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'''Description:''' First published in Ingalls' ''Christian Harmony'', 1805, pp. 47-48, for three voices: Treble-Tenor-Bass. This is a folk hymn (Jackson 1953a, no. 142), based on a 17th-century ballad, ''Captain Kidd''. Considerably revised by [[Captain Kidd (Alexander Johnson)|Alexander Johnson]] in 1818, rewritten in A minor for four voices; this revision forms the basis for the three-voice ''Captain Kidd'' in ''Southern Harmony'', p. 50. | '''Description:''' First published in Ingalls' ''Christian Harmony'', 1805, pp. 47-48, for three voices: Treble-Tenor-Bass. This is a folk hymn (Jackson 1953a, no. 142), based on a 17th-century ballad, ''Captain Kidd''. Considerably revised by [[Captain Kidd (Alexander Johnson)|Alexander Johnson]] in 1818, rewritten in A minor for four voices; this revision forms the basis for the three-voice ''Captain Kidd'' in ''Southern Harmony'', p. 50. | ||
Words by an unknown author, before 1800; nine stanzas in Ingalls 1805. | Words by an unknown author, before 1800; nine stanzas in Ingalls 1805. Porter and Garst (1979) found more than twenty tunes in this unusual meter, including the present one. | ||
'''References:''' | |||
*Jackson, George Pullen. 1953a. ''Spiritual Folk-Songs of Early America'', Second Edition. Locust Valley, New York: J. J. Augustin. 254 pp. | |||
*Porter, Ellen Jane, and John F. Garst. 1979. ''More tunes in the Captain Kidd meter''. The Hymn 30(3): 252-262. | |||
'''External websites:''' | '''External websites:''' |
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-04-04). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 76 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval-note version, as written in 1805. All nine stanzas included. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-04-04). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 77 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). All nine stanzas included.
General Information
Title: Honor to the Hills
First Line: Through all this world below
Composer: Jeremiah Ingalls
Lyricist: Anonymous
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: STB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 66. 63. 66. 66. 63
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: First published in Ingalls' Christian Harmony, 1805, pp. 47-48, for three voices: Treble-Tenor-Bass. This is a folk hymn (Jackson 1953a, no. 142), based on a 17th-century ballad, Captain Kidd. Considerably revised by Alexander Johnson in 1818, rewritten in A minor for four voices; this revision forms the basis for the three-voice Captain Kidd in Southern Harmony, p. 50.
Words by an unknown author, before 1800; nine stanzas in Ingalls 1805. Porter and Garst (1979) found more than twenty tunes in this unusual meter, including the present one.
References:
- Jackson, George Pullen. 1953a. Spiritual Folk-Songs of Early America, Second Edition. Locust Valley, New York: J. J. Augustin. 254 pp.
- Porter, Ellen Jane, and John F. Garst. 1979. More tunes in the Captain Kidd meter. The Hymn 30(3): 252-262.
External websites:
Original text and translations
English text 1. Through all this world below, |
4. Then let my station be, |
7. Not India hills of gold, |
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