Messiah (1813) (Anonymous)

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• (Posted 2019-09-14)  CPDL #55340:         

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2019-09-14).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 46 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Transcribed from Wyeth's Repository, Part Second. Notes in four-shape format, as originally published in 1813-1816. The first stanza of Granade's hymn included.

General Information

Title: Messiah (1813)
First Line: The Son of man they did betray
Composer: Anonymous
Lyricist: John Granade

Number of voices: 2vv   Voicing: TB
Genre: Sacred   Meter: 88. 86. 88. 886

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1813 in Wyeth's Repository, Part Second
Description: Words by John Granade, 1894, with eight stanzas. The same folk hymn or folk song was arranged by Ananias Davisson in Kentucky Harmony in 1816; Davisson's 1816 arrangement (with some minor modifications) can be found in Southern Harmony, 1835, p. 168.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at The Son of man they did betray.