Text: Joseph Addison and John Sheeles, The spacious firmament on high (1720)

Publication details

Type of text

hymn

Publication

1720

Contributors

lyricist: ADDISON, Joseph (1672-1719)

composer: SHEELES, John (fl. C18th)

Main language(s)

English

Notes

The date is that of the tune; the lyric is from The Spectator of 1712. A later alternative tune by Franz-Josef Haydn is also known.

Associated slide set

reading for The spacious firmament on high (song: Newton & Co., 3 slides, in/before 1899)

Lucerna ID 4009483

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 18 June 2014

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Text: Joseph Addison and John Sheeles, The spacious firmament on high (1720)