O Absalom my son (Charles King)
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- (Posted 2021-10-20) CPDL #66314: (ABC)
- Editor: Joshua Stutter (submitted 2021-10-20). Score information: A4, 1 page Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes:
- (Posted 2019-05-01) CPDL #54109:
- Editor: St. John's College Freshman Chorus (submitted 2019-05-01). Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 1.26 MB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: facsimile of Thomas Warren’s Catches, Catches, Canons, and Glees, 1762 p. 7, taken from Edition #260686 on IMSLP
- (Posted 2019-05-01) CPDL #54108:
- Editor: St. John's College Freshman Chorus (submitted 2019-05-01). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 121 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: A version sung at St. John's College in Annapolis, MD since at least the 1990s. This version differs slightly in timing and harmonies from the original by Charles King. Bb 4/4 time. It is similar to the version collected in Sol Weber, Rounds galore! : captivating rounds, old and new, Astoria, N.Y. : Astoria Press, 1994, p. 144.
- (Posted 2014-12-15) CPDL #33717: (Finale 2008)
- Editor: André Vierendeels (submitted 2014-12-15). Score information: A4, 1 page, 60 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes:
General Information
Title: O Absalom my son
Composer: Charles King
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 3vv Voicings: TTT or 3 equal voices
Genre: Sacred, Canon
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1762
Description:
External websites:
- Original Edition on IMSLP
- Versions on hymnary.org
- John Hullah, ed., Part Music: Sacred Pieces. (Secular Pieces.) Music in score for the voices of women and children. London : John W. Parker, 1845, p. 16
- Clare, Edward, and Bernarr Rainbow. Psalmody : A Collection of the Most Approved Psalms, Hymns, Single & Double Chants, &c. &c. Arranged for Voice & Organ or Piano Forte. London: Robert Cocks, 1860, p. 22.
- Boston Musical Gazette: A Semi-monthly Journal vol 1 (July 11, 1838) p. 47.
Original text and translations
- See also Absalon, fili mi.
English text
O Absalom my Son,
wou'd to God I had dy'd for Thee my Son.