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==Music files==
==Music files==
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*{{PostedDate|2019-09-26}} {{CPDLno|55439}} [[Media:DavisWyeth1813Comparison.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:DavisWyeth1813Comparison.mxl|{{XML}}]] [[Media:DavisWyeth1813Comparison.mscz|{{Muse3}}]]
{{Editor|Barry Johnston|2019-09-26}}{{ScoreInfo|7 x 10 inches (landscape)|2|135}}{{Copy|Public Domain}}
:'''Edition notes:''' Comparison of six versions of ''Davis'' – ''New Salem''. Percentage similarities show that ''Davis'' is a different tune from ''New Salem'', based on the same (probably oral) sources.
*{{PostedDate|2019-09-26}} {{CPDLno|55438}} [[Media:NewSalemDavisson1820a.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:NewSalemDavisson1820a.mid|{{mid}}]] [[Media:NewSalemDavisson1820a.mxl|{{XML}}]] [[Media:NewSalemDavisson1820a.mscz|{{Muse3}}]]
{{Editor|Barry Johnston|2019-09-26}}{{ScoreInfo|7 x 10 inches (landscape)|1|58}}{{Copy|Public Domain}}
:'''Edition notes:''' ''New Salem'', transcribed from ''Supplement to the Kentucky Harmony'', 1826, for four parts. Notes in four-shape format, as published in 1826. Six half-stanzas from Swain's hymn included.
*{{PostedDate|2019-09-26}} {{CPDLno|55437}} [[Media:NewSalemMetcalf1818a.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:NewSalemMetcalf1818a.mid|{{mid}}]] [[Media:NewSalemMetcalf1818a.mxl|{{XML}}]] [[Media:NewSalemMetcalf1818a.mscz|{{Muse3}}]]
{{Editor|Barry Johnston|2019-09-26}}{{ScoreInfo|7 x 10 inches (landscape)|1|55}}{{Copy|Public Domain}}
:'''Edition notes:''' ''New Salem'', transcribed from ''Kentucky Harmonist'', 1818, for three parts. Notes in four-shape format, as published in 1818. Six half-stanzas of Swain's hymn included.
*{{PostedDate|2019-09-25}} {{CPDLno|55426}} [[Media:DavisWyeth1813a.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:DavisWyeth1813a.mid|{{mid}}]] [[Media:DavisWyeth1813a.mxl|{{XML}}]] [[Media:DavisWyeth1813a.mscz|{{Muse3}}]]
*{{PostedDate|2019-09-25}} {{CPDLno|55426}} [[Media:DavisWyeth1813a.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:DavisWyeth1813a.mid|{{mid}}]] [[Media:DavisWyeth1813a.mxl|{{XML}}]] [[Media:DavisWyeth1813a.mscz|{{Muse3}}]]
{{Editor|Barry Johnston|2019-09-25}}{{ScoreInfo|7 x 10 inches (landscape)|1|54}}{{Copy|Public Domain}}
{{Editor|Barry Johnston|2019-09-25}}{{ScoreInfo|7 x 10 inches (landscape)|1|54}}{{Copy|Public Domain}}
:'''Edition notes:''' Notes in four-shape format, as published in 1813. Transcribed from ''Wyeth's Repository, Part Second'', 1813. Six stanzas (of meter {{CiteCat|11 8. 11 8}}) included from Swain's hymn. {{MXL}
:'''Edition notes:''' Notes in four-shape format, as published in 1813. Transcribed from ''Wyeth's Repository, Part Second'', 1813, for three parts. Six stanzas (of meter {{CiteCat|11 8. 11 8}}) included from Swain's hymn. {{MXL}


==General Information==
==General Information==
'''Title:''' ''Davis''<br>
{{Title|''Davis''}}
{{FirstLine|O thou in whose presence my soul takes delight}}
{{FirstLine|O thou in whose presence my soul takes delight}}
{{Composer|Anonymous}}
{{Composer|Anonymous}}
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{{Pub|9|1848|in {{NoComp|The Hesperian Harp|William Hauser}}}}
{{Pub|9|1848|in {{NoComp|The Hesperian Harp|William Hauser}}}}


