Parting Hand - Walker, William

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"This tune was originally written by Tranquility (Jeremiah Ingalls) in 1805 and titled ''Tranquility''. It was considerably arranged by William Walker in Southern Harmony, 1835, for three parts. Walker's arrangement appears in ''The Sacred Harp (1844)'', p. 62 from 1844 to the present. The Alto part was written by William Hauser in his ''Hesperian Harp'', 1848. The words are of uncertain authorship: "credited variously to John Blain, 1818, and to Clement Nance" (Steel and Hulan 2010); with ten to twelve stanzas. The first line varies in different sources, ''Farewell my friends in bonds of love'' or ''My dearest friends in bonds of love'' or ''My Christian friends in bonds of love''. Walker used two four-line stanzas in his composition."

◈ Genre → Sacred

♯ Key G major

⁄ Time Signature 6/4

♬ Voicing → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Beginner

↕ Range G2 – D5

¶ Language → English

Measures 15

Texture mixed texture

Parts 4

Instruments A cappella

Pages 1

CPDL # 50561

Editor Barry Johnston

Posted 2018-07-20

License Public Domain

♫Pitch Ranges

Tr.

G4 – D5

D4 – B4

G3 – G4

G2 – G3