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*{{NewWork|2007-01-21}} '''CPDL #13458:''' [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/c/cd/Leach.pdf | *{{NewWork|2007-01-21}} '''CPDL #13458:''' [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/c/cd/Leach.pdf {{pdf}}] [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/e/eb/Leach.mid {{mid}}] | ||
:'''Editor:''' [[User:Tim Henderson|Tim Henderson]] ''(added 2007-01-21)''. '''Score information: '''A4, 2 pages, 379 kbytes '''Copyright:''' [[ChoralWiki:CPDL|CPDL]] | :'''Editor:''' [[User:Tim Henderson|Tim Henderson]] ''(added 2007-01-21)''. '''Score information:''' A4, 2 pages, 379 kbytes '''Copyright:''' [[ChoralWiki:CPDL|CPDL]] | ||
:'''Edition notes:''' Tune and harmony taken from Dr. Rippon's Tunebook (13th edition) | :'''Edition notes:''' Tune and harmony taken from Dr. Rippon's Tunebook (13th edition) | ||
==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
'''Title:''' ''Leach (O could I speak the matchless worth)''<br> | '''Title:''' ''Leach (O could I speak the matchless worth)''<br> | ||
{{Composer|James Leach}} | |||
{{Lyricist|Samuel Medley}} | |||
{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br> | |||
'''Genre:''' [[:Category:Sacred music|Sacred]], [[:Category:Hymns| | '''Genre:''' [[:Category:Sacred music|Sacred]], [[:Category:Hymns|Hymn]]<br> | ||
{{Language|English}} | |||
'''Instruments: '''<br> | '''Instruments:''' {{acap}}<br> | ||
'''Published: '''1794 | '''Published:''' 1794 | ||
'''Description: ''' | '''Description:''' "A Selection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes from the best authors in three and four parts adapted principally to Dr Watts's Hymns and Psalms and to Dr. Rippon's Selection of Hymns containing in a greater variety than any other volume extant the most approved compositions which are used in London and throughout England; Also many original tunes never before printed, the whole forming a publication of above three hundred tunes, odes etc by John Rippon DD." | ||
'''External websites: ''' | In the tune book it is set to "Come Lord and help us to rejoice". Here I have used Medley's "O could I speak the matchless worth" (used for this tune in The Philadelphia Third Presbyterian Church Collection of Sacred Music, according to the Hymn Tune Index) | ||
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==Original text and translations== | ==Original text and translations== | ||
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[[Category:886. 8866]] | [[Category:886. 8866]] | ||
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CPDL #13458:
- Editor: Tim Henderson (added 2007-01-21). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 379 kbytes Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Tune and harmony taken from Dr. Rippon's Tunebook (13th edition)
General Information
Title: Leach (O could I speak the matchless worth)
Composer: James Leach
Lyricist: Samuel Medley
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1794
Description: "A Selection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes from the best authors in three and four parts adapted principally to Dr Watts's Hymns and Psalms and to Dr. Rippon's Selection of Hymns containing in a greater variety than any other volume extant the most approved compositions which are used in London and throughout England; Also many original tunes never before printed, the whole forming a publication of above three hundred tunes, odes etc by John Rippon DD."
In the tune book it is set to "Come Lord and help us to rejoice". Here I have used Medley's "O could I speak the matchless worth" (used for this tune in The Philadelphia Third Presbyterian Church Collection of Sacred Music, according to the Hymn Tune Index)
External websites:
Original text and translations
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