'''Description:''' A folk hymn (Lowens 1964, Music 2005). First published in ''Wyeth's Repository, Part Second'', 1813, for three voices: Treble-Tenor-Bass. Rearranged (as ''New Salem'') in Metcalf's ''Kentucky Harmonist'', 1818. Two arrangements of this tune appear in Carden's ''Missouri Harmony'', 1820, and in Moore's ''Columbian Harmony'', 1825. It also appears as ''Gratitude'' in Davisson's ''Supplement to the Kentucky Harmony'', 1820. It was reprinted as ''Davis'' in ''Southern Harmony'', 1835, and ''The Hesperian Harp'', 1848; and as ''New Salem'' in ''Supplement to the Kentucky Harmony'', 1826, and ''Compilation of Genuine Church Music'', 1835. Words by [[Joseph Swain]], 1791, with six stanzas of meter {{CiteCat|11 8. 11 8. D}}.
'''Description:''' A folk hymn (Lowens 1964, Music 2005). First published in ''Wyeth's Repository, Part Second'', 1813, for three voices: Treble-Tenor-Bass. David Music (2005) says ''Davis'' and ''New Salem'' are two different tunes deriving from the same (probably oral source), and this idea is confirmed by a similarity test (above). In addition to Wyeth, the ''Davis'' variation appears in:
*''Missouri Harmony'' (1820)
*''Gratitude'' in Davisson's ''Supplement to the Kentucky Harmony'' (1820)
*Moore's ''Columbian Harmony'' (1825)
*''Southern Harmony'' (1835)
*''The Hesperian Harp'' (1848)
The ''New Salem'' variation appears first in Metcalf's ''Kentucky Harmonist'', 1818. After that, ''New Salem'' also in:
*''Missouri Harmony'' (1820)
*Moore's ''Columbian Harmony'' (1825).
*''Supplement to the Kentucky Harmony'' (1826)
*''A Compilation of Genuine Church Music'' (1835).
 
Words by [[Joseph Swain]], 1791, with six stanzas of meter {{CiteCat|11 8. 11 8. D}}. All of the above arrangements use half of Swain's stanza.


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


==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
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[[Category:Ananias Davisson arrangements]]
[[Category:Samuel Metcalf arrangements]]
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  • (Posted 2019-09-26)  CPDL #55439:       
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2019-09-26).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 2 pages, 135 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Comparison of six versions of DavisNew Salem. Percentage similarities show that Davis is a different tune from New Salem, based on the same (probably oral) sources.
  • (Posted 2019-09-26)  CPDL #55438:         
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2019-09-26).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 58 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: New Salem, transcribed from Supplement to the Kentucky Harmony, 1826, for four parts. Notes in four-shape format, as published in 1826. Six half-stanzas from Swain's hymn included.
  • (Posted 2019-09-26)  CPDL #55437:         
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2019-09-26).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 55 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: New Salem, transcribed from Kentucky Harmonist, 1818, for three parts. Notes in four-shape format, as published in 1818. Six half-stanzas of Swain's hymn included.
  • (Posted 2019-09-25)  CPDL #55426:         
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2019-09-25).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 54 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Notes in four-shape format, as published in 1813. Transcribed from Wyeth's Repository, Part Second, 1813, for three parts. Six stanzas (of meter 11 8. 11 8) included from Swain's hymn. {{MXL}

General Information

Title: Davis
First Line: O thou in whose presence my soul takes delight
Composer: Anonymous
Lyricist: Joseph Swain

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: STB

Genre: Sacred   Meter: 11 8. 11 8

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1813 in Wyeth's Repository, Part Second
    2nd published: 1818 in Metcalf's Kentucky Harmonist
    3rd published: 1820 in The Missouri Harmony
    4th published: 1820 in Supplement to the Kentucky Harmony
    5th published: 1825 in Moore's Columbian Harmony
    6th published: 1826 in Supplement to the Kentucky Harmony
    7th published: 1835 in A Compilation of Genuine Church Music
    8th published: 1835 in Southern Harmony
    9th published: 1848 in The Hesperian Harp

Description: A folk hymn (Lowens 1964, Music 2005). First published in Wyeth's Repository, Part Second, 1813, for three voices: Treble-Tenor-Bass. David Music (2005) says Davis and New Salem are two different tunes deriving from the same (probably oral source), and this idea is confirmed by a similarity test (above). In addition to Wyeth, the Davis variation appears in:

  • Missouri Harmony (1820)
  • Gratitude in Davisson's Supplement to the Kentucky Harmony (1820)
  • Moore's Columbian Harmony (1825)
  • Southern Harmony (1835)
  • The Hesperian Harp (1848)

The New Salem variation appears first in Metcalf's Kentucky Harmonist, 1818. After that, New Salem also in:

  • Missouri Harmony (1820)
  • Moore's Columbian Harmony (1825).
  • Supplement to the Kentucky Harmony (1826)
  • A Compilation of Genuine Church Music (1835).

Words by Joseph Swain, 1791, with six stanzas of meter 11 8. 11 8. D. All of the above arrangements use half of Swain's stanza.

External websites:

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at O thou, in whose presence my soul takes delight.