Waltham (Samuel Babcock)

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  • (Posted 2016-06-23)  CPDL #40115:       
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-06-23).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 67 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Oval note edition. Another pair of stanzas included, selected from Watts' hymn.
  • (Posted 2016-06-23)  CPDL #40114:   
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-06-23).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 68 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Another pair of stanzas included, selected from Watts' hymn.

General Information

Title: Waltham
First Line: Now to the power of God supreme
Composer: Samuel Babcock
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: SacredSet piece   Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1803 in Babcock's The Middlesex Harmony, Second Edition, p. 59

Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1717, his Hymn 137 of Book 1, in five stanzas. Babcock used the first two stanzas of Watts' hymn in his composition.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Now to the power of God supreme.