Acton (Daniel Belknap)

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• (Posted 2015-11-27)  CPDL #37694:  MusicXML

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-11-27).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 74 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition. Five more stanzas elected from Watts' poem included.

• (Posted 2015-11-27)  CPDL #37693: 

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-11-27).   Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 70 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape) Five more stanzas selected from Watts' poem included.

General Information

Title: Acton
First Line: Farewell, bright soul, a short farewell
Composer: Daniel Belknap
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred   Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1800

Description: First published in The Evangelical Harmony, 1800, p. 7. Words by Isaac Watts, 1706, Horae Lyricae, entitled On the Sudden Death of Mrs. Mary Peacock, in eight stanzas. Belknap used the second stanza of Watts' poem in his composition.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Hark! She bids all her friends adieu.