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==Music files==
==Music files==
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*{{PostedDate|2020-01-24}} {{CPDLno|56745}} [[Media:BabylonGillet1786a.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:BabylonGillet1786a.mid|{{mid}}]] [[Media:BabylonGillet1786a.mxl|{{XML}}]]
*{{PostedDate|2022-12-01}} {{CPDLno|71754}} [[Media:BabylonGillet1786bpr.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:BabylonGillet1786bpr.mp3|{{mp3}}]] [[Media:BabylonGillet1786bpr.mxl|{{XML}}]] [[Media:BabylonGillet1786bpr.mscz|{{Muse3}}]]
{{Editor|Barry Johnston|2020-01-24}}{{ScoreInfo|Unknown|1|53}}{{Copy|Public Domain}}
{{Editor|Barry Johnston|2022-12-01}}{{ScoreInfo|Letter|1|57}}{{Copy|CPDL}}
:'''Edition notes:''' Note shapes added (4-shape). Another stanza included from Barlow's paraphrase. {{MXL}}
:{{EdNotes|Oval note shapes. Another stanza included from Barlow's paraphrase.}}
 
*{{PostedDate|2020-01-24}} {{CPDLno|56745}} [[Media:BabylonGillet1786a.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:BabylonGillet1786a.mid|{{mid}}]] [[Media:BabylonGillet1786a.mxl|{{XML}}]] [[Media:BabylonGillet1786a.mscz|{{Muse3}}]]
{{Editor|Barry Johnston|2020-01-24}}{{ScoreInfo|7 x 10 inches (landscape)|1|74}}{{Copy|CPDL}}
:{{EdNotes|Note shapes added (4-shape). Another stanza included from Barlow's paraphrase. Re-formatted 2022-12-01.}}


==General Information==
==General Information==
'''Title:''' ''Babylon (1786)''<br>
{{Title|''Babylon (1786)''}}
{{FirstLine|Along the banks where Babel's current flows}}
{{Composer|Alexander Gillet}}
{{Composer|Alexander Gillet}}
{{Lyricist|Joel Barlow}}
{{Lyricist|Joel Barlow}}


{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br>
{{Voicing|4|SATB}}
{{Genre|Sacred|Unknown}}
{{Genre|Sacred|Psalm-tunes}} &nbsp; {{meter|10 10. 10 10}}
{{Language|English}}
{{Language|English}}
{{Instruments|A cappella}}
{{Instruments|A cappella}}
{{Pub|1|1786|in Andrew Law's {{NoComp|Rudiments of Music|Andrew Law}}|vol=Edition 2}}
{{Pub|1|1786|in Andrew Law's {{NoComp|The Rudiments of Music|Andrew Law}}|vol=Edition 2}}
 
{{Descr|Very different tune from ''[[Babylon (Alexander Gillet)|Babylon]]'' written by Gillet in 1794, though the same key and words. Words by [[Joel Barlow]], 1786, paraphrase of Psalm 137, with six stanzas.}}
'''Description:''' Words by [[Joel Barlow]], 1786, paraphrase of Psalm 137, with six stanzas.
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==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
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{{LinkText|Psalm 137}}


[[Category:Four-shape note editions]]
[[Category:Sheet music]]
[[Category:Sheet music]]
[[Category:Classical music]]
[[Category:Classical music]]

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  • (Posted 2022-12-01)  CPDL #71754:         
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2022-12-01).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 57 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Oval note shapes. Another stanza included from Barlow's paraphrase.
  • (Posted 2020-01-24)  CPDL #56745:         
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2020-01-24).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 74 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Another stanza included from Barlow's paraphrase. Re-formatted 2022-12-01.

General Information

Title: Babylon (1786)
First Line: Along the banks where Babel's current flows
Composer: Alexander Gillet
Lyricist: Joel Barlow

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: SacredPsalm-tune   Meter: 10 10. 10 10

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1786 in Andrew Law's The Rudiments of Music, Edition 2
Description: Very different tune from Babylon written by Gillet in 1794, though the same key and words. Words by Joel Barlow, 1786, paraphrase of Psalm 137, with six stanzas.

External websites:

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 137.