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==Music files== | ==Music files== | ||
{{Legend}} | {{#Legend:}} | ||
*{{PostedDate|2011-01-29}} {{CPDLno|23073}} [[Media:KnappFuneralHymn.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:KnappFuneralHymn.mid|{{mid}}]] | |||
{{Editor|Tim Henderson|2011-01-29}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|1|386}}{{Copy|CPDL}} | |||
:{{EdNotes|"A Funeral Hymn" From New Church Melody: Being a Set of Anthems, Psalms, Hymns, &c. on Various Occasions. In Four Parts with a great Variety of other Anthems, Psalms, Hymns, &c. composed after a Method entirely new, and never printed before 1753.}} | |||
* | *{{PostedDate|2006-01-28}} {{CPDLno|10870}} [[Media:Macclesfield.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:Macclesfield.mid|{{mid}}]] | ||
{{Editor|Tim Henderson|2006-01-28}} | {{Editor|Tim Henderson|2006-01-28}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|1|43}}{{Copy|CPDL}} | ||
:'' | :{{EdNotes|late harmony version from Centenary Tunebook (1839), where the tune is titled 'Macclesfield'.}} | ||
==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
{{Title|''My life's a shade''}} | |||
{{Composer|William Knapp}} | {{Composer|William Knapp}} | ||
{{Lyricist|Samuel Crossman}} | |||
{{Voicing|4|SATB}} | {{Voicing|4|SATB}} | ||
{{Genre|Sacred|Hymns}} | |||
{{Language|English}} | {{Language|English}} | ||
{{Instruments|A cappella or organ}} | |||
'' | {{Pub|1|1753|in the first edition of ''New Church Melody''.}} | ||
{{Descr|A funeral hymn. Hymn Tune Index tune number 2092.}} | |||
{{#ExtWeb: | |||
*[http://imslp.org/wiki/New_Church_Melody_%28Knapp,_William%29 Page for Knapp's ''New Church Melody''] on IMSLP | |||
''' | |||
Further verses at<br> | Further verses at<br> | ||
http://stoddardfamily.home.comcast.net/L/138.html | http://stoddardfamily.home.comcast.net/L/138.html (Northern Harmony site) or<br> | ||
http://www.ccel.org/w/wesley/hymn/jwg09/jwg0931.html (Methodist Hymnbook) | http://www.ccel.org/w/wesley/hymn/jwg09/jwg0931.html (Methodist Hymnbook)}} | ||
==Original text and translations== | ==Original text and translations== | ||
{{Text|English| | |||
{{Text|English | My life's a shade; my days | ||
Apace to death decline; | |||
My life's a shade; my days | My Lord is life, he'll raise | ||
Apace to death decline; | |||
My Lord is life, he'll raise | |||
My dust again, e'en mine. | My dust again, e'en mine. | ||
''Chorus: '' | ''Chorus: '' | ||
Sweet truth to me, I shall arise | Sweet truth to me, I shall arise | ||
And with these eyes my savior see. | And with these eyes my savior see. | ||
My peaceful grave shall keep my bones till that sweet day, | |||
I wake from my long sleep, and leave my bed of clay. | |||
My Lord his angels shall their golden trumpets sound; | |||
At whose most welcome call my grave shall be unbound… | |||
I said sometimes with tears, Ah me! I'm loth to die; | |||
Lord, silence thou those fears, my life's with thee on high… | |||
What means my trembling heart, to be thus shy of death ? | |||
My life and I shan't part, tho' I resign my breath… | |||
Then welcome harmless grave; by thee to heav'n I'll go; | |||
My Lord, his death shall save me from the flames below…}} | |||
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Music files
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- Editor: Tim Henderson (submitted 2011-01-29). Score information: A4, 1 page, 386 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: "A Funeral Hymn" From New Church Melody: Being a Set of Anthems, Psalms, Hymns, &c. on Various Occasions. In Four Parts with a great Variety of other Anthems, Psalms, Hymns, &c. composed after a Method entirely new, and never printed before 1753.
- Editor: Tim Henderson (submitted 2006-01-28). Score information: A4, 1 page, 43 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: late harmony version from Centenary Tunebook (1839), where the tune is titled 'Macclesfield'.
General Information
Title: My life's a shade
Composer: William Knapp
Lyricist: Samuel Crossman
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella or organ
First published: 1753 in the first edition of New Church Melody
Description: A funeral hymn. Hymn Tune Index tune number 2092.
External websites:
- Page for Knapp's New Church Melody on IMSLP
- Further verses at
- http://stoddardfamily.home.comcast.net/L/138.html (Northern Harmony site) or
- http://www.ccel.org/w/wesley/hymn/jwg09/jwg0931.html (Methodist Hymnbook)
Original text and translations
English text
My life's a shade; my days
Apace to death decline;
My Lord is life, he'll raise
My dust again, e'en mine.
Chorus:
Sweet truth to me, I shall arise
And with these eyes my savior see.
My peaceful grave shall keep my bones till that sweet day,
I wake from my long sleep, and leave my bed of clay.
My Lord his angels shall their golden trumpets sound;
At whose most welcome call my grave shall be unbound…
I said sometimes with tears, Ah me! I'm loth to die;
Lord, silence thou those fears, my life's with thee on high…
What means my trembling heart, to be thus shy of death ?
My life and I shan't part, tho' I resign my breath…
Then welcome harmless grave; by thee to heav'n I'll go;
My Lord, his death shall save me from the flames below…