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*{{PostedDate|2017-03-15}} {{CPDLno|43562}} [[Media:ColumbiaJohnson1818a.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:ColumbiaJohnson1818a.mid|{{mid}}]] [[Media:ColumbiaJohnson1818a.mxl|{{XML}}]] | |||
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:'''Edition notes:''' Note heads in four-shape format, as originally published. Transcribed from ''Southern Harmony'', 1845. Words by Timothy Dwight. {{MXL}} | |||
*{{PostedDate|2017-03-15}} {{CPDLno|43560}} [[Media:MelodyJohnson1818bpr.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:MelodyJohnson1818bpr.mid|{{mid}}]] [[Media:MelodyJohnson1818bpr.mxl|{{XML}}]] | |||
{{Editor|Barry Johnston|2017-03-15}}{{ScoreInfo|Letter|1|75}}{{Copy|Public Domain}} | |||
:'''Edition notes:''' Note heads converted to oval shapes. As arranged by [[James P. Carrell]], 1821, entitled ''Melody'', in C Major. Words by an anonymous author, before 1818, ''O how I have longed for the coming of God''. {{MXL}} | |||
*{{PostedDate|2017-03-15}} {{CPDLno|43559}} [[Media:MelodyJohnson1818a.pdf|{{pdf}}]] | *{{PostedDate|2017-03-15}} {{CPDLno|43559}} [[Media:MelodyJohnson1818a.pdf|{{pdf}}]] | ||
{{Editor|Barry Johnston|2017-03-15}}{{ScoreInfo| | {{Editor|Barry Johnston|2017-03-15}}{{ScoreInfo|7 x 10 inches (landscape)|1|76}}{{Copy|Public Domain}} | ||
:'''Edition notes:''' As arranged by [[James P. Carrell]], 1821, entitled ''Melody'', in C Major. Words by an anonymous author, before 1818. | :'''Edition notes:''' Note heads in four-shape format. As arranged by [[James P. Carrell]], 1821, entitled ''Melody'', in C Major. Words by an anonymous author, before 1818, ''O how I have longed for the coming of God''. | ||
==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
'''Title:''' ''Columbia''<br> | '''Title:''' ''Columbia''<br> | ||
{{FirstLine|As down a lone valley with cedars o'erspread}} | |||
{{Composer|Alexander Johnson}} | {{Composer|Alexander Johnson}} | ||
{{Lyricist| | {{Lyricist|Timothy Dwight}} | ||
{{Voicing|3|STB}}<br> | {{Voicing|3|STB}}<br> | ||
{{Genre|Sacred|}} | {{Genre|Secular}}<br> | ||
{{Genre|Sacred}} {{Meter|11 11. 11 11}} | |||
{{Language|English}} | {{Language|English}} | ||
{{Instruments|A cappella}} | {{Instruments|A cappella}} | ||
{{ | {{Pub|1|1818|in {{NoComp|Johnson's Tennessee Harmony|Alexander Johnson}} for three voices (Treble-Tenor-Bass).}} | ||
{{Pub|2|1821|in {{NoComp|Songs of Zion|James P. Carrell}}, as ''Melody''}} | |||
{{Pub|3|1835|in ''[[Southern Harmony]]'', as ''Columbia''|ed=1}} | |||
'''Description:''' First published in | '''Description:''' First published in 1818 in D minor; reprinted in [[William Walker]]'s ''Southern Harmony'', 1835. Arranged by [[James P. Carrell]] in 1821, in C Major, re-titled ''Melody''. Possibly this is a folk hymn, source for both Johnson and Carrell – see Southern Harmony (1845), 154 Columbia. | ||
Original words | Original words by Timothy Dwight, poem entitled "Columbia", in six stanzas. Johnson used the sixth stanza of Dwight's poem in his composition. | ||
'''External websites:''' | '''External websites:''' | ||
==Original text and translations== | ==Original text and translations== | ||
{{ | {{LinkText|O how I have longed for the coming of God}} | ||
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:Timothy Dwight, ''Columbia'', 1789 | |||
1. Columbia, Columbia, to glory arise, | |||
The queen of the world, and the child of the skies! | |||
Thy genius commands thee; with rapture behold | |||
While ages on ages thy splendors unfold. | |||
Thy reign is the last, and the noblest of time, | |||
Most fruitful thy soil, most inviting thy clime; | |||
Let the crimes of the east ne'er encrimson thy name, | |||
Be freedom, and science, and virtue thy fame. | |||
2. To conquest and slaughter let Europe aspire; | |||
Whelm nations in blood, and wrap cities in fire; | |||
Thy heroes the rights of mankind shall defend, | |||
And triumph pursue them, and glory attend. | |||
A world is thy realm: for a world be thy laws, | |||
Enlarged as thine empire, and just as thy cause; | |||
On freedom's broad basis, that empire shall rise, | |||
Extend with the main, and dissolve with the skies. | |||
