While shepherds watched their flocks by night (Thomas Clark)
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- CPDL #18494:
- Editor: Rod Mather (submitted 2008-12-10). Score information: A4, 6 pages, 52 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Arr. Rod Mather.
- CPDL #05044: (Sibelius 2)
- Editor: Toby Wardman (submitted 2003-05-13). Score information: A4, 1 page, 80 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
General Information
Title: While shepherds watched their flocks by night
Composer: Thomas Clark
Tune: Cranbrook
Lyricist: Nahum Tate
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Carol Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published:
Description: The tune 'Cranbrook' was originally published as a setting of Philip Doddridge's Short Meter text 'Grace, 'tis a charming sound' tune, in Thomas Clark's book A Sett of Psalm and Hymn Tunes, [1805]. In adapting it to Common Meter texts such as 'While shepherds watched their flocks by night' or 'On Ilkla Moor Baht 'at', two slurs are removed from the first line.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at While shepherds watched their flocks by night.