Kingston (Daniel Belknap)

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• (Posted 2015-11-25)  CPDL #37666:  MusicXML

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-11-25).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 79 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition. A few edits, otherwise as written in 1800. Three more stanzas added from Barlow's paraphrase, the fit the rhythm of the music.

• (Posted 2015-11-25)  CPDL #37665: 

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-11-25).   Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 75 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Three more stanzas added from Barlow's paraphrase, that fit the rhythm of the music.

General Information

Title: Kingston
First Line: Along the banks where Babel's current flows
Composer: Daniel Belknap
Lyricist: Joel Barlow

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred   Meter: 10 10. 10 10

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1800

Description: First published in The Evangelical Harmony, 1800, p. 23. Words by Joel Barlow, 1786, paraphrase of Psalm 137, in six stanzas.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 136.