; Counter part written by B. C. Johnston, 2016. Note shapes added (4-shape). Two more pairs of stanzas included from Tate's hymn.

• (Posted 2016-07-05)  CPDL #40236:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-07-05).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 62 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Three-part version. Oval note edition, as written in 1803. Two more pairs of stanzas included from Tate's hymn.

• (Posted 2016-07-05)  CPDL #40235:   

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-07-05).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 62 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Three-part version. Note shapes added (4-shape). Two more pairs of stanzas included from Tate's hymn.

General Information

Title: Ephrathah
First Line: While shepherds watched their flocks by night
Composer: Samuel Babcock
Lyricist: Nahum Tate

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

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1803 in Babcock's The Middlesex Harmony, Second Edition, p. 94, for three voices: Treble-Tenor-Bass
Description: Words by Nahum Tate, 1700, with six stanzas. Babcock used the first two stanzas of Tate's hymn in his composition.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at While shepherds watched their flocks by night.