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'''Title:''' ''Columbia''<br> | '''Title:''' ''Columbia''<br> | ||
{{FirstLine|As down a lone valley with cedars o'erspread}} | {{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|Secular}}<br> | {{Genre|Secular}}<br> | ||
{{Genre|Sacred}} {{ | {{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 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. | '''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. | ||
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Original words by Timothy Dwight, poem entitled "Columbia", in six stanzas. Johnson used the sixth stanza of Dwight's poem in his composition. | 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== |
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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