Menotomy (Samuel Babcock)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-07-08). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 61 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition. Two more pairs of stanzas included from Steele's hymn. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-07-08). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 41 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Two more pairs of stanzas included from Steele's hymn.
General Information
Title: Menotomy
First Line: To Jesus, our exalted Lord
Composer: Samuel Babcock
Lyricist: Anne Steele
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: STB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: First published in Babcock's A Middlesex Harmony, 1803, p. 105. Words by Anne Steele, 1760, entitled Communion with Christ at his Table, with six stanzas. Babcock used the first two stanzas of Steele's hymn in his composition.
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Original text and translations
English text 1. To Jesus, our exalted Lord, |
3. Yet while around his board we meet. |
5. Let faith our feeble senses aid, |