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==General Information==
==General Information==
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{{Genre|Sacred|Psalm-tunes}} &nbsp; {{meter|10 10. 10 10}}
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{{Language|English}}  
{{Language|English}}
{{Instruments|A cappella}}
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{{Pub|1|1786|in Andrew Law's {{NoComp|The Rudiments of Music|Andrew Law}}|vol=Edition 2}}
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'''Description:''' Very different tune from ''[[Babylon (Alexander Gillet)|Babylon]]'' written by Gillet in 1794, though the same key and words. Words by [[Joel Barlow]], 1786, paraphrase of Psalm 137, with six stanzas.
'''Description:''' Very different tune from ''[[Babylon (Alexander Gillet)|Babylon]]'' written by Gillet in 1794, though the same key and words. Words by [[Joel Barlow]], 1786, paraphrase of Psalm 137, with six stanzas.


'''External websites:'''  
'''External websites:'''


==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==

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  • (Posted 2020-01-24)  CPDL #56745:         
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2020-01-24).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 53 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Another stanza included from Barlow's paraphrase.

General Information

Title: Babylon (1786)
First Line: Along the banks where Babel's current flows
Composer: Alexander Gillet
Lyricist: Joel Barlow

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: SacredPsalm-tune   Meter: 10 10. 10 10

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1786 in Andrew Law's The Rudiments of Music, Edition 2

Description: Very different tune from Babylon written by Gillet in 1794, though the same key and words. Words by Joel Barlow, 1786, paraphrase of Psalm 137, with six stanzas.

External websites:

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 137.