Angola (Daniel Belknap)

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  • (Posted 2015-11-22)  CPDL #37629:  Icon_pdf.gif Icon_snd.gif MusicXML.png
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-11-22).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 73 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Oval note edition, as written in 1797. The other four stanzas added. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
  • (Posted 2015-11-22)  CPDL #37628:  Icon_pdf.gif
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.