{"slug": "ballerma", "name": "BALLERMA", "meter_label": "C.M.", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "composer": "francois-barthelemon", "composer_date": "1833", "arranger": "robert-simpson", "canonical_key": {"tonic": "as", "mode": "major"}, "preferred_harmonization": "ballerma-cyberhymnal", "provenance": {"layer": "tune", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "BALLERMA (C.M.), a hymn tune whose melody is credited to Fran\u00e7ois Hippolyte Barth\u00e9l\u00e9mon (1741-1808), adapted by Robert Simpson in A Selection of Original Sacred Music (Glasgow, 1833) and long used for John Newton's \"Approach, my soul, the mercy seat.\" A public-domain four-part setting encoded from The Cyber Hymnal SATB MIDI via tools/mid2ly.py and verified against the Cyber Hymnal engraving (A-flat major, 6/4, quarter-note pickup, dotted-half-tied-to-half cadences ending phrases 2 and 4; melismatic, 33 soprano notes for 28 C.M. syllables, with three two-note melisma slurs). The setting is wholly diatonic to A-flat major (no accidentals). All components pre-1931 (Barth\u00e9l\u00e9mon d. 1808, Simpson d. 1832).", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "encoding_origin": "The Cyber Hymnal, \"Ballerma\" (Fran\u00e7ois H. Barth\u00e9l\u00e9mon, adapted by Robert Simpson, 1833); SATB MIDI + engraving, converted with tools/mid2ly.py", "encoding_license": "PD-dedication"}, "harmonization": {"slug": "ballerma-cyberhymnal", "tune": "ballerma", "music_file": "ballerma-cyberhymnal.ly", "harmonizer": null, "arrangement_type": "harmonization", "canonical_key": {"tonic": "as", "mode": "major"}, "time": "6/4", "pickup": "4", "system_breaks": [8, 16, 24], "final_barline": "|.", "amen": false, "verse_variable_melisma": true, "refrain": null, "source_line": "BALLERMA, Fran\u00e7ois H. Barth\u00e9l\u00e9mon (1741-1808), adapted by Robert Simpson (A Selection of Original Sacred Music, 1833). Public domain.", "provenance": {"layer": "harmonization", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Tune BALLERMA (melody by Fran\u00e7ois Hippolyte Barth\u00e9l\u00e9mon, 1741-1808, adapted by Robert Simpson in A Selection of Original Sacred Music, 1833); a public-domain four-part setting encoded from The Cyber Hymnal SATB MIDI via tools/mid2ly.py and verified against the Cyber Hymnal engraving (A-flat major, 6/4, quarter-note pickup; melismatic). The soprano and bass agree note-for-note with the engraving and the setting is wholly diatonic to A-flat major (no accidentals). All components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "encoding_origin": "The Cyber Hymnal, \"Ballerma\" (Fran\u00e7ois H. Barth\u00e9l\u00e9mon, adapted by Robert Simpson, 1833); SATB MIDI + engraving, converted with tools/mid2ly.py", "encoding_license": "PD-dedication"}, "music_ly": "%% BALLERMA (C.M.) \u2014 four SATB voice streams, canonical key A-flat major.\n%% Corpus harmonization source for the HymnBookGenerator close-score engine.\n%% RULES (CI-enforced): exactly the variables soprano/alto/tenor/bass/global;\n%% absolute octaves; each voice rhythmically complete; NO chords <>, NO <<>>,\n%% NO \\secondShift/\\unisonWholeShift/tightSpacing, NO \\break, NO \\bar, NO lyrics.\n%%\n%% Encoded from The Cyber Hymnal SATB MIDI (\"Ballerma\", melody by Fran\u00e7ois Hippolyte\n%% Barth\u00e9l\u00e9mon, adapted by Robert Simpson, 1833) with tools/mid2ly.py and verified\n%% against the Cyber Hymnal engraving. 6/4 with a quarter-note pickup (\\partial 4);\n%% each of the two half-phrases ends on a dotted-half tied to a half (five beats).\n%% MELISMATIC: 33 soprano notes for 28 C.M. syllables \u2014 three ascending two-note\n%% melisma slurs (soprano notes 12-13 and 26-27, each c''->es''; and 29-30,\n%% bes'->c''), plus the two tied cadence notes (16 and 33). Wholly diatonic to\n%% A-flat major (no accidentals).\n\\version \"2.24.0\"\n\nglobal  = { \\key as \\major \\time 6/4 \\partial 4 }\n\nsoprano = {\n  as'4 | c''2 bes'4 as'2 f'4 | es'2 f'4 as'2 as'4 |\n  c''2 bes'4 c''4( es''4) c''4 | bes'2.