Babylon (Alexander Gillet)

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  • (Posted 2018-04-11)  CPDL #49298:       
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-04-11).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 53 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Oval note edition, as written in 1794. All six stanzas of Barlow's paraphrase included.
  • (Posted 2018-04-11)  CPDL #49297:   
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-04-11).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 74 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). All six stanzas of Barlow's paraphrase included.

General Information

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

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: SacredPsalm-tune   Meter: 10 10. 10 10

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1794 in Andrew Law's The Christian Harmony, p. 63
Description: Words by Joel Barlow, 1786, paraphrase of Psalm 137, with six stanzas.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 137.