Salem (William Moore)

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(Posted 2018-07-01) CPDL #50344:

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-07-01). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 76 kB Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Arranged by William Hauser for SATB. Notes in four-shape format, as originally published in 1826 and 1848. In Hauser's 1848 edition, the chorus after the double-bar is a repeat of the verses, with complex notation for the slurs in measure 3; in this edition, the chorus is written out. All seven stanzas of Newton's hymn included.

(Posted 2018-07-01) CPDL #50343:

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-07-01). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 69 kB Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Notes in four-shape format, as originally published in 1826. All seven stanzas of Newton's hymn included.

General Information

Title: Salem
First Line: How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
Composer: William Moore
Lyricist: John Newton (hymnwriter)

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

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1826 in Moore's Columbian Harmony, p. 121, for three voices: Treble-Tenor-Bass
2nd published: 1835 in Southern Harmony
3rd published: 1848 in The Hesperian Harp, p. 148
Description: First published in William Moore's Columbian Harmony, 1826, for three voices; reprinted in Southern Harmony, 1835. William Hauser re-arranged it for four voices in 1848. A folk hymn (Jackson 1952, No. 255). Words by John Newton, 1779, entitled The Name of Jesus, with seven stanzas.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at How sweet the name of Jesus sounds.