Canaan (Amos Pilsbury)

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• (Posted 2018-01-17)  CPDL #48451:      CanaanPilsbury1799bpr.mxl

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-01-17).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 61 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition. Two more half-stanzas from Wesley's hymn included.

• (Posted 2018-01-17)  CPDL #48450:   

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-01-17).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 59 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Two more half-stanzas of Wesley's hymn included.

General Information

Title: Canaan
First Line: Head of the church triumphant
Composer: Amos Pilsbury
Lyricist: Charles Wesley

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred   Meter: 77. 447. 77. 447 (Wesley), Meter: 77. 447 (Pilsbury)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

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Description: First published in Pilsbury's The United States Sacred Harmony, 1799, p. 157. Words by Charles Wesley, 1745, with three ten-line stanzas. Pilsbury used the first five lines of Wesley's hymn in his composition.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Head of thy church triumphant.