Hamburg (Samuel Babcock)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-05-30). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 68 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-05-30). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 69 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape).
General Information
Title: Hamburg
First Line: Rise, says the Prince of mercy, rise
Composer: Samuel Babcock
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: STB
Genre: Sacred, Set piece Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1795 in Babcock's The Middlesex Harmony, no. 7, p. 12-13
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1706, Confession and Pardon, in seventeen stanzas. Babcock used stanzas sixteen and seventeen in his composition. These are the only two stanzas of the poem that have meter L. M. (88. 88); the rest of the poem is S. M. (66. 86).
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Alas, my aching heart.