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Joseph Knapicius
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Sheet Music
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The Southern Harmony Philadelphia: Thomas Cowperthwait & Co., 1845. Spartanburg: William Walker, 1845.
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William Walker (1809-1875), added alto part
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The Christian Harmony Philadelphia: E. W. Miller and William Walker, 1867.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions
For Voice(s) and Keyboard (Knapicius)
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Joseph Knapicius (b. 1957)
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Joseph Knapicius
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Version in D minor
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General Information
Work Title
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Come, Ye Sinners, Poor And Wretched
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Alternative. Title
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Invitation (Come, Ye Sinners, Poor And Wretched)
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Composer
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Walker, William
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I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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IWW 1
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Key
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B-flat major
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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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7 verses
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Text Incipit
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Come, ye sinners, poor and wretched
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First Publication.
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1835 in Southern Harmony, page 2
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Librettist
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Joseph Hart II (1712-1768)
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Language
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English
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Average DurationAvg. Duration
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4 minutes
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Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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Piece Style
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Modern
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Instrumentation
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3 voice chorus
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As printed in either Southern Harmony (1835 through 1854) and Christian Harmony (1867) the structure of this tune and its text fit is ambiguous. Evidently the tune ought to have the traditional Da Capo structure AABA, which thus requires some repetition of text (there being only 6 lines). In Southern Harmony the initial A part has no extra text other than the first two lines, so it could be presumed that those lines are intended (unusually) to be sung twice (or, also unusually, the initial repeat mark is to be ignored, and the tune sung as ABA). However, in Christian Harmony, the tune is printed in two halves (as a da capo tune, although curiously it is missing the crucial indication D.C.) with the first four lines of text set below the first half (A), it then being unclear which words to use on the implied D.C. repeat. The arrangement currently on this page solves this by using the word Hallelujah for the final A part.
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