3. Fair science her gates to thy sons shall unbar, | |||
And the east see thy morn hide the beams of her star. | |||
New bards, and new sages, unrivaled shall soar | |||
To fame unextinguished, when time is no more; | |||
To thee, the last refuge of virtue designed, | |||
Shall fly from all nations the best of mankind; | |||
Here, grateful to heaven, with transport shall bring | |||
Their incense, more fragrant than odors of spring.}} | |||
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{{Text|Simple| | |||
4. Nor less shall thy fair ones to glory ascend, | |||
And genius and beauty in harmony blend; | |||
The graces of form shall awake pure desire, | |||
And the charms of the soul ever cherish the fire; | |||
Their sweetness unmingled, their manners refined, | |||
And virtue's bright image, instamped on the mind, | |||
With peace, and soft rapture, shall teach life to glow, | |||
And light up a smile in the aspect of woe. | |||
5. Thy fleets to all regions thy power shall display, | |||
The nations admire, and the ocean obey; | |||
Each shore to thy glory its tribute unfold, | |||
And the east and the south yield their spices and gold. | |||
As the day-spring unbounded, thy splendor shall flow, | |||
And earth's little kingdoms before thee shall bow: | |||
While the ensigns of union, in triumph unfurled, | |||
Hush the tumult of war, and give peace to the world. | |||
6. Thus, as down a lone valley, with cedars o'er-spread, | |||
From war's dread confusion I pensively strayed, | |||
The gloom from the face of fair heaven retired; | |||
The winds ceased to murmur; the thunders expired; | |||
Perfumes, as of Eden, flow'd sweetly along, | |||
And a voice, as of angels, enchantingly sung: | |||
"Columbia, Columbia, to glory arise, | |||
The queen of the world and the child of the skies."}} | |||
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[[Category:Sheet music]] | [[Category:Sheet music]] | ||
[[Category:Romantic music]] | [[Category:Romantic music]] |
Revision as of 18:06, 11 October 2019
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-03-15). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 74 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note heads in four-shape format, as originally published. Transcribed from Southern Harmony, 1845. Words by Timothy Dwight. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-03-15). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 75 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note heads converted to oval shapes. As arranged by James P. Carrell, 1821, entitled Melody, in C Major. Words by an anonymous author, before 1818, O how I have longed for the coming of God. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-03-15). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 76 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note heads in four-shape format. As arranged by James P. Carrell, 1821, entitled Melody, in C Major. Words by an anonymous author, before 1818, O how I have longed for the coming of God.
General Information
Title: Columbia
First Line: As down a lone valley with cedars o'erspread
Composer: Alexander Johnson
Lyricist: Timothy Dwight
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: STB
Genre: Secular
Genre: Sacred Meter: 11 11. 11 11
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1818 in Johnson's Tennessee Harmony for three voices (Treble-Tenor-Bass)
2nd published: 1821 in Songs of Zion, as Melody
3rd published: 1835 in Southern Harmony, as Columbia
Description: First published in 1818 in D minor; reprinted in William Walker's Southern Harmony, 1835. Arranged by James P. Carrell in 1821, in C Major, re-titled Melody. Possibly this is a folk hymn, source for both Johnson and Carrell – see Southern Harmony (1845), 154 Columbia.
Original words by Timothy Dwight, poem entitled "Columbia", in six stanzas. Johnson used the sixth stanza of Dwight's poem in his composition.
External websites:
Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at O how I have longed for the coming of God.
English text Timothy Dwight, Columbia, 1789 |
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