{"slug": "festal-song", "name": "FESTAL SONG", "meter_label": "S.M.", "meter": {"pattern": [6, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "composer": "william-howard-walter", "composer_date": "1872", "canonical_key": {"tonic": "bes", "mode": "major"}, "preferred_harmonization": "festal-song-cyberhymnal", "provenance": {"layer": "tune", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "FESTAL SONG (S.M.), composed by William Howard Walter (1825-1893) in 1872. A public-domain four-part setting encoded from The Cyber Hymnal SATB MIDI via tools/mid2ly.py and verified against the Cyber Hymnal engraving (B-flat major, 4/4). Three two-note melismas fall on soprano note-pairs 8-9, 16-17 and 24-25 (the slurred eighth-note figures), and the chromatic E-naturals in the alto (bar 4) and bass (bar 6) are printed with naturals in the source. The opening bar is in octaves. All components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "encoding_origin": "The Cyber Hymnal, \"Festal Song\" (William Howard Walter, 1872); SATB MIDI + engraving, converted with tools/mid2ly.py", "encoding_license": "PD-dedication"}, "harmonization": {"slug": "festal-song-cyberhymnal", "tune": "festal-song", "music_file": "festal-song-cyberhymnal.ly", "harmonizer": null, "arrangement_type": "harmonization", "canonical_key": {"tonic": "bes", "mode": "major"}, "time": "4/4", "pickup": null, "system_breaks": [6, 13, 22], "final_barline": "|.", "amen": false, "verse_variable_melisma": true, "refrain": null, "source_line": "FESTAL SONG, William Howard Walter, 1872. Public domain.", "provenance": {"layer": "harmonization", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Tune FESTAL SONG (William Howard Walter, 1872); a public-domain four-part setting encoded from The Cyber Hymnal SATB MIDI via tools/mid2ly.py and verified against the Cyber Hymnal engraving (B-flat major, 4/4). Melismatic \u2014 29 soprano notes for 26 syllables (S.M.); the three two-note melismas are held with '_' each stanza (verse_variable_melisma) at soprano note-pairs 8-9, 16-17 and 24-25. All components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "encoding_origin": "The Cyber Hymnal, \"Festal Song\" (William Howard Walter, 1872); SATB MIDI + engraving, converted with tools/mid2ly.py", "encoding_license": "PD-dedication"}, "music_ly": "%% FESTAL SONG (S.M.) \u2014 four SATB voice streams, canonical key B-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 (\"Festal Song\", William Howard Walter,\n%% 1872) with tools/mid2ly.py and verified against the Cyber Hymnal engraving.\n%% MELISMATIC S.M. \u2014 29 soprano notes for 26 syllables; the three two-note melismas\n%% (soprano note-pairs 8-9, 16-17, 24-25) are slurred eighth-note figures, held with\n%% '_' each stanza (verse_variable_melisma). The opening bar is in octaves (S=A, T=B).\n%% The chromatic E-naturals in the alto (bar 4) and bass (bar 6) are printed with\n%% naturals in the source (LilyPond e'/e cancels the key's E-flat).\n\\version \"2.24.0\"\n\nglobal  = { \\key bes \\major \\time 4/4 }\n\nsoprano = {\n  f'4 bes'4 f'4 d'4 | f'4 g'2. | f'4 g'8( a'8) bes'4 a'4 | g'4 f'2. |\n  c''4 d''4 c''8( d''8) es''4 | d''4 c''4 bes'4 a'4 | f'4 g'8( a'8) bes'4 bes'4 | a'4 bes'2.