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==Music files== | ==Music files== | ||
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*{{PostedDate|2019-09-29}} {{CPDLno|55463}} [[Media:HappinessWyeth1813a.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:HappinessWyeth1813a.mid|{{mid}}]] [[Media:HappinessWyeth1813a.mxl|{{XML}}]] | *{{PostedDate|2019-09-29}} {{CPDLno|55463}} [[Media:HappinessWyeth1813a.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:HappinessWyeth1813a.mid|{{mid}}]] [[Media:HappinessWyeth1813a.mxl|{{XML}}]] [[Media:HappinessWyeth1813a.mscz|{{Muse3}}]] | ||
{{Editor|Barry Johnston|2019-09-29}}{{ScoreInfo| | {{Editor|Barry Johnston|2019-09-29}}{{ScoreInfo|7 x 10 inches (landscape)|1|59}}{{Copy|Public Domain}} | ||
:'''Edition notes:''' Note in four shape format, as published in 1813. Ends of second and fourth lines changed from quarter-notes to half-notes. The first stanza of Wesley's hymn included. {{MXL}} | :'''Edition notes:''' Note in four shape format, as published in 1813. Ends of second and fourth lines changed from quarter-notes to half-notes. The first stanza of Wesley's hymn included. {{MXL}} | ||
==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
'''Title:''' ''Happiness''<br> | '''Title:''' ''Happiness''<br> | ||
{{FirstLine|O how happy are they Who their Savior obey}} | |||
{{Composer|Anonymous}} | {{Composer|Anonymous}} | ||
{{Lyricist|Charles Wesley}} | {{Lyricist|Charles Wesley}} | ||
{{Voicing|2|TB}}<br> | {{Voicing|2|TB}}<br> | ||
{{Genre|Sacred| | {{Genre|Sacred|}} {{meter|669. 669}} (mostly; see below) | ||
{{Language|English}} | {{Language|English}} | ||
{{Instruments|A cappella}} | {{Instruments|A cappella}} | ||
{{Pub|1|1813|in ''[[Wyeth's Repository, Part Second]]''.}} | {{Pub|1|1813|in ''[[Wyeth's Repository, Part Second]]''.}} | ||
'''Description:''' A folk hymn (Lowens 1964). First published as ''Happiness'' in ''Wyeth's Repository, Part Second'' (1813) for two parts, Tenor-Bass. As ''Exultation'', a Treble part was added in Joseph Funk's ''A Compilation of Genuine Church Music'' (1835) (which later was retitled ''Harmonia Sacra''); in its thirteenth edition (1869) an Alto part was added. See Exultation (Anonymous) for a four-part version. Words by [[Charles Wesley]], 1749, ''Hymns and Sacred Poems'' No. 65, with ten stanzas. | '''Description:''' A folk hymn (Lowens 1964). First published as ''Happiness'' in ''Wyeth's Repository, Part Second'' (1813) for two parts, Tenor-Bass. As ''Exultation'', a Treble part was added in Joseph Funk's ''A Compilation of Genuine Church Music'' (1835) (which later was retitled ''Harmonia Sacra''); in its thirteenth edition (1869) an Alto part was added. See Exultation (Anonymous) for a four-part version. Words by [[Charles Wesley]], 1749, ''Hymns and Sacred Poems'' No. 65, with ten stanzas. Meter varies from 569. 569 through 569. 669 to {{CiteCat|669. 669}}. | ||
'''External websites:''' | '''External websites:''' | ||
==Original text and translations== | ==Original text and translations== | ||
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[[Category:4-part choral music]] | |||
[[Category:Sheet music]] | [[Category:Sheet music]] | ||
[[Category:Classical music]] | [[Category:Classical music]] | ||
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- (Posted 2019-09-29) CPDL #55463:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2019-09-29). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 59 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note in four shape format, as published in 1813. Ends of second and fourth lines changed from quarter-notes to half-notes. The first stanza of Wesley's hymn included. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
General Information
Title: Happiness
First Line: O how happy are they Who their Savior obey
Composer: Anonymous
Lyricist: Charles Wesley
Number of voices: 2vv Voicing: TB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 669. 669 (mostly; see below)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1813 in Wyeth's Repository, Part Second
Description: A folk hymn (Lowens 1964). First published as Happiness in Wyeth's Repository, Part Second (1813) for two parts, Tenor-Bass. As Exultation, a Treble part was added in Joseph Funk's A Compilation of Genuine Church Music (1835) (which later was retitled Harmonia Sacra); in its thirteenth edition (1869) an Alto part was added. See Exultation (Anonymous) for a four-part version. Words by Charles Wesley, 1749, Hymns and Sacred Poems No. 65, with ten stanzas. Meter varies from 569. 569 through 569. 669 to 669. 669.
External websites:
Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at How happy are they Who the Savior obey.