Middlebury (R. D. Humphreys)

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• (Posted 2022-03-14)  CPDL #68399: 

• Four-shapenote version, Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 47 kB   –         

• Oval-note version, Score information: A4, 1 page, 39 kB   –       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2022-03-14).   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from The Sacred Harp, 1911. For four voices, TrATB. Alto part by an unknown composer, 1911.

• (Posted 2022-03-13)  CPDL #68373:         

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2022-03-13).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 42 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from The Hesperian Harp, 1848. For four parts TrTrTB; second Treble by William Hauser, 1848. Notes in four-shape format and melody in the Tenor, as published throughout the 19th century.

• (Posted 2022-03-11)  CPDL #68330:       

Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2022-03-11).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 39 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Melody from Southern Harmony. The hymn in the version published in The Hymnal 1982, melody with words underlaid.

• (Posted 2022-03-11)  CPDL #68329:       

Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2022-03-11).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 199 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Melody from Southern Harmony. The hymn in the version published in The Hymnal 1982, melody with words

General Information

Title: Middlebury
Composer: Anonymous
Arranger: R. D. Humphreys
First Line: Come away to the skies
Lyricist: Charles Wesley
Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: TrTB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn, Folk hymn   Meter: 669. 669

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1820 in Supplement to the Kentucky Harmony (Ananias Davisson), Edition 1, p. 32
    2nd published: 1825 in Columbian Harmony (William Moore), page 49
    2nd published: 1835 in Southern Harmony (William Walker), on page 17 and in following editions
    3rd published: 1844 in The Sacred Harp (1844), page 68 in following editions to 1911
    4th published: 1848 in The Hesperian Harp (William Hauser), page 457
Description: A folk hymn from early 19th century America, perhaps deriving from a folk song or dance. Humphreys wrote a three part arrangement (Treble-Tenor-Bass) in shapenote form, Moore added a few "choosing-notes" to Humphreys, and Walker reprinted Moore's three-voice version. Walker's version was included in The Sacred Harp in 1844 and following editions up to 1911; in 1911 it appears with an Alto part by some arranger. William Hauser also included Moore's three-part version in 1848, with the second stanza of Wesley's hymn.

Words by Charles Wesley, 1767, written for his wife's birthday.

External websites:

• https://embassysingers.de/scores/hymns.html

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Come away to the skies.