Honor to the hills
( Through all the world below ; See springing waters rise ; The sun, with all his rays ; Then let my station be ; God did to Moses show ; Elijah's servant views ; Not India hills of gold ; And now from Calvary ; Since th'hills are honor'd thus )
Edition
Published by
Broude Brothers Ltd.
[USA]
, 1974
; in Western Wind American tune-book : Vocal music of the Revolutionary and Federal Era
(276 p.)
Number of pages :
3
Editor or author of the restitution:
Bennett, Lawrence
Type of material:
Score with keyboard for rehearsal only
ISMN/ISBN :
0845000764
Description
Text in:
English
Epoque:
19th century
(1800-1849)
Genre-Style-Form:
Sacred ; Hymn (sacred) ; Anthem ; Folk hymn
Mood of the piece:
prayerful
Type of Choir:
TTB (3 men voices )
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
2
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
B
Tonality:
D minor
Duration:
5.0 min.
Liturgical Use:
Harvest festival ; Praise
Number of verses:
9
Origin:
USA
Musicological Sources:
This edition based on the version found in Ingalls's The Christian harmony (Exeter, N.H., 1805).
Source of text:
Text from Joshua Smith's Divine harmony, or Spiritual songs (8th ed., Exeter, N.H., 1801).