~ bes'2 as'4 |\n  c''2 bes'4 as'2 f'4 | es'2 c'4 es'2 bes'4 |\n  c''4( es''4) des''4 bes'4.( c''8) bes'4 | as'2.~ as'2\n}\nalto = {\n  es'4 | es'2 des'4 c'2 des'4 | c'2 des'4 es'2 des'4 |\n  es'2 es'4 es'2 es'4 | es'2.~ es'2 es'4 |\n  es'2 des'4 c'2 des'4 | es'2 as4 bes2 es'4 |\n  es'2 es'4 f'4. c''8 des'4 | c'2.~ c'2\n}\ntenor = {\n  c'4 | as2 g4 as2 as4 | as2 as4 as2 f4 |\n  as2 g4 as4 c'4 as4 | g2.~ g2 as4 |\n  as2 g4 as2 as4 | as2 as4 g2 g4 |\n  as4 c'4 as4 as2 g4 | as2.~ as2\n}\nbass = {\n  as4 | as2 es4 f2 des4 | as,2 des4 c2 des4 |\n  as,2 es4 as4 c'4 c4 | es2.~ es2 f4 |\n  as2 es4 f2 des4 | c2 f4 es2 es4 |\n  as4 c'4 c4 des2 es4 | as,2.~ as,2\n}\n"}, "harmonizations": [{"slug": "ballerma-cyberhymnal", "tune": "ballerma", "music_file": "ballerma-cyberhymnal.ly", "harmonizer": null, "arrangement_type": "harmonization", "canonical_key": {"tonic": "as", "mode": "major"}, "time": "6/4", "pickup": "4", "system_breaks": [8, 16, 24], "final_barline": "|.", "amen": false, "verse_variable_melisma": true, "refrain": null, "source_line": "BALLERMA, Fran\u00e7ois H. Barth\u00e9l\u00e9mon (1741-1808), adapted by Robert Simpson (A Selection of Original Sacred Music, 1833). Public domain.", "provenance": {"layer": "harmonization", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Tune BALLERMA (melody by Fran\u00e7ois Hippolyte Barth\u00e9l\u00e9mon, 1741-1808, adapted by Robert Simpson in A Selection of Original Sacred Music, 1833); a public-domain four-part setting encoded from The Cyber Hymnal SATB MIDI via tools/mid2ly.py and verified against the Cyber Hymnal engraving (A-flat major, 6/4, quarter-note pickup; melismatic). The soprano and bass agree note-for-note with the engraving and the setting is wholly diatonic to A-flat major (no accidentals). All components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "encoding_origin": "The Cyber Hymnal, \"Ballerma\" (Fran\u00e7ois H. Barth\u00e9l\u00e9mon, adapted by Robert Simpson, 1833); SATB MIDI + engraving, converted with tools/mid2ly.py", "encoding_license": "PD-dedication"}, "music_ly": "%% BALLERMA (C.M.) \u2014 four SATB voice streams, canonical key A-flat major.\n%% Corpus harmonization source for the HymnBookGenerator close-score engine.\n%% RULES (CI-enforced): exactly the variables soprano/alto/tenor/bass/global;\n%% absolute octaves; each voice rhythmically complete; NO chords <>, NO <<>>,\n%% NO \\secondShift/\\unisonWholeShift/tightSpacing, NO \\break, NO \\bar, NO lyrics.\n%%\n%% Encoded from The Cyber Hymnal SATB MIDI (\"Ballerma\", melody by Fran\u00e7ois Hippolyte\n%% Barth\u00e9l\u00e9mon, adapted by Robert Simpson, 1833) with tools/mid2ly.py and verified\n%% against the Cyber Hymnal engraving. 6/4 with a quarter-note pickup (\\partial 4);\n%% each of the two half-phrases ends on a dotted-half tied to a half (five beats).\n%% MELISMATIC: 33 soprano notes for 28 C.M. syllables \u2014 three ascending two-note\n%% melisma slurs (soprano notes 12-13 and 26-27, each c''->es''; and 29-30,\n%% bes'->c''), plus the two tied cadence notes (16 and 33). Wholly diatonic to\n%% A-flat major (no accidentals).\n\\version \"2.24.0\"\n\nglobal  = { \\key as \\major \\time 6/4 \\partial 4 }\n\nsoprano = {\n  as'4 | c''2 bes'4 as'2 f'4 | es'2 f'4 as'2 as'4 |\n  c''2 bes'4 c''4( es''4) c''4 | bes'2.~ bes'2 as'4 |\n  c''2 bes'4 as'2 f'4 | es'2 c'4 es'2 bes'4 |\n  c''4( es''4) des''4 bes'4.( c''8) bes'4 | as'2.~ as'2\n}\nalto = {\n  es'4 | es'2 des'4 c'2 des'4 | c'2 des'4 es'2 des'4 |\n  es'2 es'4 es'2 es'4 | es'2.~ es'2 es'4 |\n  es'2 des'4 c'2 des'4 | es'2 as4 bes2 es'4 |\n  es'2 es'4 f'4. c''8 des'4 | c'2.~ c'2\n}\ntenor = {\n  c'4 | as2 g4 as2 as4 | as2 as4 as2 f4 |\n  as2 g4 as4 c'4 as4 | g2.~ g2 as4 |\n  as2 g4 as2 as4 | as2 as4 g2 g4 |\n  as4 c'4 as4 as2 g4 | as2.~ as2\n}\nbass = {\n  as4 | as2 es4 f2 des4 | as,2 des4 c2 des4 |\n  as,2 es4 as4 c'4 c4 | es2.~ es2 f4 |\n  as2 es4 f2 des4 | c2 f4 es2 es4 |\n  as4 c'4 c4 des2 es4 | as,2.~ as,2\n}\n", "preferred": true}], "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}