Babylon (1786) (Alexander Gillet)

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• (Posted 2022-12-01)  CPDL #71754:         

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2022-12-01).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 57 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Oval note shapes. Another stanza included from Barlow's paraphrase.

• (Posted 2020-01-24)  CPDL #56745:         

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2020-01-24).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 74 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Another stanza included from Barlow's paraphrase. Re-formatted 2022-12-01.

General Information

Title: Babylon (1786)
First Line: Along the banks where Babel's current flows
Composer: Alexander Gillet
Lyricist: Joel Barlow

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Psalm-tune   Meter: 10 10. 10 10

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1786 in Andrew Law's The Rudiments of Music, Edition 2
Description: Very different tune from Babylon written by Gillet in 1794, though the same key and words. Words by Joel Barlow, 1786, paraphrase of Psalm 137, with six stanzas.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 137.