Begin, my tongue, some heavenly theme (Henry Searle)
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- CPDL #32331:
(Sibelius 7)
- Editor: Edmund Gooch (submitted 2014-06-27). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 53 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: The keyboard accompaniment shown in small notes in the source has been omitted from this edition. In addition to the first verse of the text, which is given in the source, three further verses of the text have here been underlaid editorially. The following notes are printed in the source as small crotchet grace notes slurred to full-sized minims, and have here been written out in full: bar 4, beat 1, soprano F♯ and alto D; bar 11, beat 1, soprano D and alto F♯.
General Information
Title: Begin, my tongue, some heavenly theme
Composer: Henry Searle
Tune: Whetstone
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1820
Description:
This tune was published on p114 of W. J. White's The Sacred Herald, London: [c1820]. It is one of two items in that book attributed to 'H. Searle': the other, 'Salvation', is a through-composed setting of 'Salvation, O the joyful sound'.
The order of staves in the original is Alto - Tenor - Air - [Bass], with the alto and tenor parts given an octave above sounding pitch. The Air and Bass staves are bracketed together and a keyboard accompaniment is indicated between these parts in small notes.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Begin, my tongue, some heavenly theme.