Saybrook (Daniel Belknap)

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  • (Posted 2015-11-21)  CPDL #37620:       
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-11-21).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 84 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Oval note edition, as written in 1797: seven voices on six staffs. The other four stanzas of Watts' hymn added below. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
  • (Posted 2015-11-21)  CPDL #37619:       
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-11-21).   Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 79 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Reduced to four staffs by removing the second and sixth staffs (Treble 2, Bass 2). Note shapes added (4-shape). The other four stanzas of Watts' hymn added. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.

General Information

Title: Saybrook
First Line: There is a house not made with hands
Composer: Daniel Belknap
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 7vv   Voicing: SSATBBB

Genre: Sacred   Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

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Description: Published in Belknap's The Harmonist's Companion, 1797, p. 3, for "seven voices." The six staffs are not labeled; possibly they are Treble 1-Treble 2-Counter-Tenor-Bass-Bass. Words by Isaac Watts, 1709, his Hymn 110 of Book 1, in five stanzas.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at There is a house not made with hands.