Admiration (Lemuel Babcock)

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• (Posted 2016-05-16)  CPDL #39664:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-05-16).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 72 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition, as written in 1793. Two more stanzas included, selected from Watts' poem.

• (Posted 2016-05-16)  CPDL #39663:   

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-05-16).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 70 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Two more stanzas included, selected from Watts' poem.

General Information

Title: Admiration
First Line: Infinite grace! almighty charms
Composer: Samuel Babcock
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred   Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1793 in The Columbian Harmony, p. 2

Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1706, poem entitled Desiring to Love Christ, in seven stanzas. Babcock used the fourth stanza of Watts' poem in his composition.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Come, let me love: or is my mind.