Hear what the voice from heaven proclaims (Thomas Clark)
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- (Posted 2015-11-27) CPDL #37692:
Sibelius 7
- Editor: Edmund Gooch (submitted 2015-11-27). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 51 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Only the first verse of the text is given in the source: subsequent verses have here been added editorially. In addition to the figured bass in the source, which is reproduced here, the notes sung by the alto part in bars 8-9 are shown in the source in small notes on the Air staff, to encourage their use in keyboard accompaniment of the piece: these have been omitted from the present edition.
General Information
Title: Hear what the voice from heaven proclaims
Composer: Thomas Clark
Tune: Heath Hill
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: Basso continuo
Published: 1837
Description: This setting appears on p492 in no. 28 of Thomas Clark's collection The Congregational Harmonist, which was advertised on p128 of No. 48, Vol. 4, of The Musical World, on 10 February 1837.
This setting is attributed 'T. Clark' in The Congregational Harmonist, where it is marked with a crossed circle, a symbol used in that book to indicate 'originals' (i.e. tunes not previously published).
The order of parts in the source is Alto - Tenor - Air - Bass, with the Alto and Tenor parts given in the treble clef an octave above sounding pitch.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Hear what the voice from heaven proclaims.