Spring (Daniel Belknap)

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  • (Posted 2016-09-26)  CPDL #41247:   
Editor: Aaron Giles (submitted 2016-09-26).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 29 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes:
  • (Posted 2016-04-17)  CPDL #39355:       
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-04-17).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 63 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Oval note edition. The last stanza of Watts' paraphrase also included. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
  • (Posted 2016-04-17)  CPDL #39354:   
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-04-17).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 64 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). The last stanza of Watts' paraphrase also included.

General Information

Title: Spring
First Line: He send his word, and melts the snow
Composer: Daniel Belknap
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred   Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

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Description: First published in The Harmonist's Companion, 1797, p. 4. Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 147, in eight stanzas. Belknap used the seventh stanza of Watts' paraphrase in his composition.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 147.