Arabia (James P. Carrell)

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• (Posted 2024-01-09)  CPDL #78660:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2024-01-09).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 42 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from The Virginia Harmony, 1831. Counter by B. C. Johnston, 2024, for TrCtTB. Note heads changed to round format. This edition uses stanzas 8, 10, and 12; rather than stanza 1. Stanza 8 starts " Our journey is a thorny maze".

• (Posted 2024-01-07)  CPDL #78644:         

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2024-01-07).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 38 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from The Virginia Harmony, 1831. Counter by B. C. Johnston, 2024, for TrCtTB. Notes in four-shape format, as published in 1831. This edition uses stanzas 8, 10, and 12; rather than stanza 1. Stanza 8 starts "Our journey is a thorny maze".

General Information

Title: Arabia
First Line: Lord! what a wretched land is this
Composer: James P. Carrell
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: TrTB
Genre: Sacred, Psalm-tune   Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1831 in The Virginia Harmony, p. 33
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book 2, 1709, Hymn 53, with twelve stanzas. Carrell used the first stanza of Watts' hymn in his composition.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Lord! what a wretched land is this.