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THE
RED
SEA
ANTHEM.
Original.
"And
the
Lord
spake
unto
Moses
face
to
face."
Exodus
33:11.
Key
of
A
Major.
B.
F.
White,
1850.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911,
The
Lord
spoke
unto
Moses,
say-ing,
Sanc-ti-fy
un
-
to
me
all
the
first
born.
And
Moses
said
un
-
to
the
peo
-
ple,
Remember
this
day
in
The
Lord
spoke
unto
Moses,
say-ing,
Sanc-ti
-
fy
un-to
me
all
the
first born.
And
Mo-ses
said
un-to
the
peo
-
ple,
Re-mem-ber
this
day
in
Vivace.
Piano.
which
ye
came
out
of
E-gypt;
Out
of
the
house
of
bondage,
by
the
strong
hand
of
the
Lord.
And
Pharaoh,
the
king
of
E
-
gypt,
was
loth
to
let
them
which
ye
came
out
of
E-gypt;
Out
of
the
house
of
bondage,
by
the
strong
hand
of
the
Lord.
And
Pharaoh,
the
king
of
E
-
gypt,
was
loth
to
let
them
The
above
anthem
was
composed
by
B.
F.
White
about
1850,
for
the
first
appendix
of
the
"Sacred
Harp"
of
White
&
King.
It
is
claimed
by
those
who
are
in
possession
to
know
that
Prof.
White
composed
the
anthem
while
engaged
in
singing
schools
in
Harris
county,
Ga.
It
has
had
no
alto
since
its
composition
In
1850
up
to
the
present
edition
of
the
"Sacred
Harp."
Alto
has
been
composed
by
S.
M.
Denson.