Why do we mourn departing friends? (Thomas Clark)
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- (Posted 2011-06-01) CPDL #23635: (Sibelius 6)
- Editor: Edmund Gooch (submitted 2011-06-01). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 35 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: The order of staves in the source is Tenor - [Alto] - Air - [Bass], with the alto part notated in the treble clef an octave above the sounding pitch. The first verse only of the text is given in the source: a selection of subsequent verses have been added editorially.
General Information
Title: Why do we mourn departing friends?
Composer: Thomas Clark
Tune: Malton
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn
Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: Basso continuo
First published: 1805 in A Set of Psalm and Hymn Tunes, p. 6
Description: Setting of verses by Isaac Watts to a tune 'Malton', by Thomas Clark. Hymn Tune Index tune number 10901.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Why do we mourn departing friends.