A Third Volume of Original Sacred Music (John Newton)

General information

Pre-publication advertisement

An advertisement prior to publication appeared on p1 of the Nottingham Review and General Advertiser for the Midland Counties of Friday 17 November 1843:

NEW SACRED MUSIC,
With Instrumental Parts.
SHORTLY will be published, a Volume of NEW SACRED MUSIC (being the third set) containing twenty Tunes, two Anthems, and three Pieces adapted for occasional purposes.
BY JOHN NEWTON,
Author of the "Pilgrim," "Companion to the Pilgrim," &c. &c.
The Tunes will have the harmony condensed for the Organ or Piano-forte, and the Anthems and Pieces will be publishes with Instrumental Parts.
Price to subscribers, 5s.
Subscribers names received at the Booksellers and Musicsellers.

The work as eventually published contains three more hymn tunes than indicated by this advertisement: if the British Library catalogue is accurate in dating the publication to 1845, the enlargement of the work might be linked to the delay to publication.

Publication

John Newton's book A Third Volume of Original Sacred Music is, as the title indicates, the composer's third collection of sacred music: the two preceding books were titled The Pilgrim and The Companion to the Pilgrim. The title page of the work describes it as:

'Containing Twentythree Tunes adapted to various Metres,

TWO ANTHEMS & THREE PIECES FOR OCCASIONAL PURPOSES
The whole Composed & Arranged for
Voices & Instruments with the Harmony condensed,
For the Organ or Piano Forte,
by
JOHN NEWTON,
Nottingham.

Author of the PILGRIM, Companion to the PILGRIM, &c.'

The title page indicates that the work was entered at Stationers' Hall, and that its price was 6s 6d. The imprint reads 'London, Published for the Author by J. Hart, Hatton Garden & may be had of the Author or any Book or Music sellers in the Kingdom.'

A Third Volume of Original Sacred Music is not itself dated, but referring to the copy at shelfmark B.463., the catalogue of the British Library gives it a date of [1845].

The work was published by subscription, and is prefaced by a list of the subscribers.

Publication date and place: 1845 for the Author by J. Hart, Hatton Garden, London.

Description of contents

The collection consists of 23 strophic hymn tunes, three set-pieces (through-composed settings of metrical texts) and two anthems. The anthems are numbered 'N^o 2' and 'N^o 3', apparently a continuation of numbering from the one anthem Blessed be the Lord God published in The Companion to the Pilgrim.

The music is laid out in full score with the parts in the order (identified in the first piece in the book) Tenor - Alto - Treble - Bass. The treble (air) and bass are bracketed together, with small notes on these staves filling out the harmony of a keyboard accompaniment (labelled 'Organ' in the first piece in the book). Both Tenor and Alto parts are printed in the treble clef an octave above sounding pitch. For the set-pieces and anthems, instrumental parts are provided, in each case for two instruments of treble range and one of bass range. In the first two set-pieces, these are specified as being for two violins and cello, while the second anthem specifies for the cello part only.

List of subscribers

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List of works

Pages	Description	Text
011	WISDOM. L.M. Hy: 158 Bk: 2 Dr Wats.	Broad is the road that leads to death
022-3	JOYFUL. P.M. Hy: 276 Wesley.	Worship and thanks and blessing
034	RECOVERY. 10s & 11s Hy: 277 G. B. Colln	The fountain of Christ, Lord, help us to sing
045	INTERCESSION. C.M. Hy: 37 Bk: 2 Dr Watts.	Lift up your eyes to the heavenly seats
056	LOFTY PRAISE. L.M. Hy: 43 Bk: 2 Dr Watts.	Now for a song of lofty praise
067	ASSISTANCE. L.M. Hy: 15 Bk: 1 Dr Watts.	Let me but hear my Saviour say
078-9	VICTORY. L.M. Hy: 48 Bk: 1 Dr Watts.	Awake our souls, away our fears
089	COMMUNION. 4 lines 7s	Come and let us sweetly join
0910	INCARNATION. S.M. Hy: 3 Bk: 1 Dr Watts.	Behold, the grace appears
1011	CELESTIAL. S.M. Hy: 84 Bk: 2 Dr Watts.	Come, all harmonious tongues
1112	DELIVERANCE. 4 lines 7s Hy: 450 G.B. Colln	Children of your heavenly King
1213	DEVOTION. C.M. Hy: 106 G. B. Colln	When all thy mercies, O my God
1314	PILGRIM. 4. 8s & 2. 6s Hy: 324 Wesley.	Come on, my partners in distress
1415	DESIRE. C.M. Hy: 324 B. N. S.	When, O dear Jesus, when shall I
1516-17	RADIANCE. 6 lines 8s Hy: 445 Wesley.	O come, thou radiant morning star
1617	SION. L.M. Ps: 84 Dr Watts.	Great God, attend while Zion sings
1718	AGNUS DEI. C.M.	Thou dear Redeemer, dying Lamb
1819	SIMPLICITY. S.M. Ps: 103 Dr Watts.	O bless the Lord, my soul
1920	INFINITUDE. 8.7.4. Hy: 66 Wesley.	Lo, he comes with clouds descending
2021-24	THE CHRISTIAN'S VICTORY.	O for an overcoming faith
2125-36	THE STAR OF JACOB.	Awake, my harp and lute
2237-43	ANTHEM No 2. (from the 59th Psalm.)	O my God, deliver me from my enemies
2344-46	ANTHEM No 3. (from the 5th chapter of Romans.)	Therefore being justified by faith
2447-56	ACCLAMATION.	Joy to the world, the Lord is come
2557	BLISS. C.M. Hy: 18 Bk: 1 Dr Watts.	Hear what the voice from heaven proclaims
2658	MORTALITY. L.M. Hy: Wesley.	Shrinking from the cold hand of death
2759	SACRIFICE. S.M. Hy: 142 Bk: 2 Dr Watts.	Not all the blood of beasts
2860	OMEGA. S.M. Ps: 95 Dr Watts.	Come, sound his praise abroad

Works at CPDL

Title	Year	Page	Genre	Subgenre	Vo.	Voices
Broad is the road that leads to death	1845	1	Sacred	Hymns	4	SATB
When all thy mercies, O my God	1845	13	Sacred	Hymns	4	SATB