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. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- (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 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.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at The Almighty spake, and Gabriel sped.