Angola (Daniel Belknap)
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- (Posted 2015-11-22) CPDL #37628:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-11-22). Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 74 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). The other four stanzas added.
General Information
Title: Angola
First Line: Down from the top of earthly bliss
Composer: Daniel Belknap
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: First published in The Harmonist's Companion, 1797, p. 24. Words by Isaac Watts, 1709, his Hymn 96 of Book 2, in five stanzas. Belknap used the second stanza of Watts' hymn in his composition.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Down headlong from their native skies.