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*{{PostedDate|2016-06-13}} {{CPDLno|39996}} [{{filepath:NewtonBabcock1795a.pdf}} {{pdf}}] | *{{PostedDate|2016-06-13}} {{CPDLno|39996}} [{{filepath:NewtonBabcock1795a.pdf}} {{pdf}}] | ||
{{Editor|Barry Johnston|2016-06-13}}{{ScoreInfo| | {{Editor|Barry Johnston|2016-06-13}}{{ScoreInfo|7 x 10 inches (landscape)|1|70}}{{Copy|Public Domain}} | ||
:'''Edition notes:''' Note shapes added (4-shape). Two more pairs of stanzas included from Doddridge's hymn. | :'''Edition notes:''' Note shapes added (4-shape). Two more pairs of stanzas included from Doddridge's hymn. | ||
==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
'''Title:''' ''Newton''<br> | '''Title:''' ''Newton''<br> | ||
{{FirstLine|My Savior God, no voice but thine}} | |||
{{Composer|Samuel Babcock}} | {{Composer|Samuel Babcock}} | ||
{{Lyricist|Philip Doddridge}} | {{Lyricist|Philip Doddridge}} | ||
{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br> | {{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br> | ||
{{Genre|Sacred|}} | {{Genre|Sacred|}} {{meter|86. 86 (C.M.)}} | ||
{{Language|English}} | {{Language|English}} | ||
{{Instruments|A cappella}} | {{Instruments|A cappella}} | ||
{{Published|1795}} | |||
'''Description:''' First published in Babcock's ''The Middlesex Harmony'', 1795, p. 54. Words by [[Philip Doddridge]], 1755, with six stanzas. Babcock used the last two stanzas of Doddridge's hymn in his composition. | '''Description:''' First published in Babcock's ''The Middlesex Harmony'', 1795, p. 54. Words by [[Philip Doddridge]], 1755, entitled ''God saying to the soul, that he is its salvation'', based on Psalm 35:3, with six stanzas. Babcock used the last two stanzas of Doddridge's hymn in his composition. | ||
'''External websites:''' | '''External websites:''' | ||
==Original text and translations== | ==Original text and translations== | ||
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{{Text|English| | |||
1. Salvation! O melodious sound | |||
To wretched dying men! | |||
Salvation, that from God proceeds, | |||
And leads to God again! | |||
2. Rescued from hell's eternal gloom, | |||
From fiends and fires and chains; | |||
Raised to a paradise of bliss, | |||
Where love with glory reigns!}} | |||
{{middle|3}} | |||
{{Text|Simple| | |||
3. But O! may a degenerate soul, | |||
Sinful and weak as mine, | |||
Presume to raise a trembling eye | |||
To blessings so divine? | |||
4. The luster of so bright a scene | |||
My feeble heart o'er-bears; | |||
And unbelief almost perverts | |||
The promise into tears.}} | |||
{{middle|3}} | |||
{{Text|Simple| | |||
5. My Savior God, no voice but thine | |||
These dying hopes can raise; | |||
Speak thy salvation to my soul, | |||
And turn its tears to praise. | |||
6. My Savior God, this broken voice | |||
Transported shall proclaim, | |||
And call on all the angelic harps | |||
To sound so sweet a name.}} | |||
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[[Category:Shapenote-4 Editions]] | |||
[[Category:Sheet music]] | [[Category:Sheet music]] | ||
[[Category:Classical music]] | [[Category:Classical music]] |
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-06-13). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 70 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Two more pairs of stanzas included from Doddridge's hymn.
General Information
Title: Newton
First Line: My Savior God, no voice but thine
Composer: Samuel Babcock
Lyricist: Philip Doddridge
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
{{Published}} is obsolete (code commented out), replaced with {{Pub}} for works and {{PubDatePlace}} for publications.
Description: First published in Babcock's The Middlesex Harmony, 1795, p. 54. Words by Philip Doddridge, 1755, entitled God saying to the soul, that he is its salvation, based on Psalm 35:3, with six stanzas. Babcock used the last two stanzas of Doddridge's hymn in his composition.
External websites:
Original text and translations
English text 1. Salvation! O melodious sound |
3. But O! may a degenerate soul, |
5. My Savior God, no voice but thine |