Greenwood (Joseph Funk)

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  • (Posted 2023-05-14)  CPDL #73775:         
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2023-05-14).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 61 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Transcribed from A Compilation of Genuine Church Music, 1835. Alto amended by B. C. Johnston, 2023, after Alto in Harmonia Sacra, 1869. All ten stanzas included.

General Information

Title: Greenwood
First Line: Savior, visit thy plantation
Composer: Joseph Funk
Lyricist: John Newton (hymnwriter)
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: TrATB
Genre: SacredPsalm-tune   Meter: 87. 87

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1832 in A Compilation of Genuine Church Music, Edition 1, p. 166
    2nd published: 1835 in A Compilation of Genuine Church Music, Edition 2, p. 166
    3rd published: 1869 in Harmonia Sacra, Edition 13, p. 166
Description: Words by John Newton, 1779, with ten stanzas. Funk used the first four stanzas in his publications.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Savior, visit thy plantation.