Lebanon (William Moore)
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- (Posted 2018-06-29) CPDL #50324:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-06-29). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 47 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Notes in four-shape format, as originally published in 1826 and 1848. All seven eight-line stanzas included.
General Information
Title: Lebanon
First Line: Drooping souls, no longer grieve
Composer: William Moore
Lyricist: Anonymous
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 76. 76. D
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1825 in Columbian Harmony, p. 122, for three voices: Treble-Tenor-Bass. Alto part written by William Hauser, in his Hesperian Harp, 1848
Description: A folk hymn (Jackson 1953a, No. 66). Words by an unknown author, apparently first published in 1823, with fourteen four-line stanzas, or seven eight-line stanzas.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Drooping saints, no longer grieve.