Anniston L.M.
By Jesse P. Karlsberg
- Key
- A major
- Type
- Plain tune
- Time signature
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4
4 - Composed
- 2013
- Text
- Isaac Watts, 1719
Listen to recordings
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Small Group Singing after the 2013 Chattahoochee Convention
Second take. Sung by a small group organized by Aldo Ceresa after the Saturday session of the 2013 Chattahoochee Convention, the day after I composed the song. The class included Tony Hammock and Michael Walker on bass, Matt Hinton and Aldo Ceresa on tenor, Erin Johnson-Hill and Robert Kelley on treble, and Kelsey Sunderland on alto.
Description
I wrote this song on August 2, 2013, shortly after hearing about the death of Jeff Sheppard. I chose to write a setting of the words to "Portland," a favorite song of Jeff's in The Sacred Harp. This song is dedicated to the Sheppard family.
A small group of singers tried out the song on August 3, 2013 in Wilson's Chapel after the conclusion of the Saturday session of the Chattahoochee Musical Convention.
Text
Sweet is the day of sacred rest,
No mortal cares shall seize my breast;
O may my heart in tune be found,
Like David's harp of solemn sound.
Then shall I see and hear and know
All I desired and wished below,
And every pow'r find sweet employ
In that eternal world of joy.