Spring (Daniel Belknap)
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- Editor: Aaron Giles (submitted 2016-09-26). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 29 kB Copyright: Public Domain
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- 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.
- 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.