Christmas (Samuel Babcock)

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• (Posted 2016-06-12)  CPDL #39995:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-06-12).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 83 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition.

• (Posted 2016-06-12)  CPDL #39994:   

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-06-12).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 2 pages, 84 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape).

General Information

Title: Christmas
First Line: Shout, shout for joy, rejoice, O earth
Composer: Samuel Babcock
Lyricist: George Richards

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: STB
Genre: Sacred, Set piece   Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1795 in Babcock's The Middlesex Harmony, no. 5, p. 8-10
Description: Words by George Richards, 1792, in six stanzas. Babcock used the fourth, fifth, and sixth stanzas of Richards' hymn in his composition.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at The Almighty spake, and Gabriel sped.