Invitation New (Anonymous)

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• (Posted 2024-08-15)  CPDL #81622: 

• Duple meter edition (as originally published):        

• Re-barred edition (Triple meter):        

Editor: Antonio Higgins (submitted 2024-08-15).   Score information: Letter (landscape), 1 page, 39 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Transcribed from The Olive Leaf (1878) in 4-shape notation, originally in 7-shape notation. Arranged by William Hauser, with lyrics by F R. Warren.

• (Posted 2024-08-15)  CPDL #81620:         

Editor: Antonio Higgins (submitted 2024-08-15).   Score information: Letter (landscape), 1 page, 38 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Transcribed from The Sacred Harp (1911). Arranged by William L. Williams, an alto line was added for this publication. Words by John Newton, two additional stanzas added.

• (Posted 2024-08-15)  CPDL #81619:         

Editor: Antonio Higgins (submitted 2024-08-15).   Score information: Letter (landscape), 1 page, 38 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Transcribed from Southern Harmony (1854). Arranged by William Walker for 3 voices. Words by Joseph Hart.

General Information

Scan from The Olive Leaf (1878)

Title: Invitation New
Composer: Anonymous
Lyricist: Joseph Hart
Number of voices: 3,4vv   Voicings: STB or SATB
Genre: Sacred   Meter: 87. 87. D

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1854 in Southern Harmony
    2nd published: 1860 in The Sacred Harp (1860) as RETURN AGAIN
    3rd published: 1874 in The Hesperian Harp (William Hauser)
    4th published: 1878 in The Olive Leaf (William Hauser), p. 247
    5th published: 1911 in The Sacred Harp (1911) as RETURN AGAIN
    6th published: 1913 in Sacred Tunes and Hymns (Joseph S. James) as RETURN AGAIN, no. 91, p. 132
Description: This is most likely a folk hymn. It was published in 1854 as INVITATION NEW in Walker's Southern Harmony with lyrics by Joseph Hart. In various editions of The Sacred Harp, the tune was re-arranged with the title RETURN AGAIN, set to a text by John Newton. In Hauser's The Olive Leaf, this tune was first set to the hymn, "Hark! I Hear the Harps Eternal." This arrangement inspired Alice Parker's choral anthem on this hymn. Her arrangement included a metrical change from duple to triple. It also uses the key of F major, as The Sacred Harp, rather than G.

External websites:

• Alice Parker's arrangement of this tune, set to the words "Hark! I Hear the Harps Eternal."

Original text and translations

English text

Original text and translations may be found at Come, ye sinners, poor and wretched, Savior, visit thy plantation, and Hark! I hear the harps eternal.