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:'''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. | :'''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''. | ||
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Shall fly from all nations the best of mankind; | Shall fly from all nations the best of mankind; | ||
Here, grateful to heaven, with transport shall bring | Here, grateful to heaven, with transport shall bring | ||
Their incense, more fragrant than odors of spring. | Their incense, more fragrant than odors of spring.}} | ||
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4. Nor less shall thy fair ones to glory ascend, | 4. Nor less shall thy fair ones to glory ascend, | ||
And genius and beauty in harmony blend; | And genius and beauty in harmony blend; | ||
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Hush the tumult of war, and give peace to the world. | 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, | From war's dread confusion I pensively strayed, | ||
The gloom from the face of fair heaven retired; | The gloom from the face of fair heaven retired; | ||
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"Columbia, Columbia, to glory arise, | "Columbia, Columbia, to glory arise, | ||
The queen of the world and the child of the skies."}} | The queen of the world and the child of the skies."}} | ||
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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
First Line: O how I have longed for the coming of God
Composer: Alexander Johnson
Lyricists: Timothy Dwight and Anonymous
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: STB
Genre: Secular
Genre: Sacred Meter: 11 11. 11 11
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: First published in The Tennessee Harmony, 1818, in D minor, for three voices (Treble-Tenor-Bass); 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.
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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 |
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."}} |