Partitions

Original

Begin, my tongue, some heavenly theme. Henry Searle. A cappella. Sacred , Hymn. Language. English. SATB.

Traduction

Begin, ma langue, un thème céleste. Henry Searle. A cappella. Sacré, Hymn. Langue. Anglais. SATB.

Original

This tune was published on p114 of W. J. White 's The Sacred Herald , London. c1820. It is one of two items in that book attributed to 'H. Searle'. the other, 'Salvation', is a through-composed setting of 'Salvation, O the joyful sound'. The order of staves in the original is Alto - Tenor - Air -. Bass. , with the alto and tenor parts given an octave above sounding pitch. The Air and Bass staves are bracketed together and a keyboard accompaniment is indicated between these parts in small notes.

Traduction

This tune was published on p114 of W. J. White 's The Sacred Herald , London. c1820. It is one of two items in that book attributed to 'H. Searle'. the other, 'Salvation', is a through-composed setting of 'Salvation, O the joyful sound'. The order of staves in the original is Alto - Tenor - Air -. Basse. , with the alto and tenor parts given an octave above sounding pitch. The Air and Bass staves are bracketed together and a keyboard accompaniment is indicated between these parts in small notes.