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==Music files== | ==Music files== | ||
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*{{PostedDate|2018-06-18}} {{CPDLno|50177}} [[Media:FrenchBroadWalker1847a.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:FrenchBroadWalker1847a.mid|{{mid}}]] [[Media:FrenchBroadWalker1847a.mxl|{{XML}}]] | *{{PostedDate|2018-06-18}} {{CPDLno|50177}} [[Media:FrenchBroadWalker1847a.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:FrenchBroadWalker1847a.mid|{{mid}}]] [[Media:FrenchBroadWalker1847a.mscz|{{Muse}}]] [[Media:FrenchBroadWalker1847a.mxl|{{XML}}]] | ||
{{Editor|Barry Johnston|2018-06-18}}{{ScoreInfo|7 x 10 inches (landscape)|1|42}}{{Copy|Public Domain}} | {{Editor|Barry Johnston|2018-06-18}}{{ScoreInfo|7 x 10 inches (landscape)|1|42}}{{Copy|Public Domain}} | ||
: | :{{EdNotes|Notes in four-shape format, as originally published in 1847 (1867 publication is in seven-shape format). All eight stanzas included.}} | ||
==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
{{Title|''French Broad''}} | |||
{{FirstLine|High o'er the hills the mountains rise}} | {{FirstLine|High o'er the hills the mountains rise}} | ||
{{Composer|William Walker}} | {{Composer|William Walker}} | ||
{{Lyricist|William Walker}} | {{Lyricist|William Walker}} | ||
{{Voicing|4|SATB}} | {{Voicing|4|SATB}} | ||
{{Genre|Sacred|}} {{ | {{Genre|Sacred|}} {{Meter|88. 88 (L.M.)}} | ||
{{Language|English}} | {{Language|English}} | ||
{{Instruments|A cappella}} | {{Instruments|A cappella}} | ||
{{ | {{Pub|1|1847|in ''[[Southern Harmony]]'', p. 265, for three voices: Treble-Tenor-Bass. Alto part added by William Walker in 1867.}} | ||
{{Descr|Words apparently by William Walker, in eight stanzas (see Jackson 1953a, pp. 122-123). "This song was composed by the author [William Walker] in the fall of 1831, while traveling over the mountains, on French Broad River, in North Carolina and Tennessee" (''Southern Harmony'' 1847, p. 265). "I learned the air of this tune of my dear mother, when only five years old" (William Walker 1867): about 1814. This is related to several English folk songs (Jackson 1953a, No. 97).}} | |||
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==Original text and translations== | ==Original text and translations== | ||
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{{Text|English| | {{Text|English| | ||
1. High o'er the hills the mountains rise, | 1. High o'er the hills the mountains rise, | ||
Their summits tower toward the skies; | Their summits tower toward the skies; | ||
But far above them I must dwell; | But far above them I must dwell; | ||
Or sink beneath the flames of hell. | Or sink beneath the flames of hell. | ||
2. Oh, God! forbid that I should fall | 2. Oh, God! forbid that I should fall | ||
And lose my everlasting all; | And lose my everlasting all; | ||
But may I rise on wings of love, | But may I rise on wings of love, | ||
And soar to the blest world above.}} | And soar to the blest world above.}} |
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-06-18). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 42 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Notes in four-shape format, as originally published in 1847 (1867 publication is in seven-shape format). All eight stanzas included.
General Information
Title: French Broad
First Line: High o'er the hills the mountains rise
Composer: William Walker
Lyricist: William Walker
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1847 in Southern Harmony, p. 265, for three voices: Treble-Tenor-Bass. Alto part added by William Walker in 1867
Description: Words apparently by William Walker, in eight stanzas (see Jackson 1953a, pp. 122-123). "This song was composed by the author [William Walker] in the fall of 1831, while traveling over the mountains, on French Broad River, in North Carolina and Tennessee" (Southern Harmony 1847, p. 265). "I learned the air of this tune of my dear mother, when only five years old" (William Walker 1867): about 1814. This is related to several English folk songs (Jackson 1953a, No. 97).
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Original text and translations
English text 1. High o'er the hills the mountains rise, |
3. Although I walk the mountains high, |
5. If not prepared, then I must go |
7. Oh ! when I think of that blest world, |