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'''Description:''' First published in Amos Pilsbury's ''The United States Sacred Harmony'', 1799, p. 30. Words by [[Charles Wesley]], 1759, ''Funeral Hymns'' No. 3, with nine stanzas. | '''Description:''' First published in Amos Pilsbury's ''The United States Sacred Harmony'', 1799, p. 30. Words by [[Charles Wesley]], 1759, ''Funeral Hymns'' No. 3, with nine stanzas. | ||
This tune was considerably revised by James P. Carrell in 1821,who retitled it ''[[Pilgrim (James P. Carrell)|Pilgrim]]'', moved it to A minor, and added new words, Charles Wesley's [[How happy every child of grace]] (1759). It appears as ''Child of Grace'' on p. 77 in The Sacred Harp from 1844 to the present, as a three-part reduction in 1844; a new Alto part was added in 1911. A description of the history of this tune is given in David Music (1995). | This tune was considerably revised by James P. Carrell in 1821, who retitled it ''[[Pilgrim (James P. Carrell)|Pilgrim]]'', moved it to A minor, and added new words, Charles Wesley's [[How happy every child of grace]] (1759). It appears as ''Child of Grace'' on p. 77 in [[The Sacred Harp (1844)|''The Sacred Harp'']] from 1844 to the present, as a three-part reduction in 1844; a new Alto part was added in 1911. A description of the history of this tune is given in David Music (1995). | ||
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-05-12). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 75 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Transcribed from Pilsbury 1799, with several edits. Oval note edition. Five more stanzas included, selected from Wesley's hymn. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-05-12). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 68 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Transcribed from Pilsbury 1799, with several edits. Note shapes added (4-shape). Five more stanzas included, selected from Wesley's hymn.
General Information
Title: Dover
First Line: And let this feeble body fail
Composer: Amos Pilsbury
Lyricist: Charles Wesley
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Unknown
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: First published in Amos Pilsbury's The United States Sacred Harmony, 1799, p. 30. Words by Charles Wesley, 1759, Funeral Hymns No. 3, with nine stanzas.
This tune was considerably revised by James P. Carrell in 1821, who retitled it Pilgrim, moved it to A minor, and added new words, Charles Wesley's How happy every child of grace (1759). It appears as Child of Grace on p. 77 in The Sacred Harp from 1844 to the present, as a three-part reduction in 1844; a new Alto part was added in 1911. A description of the history of this tune is given in David Music (1995).
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at And let this feeble body fail.