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(Posted 2017-03-21) CPDL #43693:

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-03-21). Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 39 kB Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Comparative edition, showing Johnson's original version, compared with Lowry's (1825) revision, Southern Harmony (1835), and The Sacred Harp (1991). Differences from Johnson's original shown in colors.

(Posted 2017-03-21) CPDL #43692:

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-03-21). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 39 kB Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Four-part version. Revised by James Lowry, transcribed from Supplement to the Kentucky Harmony, 1825. Note heads in four-shape format, as originally published. All five stanzas of Newton's hymn included.

(Posted 2017-03-21) CPDL #43691:

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-03-21). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 60 kB Copyright: Public Domain

Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: STB

Edition notes: Three-part version. Transcribed from Moore's Columbian Harmony, 1825, for three voices: Treble-Tenor-Bass. Note heads in four-shape format, as originally published. All five stanzas of Newton's hymn included.

(Posted 2012-12-02) CPDL #27691:

Editor: Ross Jallo (submitted 2012-12-01). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 52 kB Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Pitched down a whole-step from the tune in The Sacred Harp. The melody is in the tenor. Alto by S.M. Denson, 1911. I have paired it with an Advent text by Charles Wesley.

General Information

Title: Jefferson
First Line: Glorious things of thee are spoken
Composer: Alexander Johnson
Lyricist: John Newton (hymnwriter)

Number of voices: 3-4vv Voicings: STB and SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 87. 87. D

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1818 in Johnson's Tennessee Harmony
Description: Southern Harmony, 1835, p. 42. The Sacred Harp, p. 148, 1844 to the present; Alto part written by Anna L. Blackshear, 1902 (Steel and Hulan 2010). Words by John Newton, 1779, Olney Hymns, Hymn 60 of Book 1, with five stanzas.

External websites:

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Glorious things of thee are spoken.

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+:{{EdNotes|Comparative edition, showing Johnson's original version, compared with Lowry's (1825) revision, ''Southern Harmony'' (1835), and ''The Sacred Harp'' (1991). Differences from Johnson's original shown in colors.}}
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+:{{EdNotes|Four-part version. Revised by James Lowry, transcribed from ''Supplement to the Kentucky Harmony'', 1825. Note heads in four-shape format, as originally published. All five stanzas of Newton's hymn included.}}
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+:{{Voicing|3|STB}}
+:{{EdNotes|Three-part version. Transcribed from Moore's ''Columbian Harmony'', 1825, for three voices: Treble-Tenor-Bass. Note heads in four-shape format, as originally published. All five stanzas of Newton's hymn included.}}
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-:'''Edition notes:''' Pitched down a whole-step from the tune in ''The Sacred Harp''. The melody is in the tenor. Alto by S.M. Denson, 1911. I have paired it with an Advent text by Charles Wesley. {{LinkText|Come, thou long-expected Jesus}}
+:{{EdNotes|Pitched down a whole-step from the tune in ''The Sacred Harp''. The melody is in the tenor. Alto by S.M. Denson, 1911. I have paired it with an Advent text by Charles Wesley.}}
 ==General Information==
-'''Title:''' ''Jefferson''<br>
+{{Title|''Jefferson''}}
 {{FirstLine|Glorious things of thee are spoken}}
 {{Composer|Alexander Johnson}}
-{{Lyricist|John Newton}}
+{{Lyricist|John Newton (hymnwriter)}}
 {{MultiVoicing|3-4|n=2|1st=STB|2nd=SATB}}<br>
-{{Genre|Sacred|}} &nbsp; {{meter|87. 87. D}}
+{{Genre|Sacred|}} &nbsp; {{Meter|87. 87. D}}
 {{Language|English}}
 {{Instruments|A cappella}}
-{{Published|1818|in ''[[Johnson's Tennessee Harmony (Alexander Johnson)|Johnson's Tennessee Harmony]]''.}}
+{{Pub|1|1818|in ''[[Johnson's Tennessee Harmony (Alexander Johnson)|Johnson's Tennessee Harmony]]''.}}
+{{Descr|''Southern Harmony'', 1835, p. 42. ''The Sacred Harp'', p. 148, 1844 to the present; Alto part written by Anna L. Blackshear, 1902 (Steel and Hulan 2010). Words by [[John Newton (hymnwriter)|John Newton]], 1779, ''Olney Hymns'', Hymn 60 of Book 1, with five stanzas.}}
-'''Description:''' ''Southern Harmony'', 1835, p. 42. ''The Sacred Harp'', p. 148, 1844 to the present; Alto part written by Anna L. Blackshear, 1902 (Steel and Hulan 2010). Words by [[John Newton]], 1779, ''Olney Hymns'', Hymn 60 of Book 1, with five stanzas.
+{{#ExtWeb:}}
-'''External websites:'''
 ==Original text and translations==
 {{LinkText|Glorious things of thee are spoken}}