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*{{PostedDate|2020-01-24}} {{CPDLno|56745}} [[Media:BabylonGillet1786a.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:BabylonGillet1786a.mid|{{mid}}]] [[Media:BabylonGillet1786a.mxl|{{XML}}]] [[Media:BabylonGillet1786a.mscz|{{Muse3}}]] | *{{PostedDate| 2020-01-24}} {{CPDLno|56745}} [[Media:BabylonGillet1786a.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:BabylonGillet1786a.mid|{{mid}}]] [[Media:BabylonGillet1786a.mxl|{{XML}}]] [[Media:BabylonGillet1786a.mscz|{{Muse3}}]] | ||
{{Editor|Barry Johnston|2020-01-24}}{{ScoreInfo|7 x 10 inches (landscape)|1|53}}{{Copy|Public Domain}} | {{Editor|Barry Johnston|2020-01-24}}{{ScoreInfo|7 x 10 inches (landscape)|1|53}}{{Copy|Public Domain}} | ||
:'''Edition notes:''' Note shapes added (4-shape). Another stanza included from Barlow's paraphrase. | :'''Edition notes:''' Note shapes added (4-shape). Another stanza included from Barlow's paraphrase. |
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- 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: Sacred, Psalm-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.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 137.