Wondrous Love (Christopher, James)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	6 verses
First Publication	1840, Appendix to The Southern Harmony
Genre Categories	Sacred hymns; Hymns; Religious works; For 3 voices; For unaccompanied voices; Scores featuring the voice; For mixed chorus; Scores featuring mixed chorus; For unaccompanied chorus; English language; For 2 voices, mixed chorus, organ (arr); For voices and chorus with keyboard (arr); For voices and chorus with solo instruments (arr); Scores featuring the voice (arr); Scores featuring mixed chorus (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr)
Related Works	Wondrous Love Fantasy Sonata by Carlotta Ferrari Fuga sopra Wondrous Love by Carlotta Ferrari Preludes and Meditations on an American Folk Hymn by Dan Ehlert Nielsen

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Publisher. Info.	The Southern Harmony Philadelphia & Spartanburg: Thomas Cowperthwait; William Walker, 1845.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	1845 re-issue of 1840 edition. 4-shape notation.
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Publisher. Info.	The New Harp of Columbia Nashville: Publishing House of the M. E. Church, 1867.
Reprinted	Nashville: Publishing House of the M. E. Church, South. Smith & Lamar, 1919.
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Misc. Notes	This page is a re-issued plate from The Harp of Columbia, 1848. Swan's 7-shape notation.
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Publisher. Info.	The Social Harp Philadelphia: T. K. Collins, Jr., 1855.
Reprinted	Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1973.
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Misc. Notes	Evidently copied from the 1844 Sacred Harp, since it follows the slight variation of the bass line in the antepenultimate bar. 4-shape notation.
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Editor	William Walker (1809–1875), added alto part
Publisher. Info.	The Christian Harmony Philadelphia: E. W. Miller and William Walker, 1867.
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Misc. Notes	Walker's 7-shape notation.
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Editor	Seaborn McDaniel Denson, added alto part, after Anna L. Cooper Blackshear
Publisher. Info.	The Sacred Harp Atlanta: J. S. James, 1921.
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Misc. Notes	1921 re-issue of 1911 edition. 4-shape notation.
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Arranger	Michael John Oczko
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Work Title	Wondrous Love
Alternative. Title	What Wondrous Love is This?
Composer	Christopher, James
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.	IJC 1058
Key	G minor
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	6 verses
First Publication.	1840, Appendix to The Southern Harmony
Librettist	Anonymous, in A General Selection of the Newest and Most Admired Hymns and Spiritual Songs Now in Use, 1811.
Language	English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Traditional
Instrumentation	3 voice chorus
Related Works	Wondrous Love Fantasy Sonata by Carlotta Ferrari Fuga sopra Wondrous Love by Carlotta Ferrari Preludes and Meditations on an American Folk Hymn by Dan Ehlert Nielsen
External Links	Wikipedia article, mostly about the hymn text.