\n}\nalto = {\n  f'4 bes'4 f'4 d'4 | d'4 es'2. | d'4 es'8 a'8 f'4 f'4 | e'4 f'2. |\n  f'4 f'4 f'8 d''8 es'4 | f'4 g'4 g'4 f'4 | f'4 es'8 a'8 f'4 f'4 | es'4 d'2.\n}\ntenor = {\n  f4 bes4 f4 d4 | bes4 bes2. | bes4 bes8 c'8 d'4 c'4 | bes4 a2. |\n  a4 bes4 c'4 bes4 | bes4 es'4 d'4 c'4 | bes4 bes8 c'8 d'8 es8 c'4 | c'4 bes2.\n}\nbass = {\n  f4 bes4 f4 d4 | bes,4 es2. | bes,4 es8 c'8 bes,4 c4 | c4 f2. |\n  f4 bes4 a4 g4 | f4 es4 e4 f4 | d4 es8 c'8 d8 es8 f4 | f4 bes,2.\n}\n"}, "harmonizations": [{"slug": "festal-song-cyberhymnal", "tune": "festal-song", "music_file": "festal-song-cyberhymnal.ly", "harmonizer": null, "arrangement_type": "harmonization", "canonical_key": {"tonic": "bes", "mode": "major"}, "time": "4/4", "pickup": null, "system_breaks": [6, 13, 22], "final_barline": "|.", "amen": false, "verse_variable_melisma": true, "refrain": null, "source_line": "FESTAL SONG, William Howard Walter, 1872. Public domain.", "provenance": {"layer": "harmonization", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Tune FESTAL SONG (William Howard Walter, 1872); a public-domain four-part setting encoded from The Cyber Hymnal SATB MIDI via tools/mid2ly.py and verified against the Cyber Hymnal engraving (B-flat major, 4/4). Melismatic \u2014 29 soprano notes for 26 syllables (S.M.); the three two-note melismas are held with '_' each stanza (verse_variable_melisma) at soprano note-pairs 8-9, 16-17 and 24-25. All components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "encoding_origin": "The Cyber Hymnal, \"Festal Song\" (William Howard Walter, 1872); SATB MIDI + engraving, converted with tools/mid2ly.py", "encoding_license": "PD-dedication"}, "music_ly": "%% FESTAL SONG (S.M.) \u2014 four SATB voice streams, canonical key B-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 (\"Festal Song\", William Howard Walter,\n%% 1872) with tools/mid2ly.py and verified against the Cyber Hymnal engraving.\n%% MELISMATIC S.M. \u2014 29 soprano notes for 26 syllables; the three two-note melismas\n%% (soprano note-pairs 8-9, 16-17, 24-25) are slurred eighth-note figures, held with\n%% '_' each stanza (verse_variable_melisma). The opening bar is in octaves (S=A, T=B).\n%% The chromatic E-naturals in the alto (bar 4) and bass (bar 6) are printed with\n%% naturals in the source (LilyPond e'/e cancels the key's E-flat).\n\\version \"2.24.0\"\n\nglobal  = { \\key bes \\major \\time 4/4 }\n\nsoprano = {\n  f'4 bes'4 f'4 d'4 | f'4 g'2. | f'4 g'8( a'8) bes'4 a'4 | g'4 f'2. |\n  c''4 d''4 c''8( d''8) es''4 | d''4 c''4 bes'4 a'4 | f'4 g'8( a'8) bes'4 bes'4 | a'4 bes'2.\n}\nalto = {\n  f'4 bes'4 f'4 d'4 | d'4 es'2. | d'4 es'8 a'8 f'4 f'4 | e'4 f'2. |\n  f'4 f'4 f'8 d''8 es'4 | f'4 g'4 g'4 f'4 | f'4 es'8 a'8 f'4 f'4 | es'4 d'2.\n}\ntenor = {\n  f4 bes4 f4 d4 | bes4 bes2. | bes4 bes8 c'8 d'4 c'4 | bes4 a2. |\n  a4 bes4 c'4 bes4 | bes4 es'4 d'4 c'4 | bes4 bes8 c'8 d'8 es8 c'4 | c'4 bes2.\n}\nbass = {\n  f4 bes4 f4 d4 | bes,4 es2. | bes,4 es8 c'8 bes,4 c4 | c4 f2. |\n  f4 bes4 a4 g4 | f4 es4 e4 f4 | d4 es8 c'8 d8 es8 f4 | f4 bes,2.\n}\n", "preferred": true}], "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}