Redeeming Love (Jeremiah Ingalls)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-04-01). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 73 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition. Four more pairs of stanzas included.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-04-01). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 73 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Four more pairs of stanzas included.
General Information
Title: Redeeming Love
First Line: O now begin the heavenly theme
Composer: Jeremiah Ingalls
Lyricist: Anonymous
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: STB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 77. 77 (original), Meter: 88. 88. D (L.M.D.) (Ingalls)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1805 in Ingalls' The Christian Harmony, pp. 69-70, for three voices: Treble-Tenor-Bass
Description: This is a folk hymn, according to George Pullen Jackson (1953b); Jackson assumed that it derived from a dance tune, but he was unable to discover which one. Words by an unknown author, apparently first published in Rippon's Selection, 1787. The words first published in 77. 77. meter; Ingalls altered these to 88. 88. by adding a syllable to each line. Ingalls used two stanzas in the composition.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Now begin the heavenly theme.