Hallelujah (William Walker)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-08-11). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 52 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Notes in four-shape format, as originally published in 1835. Four-part version, as amended by Walker in 1867. Three more half-stanzas included, chosen from Wesley's hymn if they fit the meter of the music.
General Information
Title: Hallelujah
First Line: And let this feeble body fail
Composer: William Walker
Lyricist: Charles Wesley
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1835 in Southern Harmony, p. 107, for three voices: Treble-Tenor-Bass; Walker added an Alto part when he revised it in 1867, in his Christian Harmony, p. 157
Description: Words to the stanzas by Charles Wesley, 1759, Funeral Hymns No. 3, with nine stanzas of meter 86. 86. D (C.M.D.). Walker used the first half of Wesley's first stanza in his composition, modifying the words slightly.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at And let this feeble body fail.
English text Charles Wesley, 1759 |
William Walker, 1835 |
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