Sweet Prospect (William Walker)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-06-22). Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 55 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Notes in four-shape format, as originally published in 1835. Three (double) stanzas included, from Stennett's hymn. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- Editor: William Long (submitted 2006-07-19). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 20 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Find score under 'Sacred Harp' section.
General Information
Title: Sweet Prospect
First Line: On Jordan's stormy banks I stand
Arranger: William Walker
Lyricist: Samuel Stennett
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: A folk hymn from the late eighteenth century (Jackson 1953a, No. 197). The Sacred Harp, p. 65, 1844 to the present. The words by Samuel Stennett in Rippon's Selection, 1778, with seven stanzas. Walker combined two of Stennett's stanzas into one of his stanzas.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at On Jordan's stormy banks I stand.