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*{{PostedDate|2018-01-20}} {{CPDLno|48494}} [[Media:AbyssiniaFrench1789a.pdf|{{pdf}}]] | *{{PostedDate|2018-01-20}} {{CPDLno|48494}} [[Media:AbyssiniaFrench1789a.pdf|{{pdf}}]] | ||
{{Editor|Barry Johnston|2018-01-20}}{{ScoreInfo| | {{Editor|Barry Johnston|2018-01-20}}{{ScoreInfo|7 x 10 inches (landscape)|1|68}}{{Copy|Public Domain}} | ||
:'''Edition notes:''' Note shapes added (4-shape). Three more stanzas included from Relly's hymn. | :'''Edition notes:''' Note shapes added (4-shape). Three more stanzas included from Relly's hymn. | ||
==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
'''Title:''' ''Abyssinia''<br> | '''Title:''' ''Abyssinia''<br> | ||
{{FirstLine|Greatly beloved}} | |||
{{Composer|Jacob French}} | {{Composer|Jacob French}} | ||
{{Lyricist|James Relly}} | {{Lyricist|James Relly}} | ||
{{Voicing|5|SSATB}}<br> | {{Voicing|5|SSATB}}<br> | ||
{{Genre|Sacred| | {{Genre|Sacred|}} {{meter|44. 468. 44. 46}} | ||
{{Language|English}} | {{Language|English}} | ||
{{Instruments|A cappella}} | {{Instruments|A cappella}} | ||
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==Original text and translations== | ==Original text and translations== | ||
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{{Text|English| | |||
1. Greatly beloved, | |||
Of God approved; | |||
Ere time began, | |||
Jehovah's darling man | |||
Possessed his nature, love, above; | |||
There man is known, | |||
While angels own, | |||
Above them far, | |||
This bright and morning-star. | |||
2. When all beheld, | |||
With wonder filled, | |||
The glorious grace | |||
Sparkle in Jesus' face; | |||
We, worms, as wholly blind in mind, | |||
Could not discern | |||
What did concern | |||
Our hearts alone, | |||
That orb in which we shone.}} | |||
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{{Text|Simple| | |||
3. But God would show, | |||
To us below, | |||
His grace and choice, | |||
While we in heart rejoice; | |||
And this revealed by blood, when God | |||
Became a man; | |||
And then began | |||
In love to cure | |||
Our nature, blind, impure. | |||
4. The Work was great, | |||
It made him sweat, | |||
Blood-rivers flowed, | |||
He groaned and cried aloud; | |||
While sorrows rent his heart with smart | |||
Unspeakable: | |||
The pains of Hell, | |||
Infernal wrath, | |||
Encompassed him in death.}} | |||
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{{Text|Simple| | |||
5. With many tears, | |||
And unknown fears, | |||
Heart-breaking sighs, | |||
Infinite agonies, | |||
Wounds, blood, and bruises fresh, his flesh | |||
All over fill; | |||
In anguish, still, | |||
He yields his breath | |||
To the accursed death. | |||
6. Fail nature's laws; | |||
The sun withdraws; | |||
With dreadful crack, | |||
The rocks asunder break; | |||
Convulsed creation shakes, earth quakes; | |||
All old things die, | |||
Non-entity, | |||
Passed over all | |||
That lived by Adam's Fall.}} | |||
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{{Text|Simple| | |||
7. Hence came the hour, | |||
When God, with power, | |||
Raised from the dead | |||
The members, and the head; | |||
In that one perfect man, the plan | |||
Of grace we fee, | |||
Where Christ and we | |||
Were named in one, | |||
The Father's only Son. | |||
8. His joy fulfilled | |||
In every child: | |||
We, in that grace, | |||
Behold the Father's face | |||
In that exalted man, we can | |||
Forever view, | |||
That love, so true, | |||
Which did us raise | |||
To never-ceasing praise.}} | |||
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Revision as of 19:50, 20 January 2018
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-01-20). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 68 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Three more stanzas included from Relly's hymn.
General Information
Title: Abyssinia
First Line: Greatly beloved
Composer: Jacob French
Lyricist: James Relly
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 44. 468. 44. 46
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: First published in The New American Melody, 1789, pp. 34-35, for five voices: Two Trebles, Counter, Tenor, and Bass. Spelling "Abysina" in original. Words by James Relly, 1776, with eight stanzas.
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Original text and translations
English text 1. Greatly beloved, |
3. But God would show, |
5. With many tears, |
7. Hence came the hour, |