Babylon (Jacob French)
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Music files
ICON | SOURCE |
---|---|
File details | |
Help |
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-03-09). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 61 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition. All six stanzas from Barlow's paraphrase included. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-03-09). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 77 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: Jacob French
Lyricist: Joel Barlow
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 10 10. 10 10
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
{{Published}} is obsolete (code commented out), replaced with {{Pub}} for works and {{PubDatePlace}} for publications.
Description: First published in Harmony of Harmony, 1802, p. 30. Words by Joel Barlow, 1786, paraphrase of Psalm 137, with six stanzas.
External websites:
Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 137.