Christmas (Samuel Babcock)
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- (Posted 2016-06-12) CPDL #39995: MusicXML
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-06-12). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 83 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition.
- 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 Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: First published in Babcock's The Middlesex Harmony, 1795, pp. 8-10. 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 may be found at The Almighty spake, and Gabriel sped.
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