Edom (Elisha West)

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• (Posted 2019-12-22)  CPDL #56384:         

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2019-12-22).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 60 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition. Transcribed from West's Musical Concert, 1802.

• (Posted 2019-12-22)  CPDL #56383:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2019-12-22).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 2 pages, 57 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Transcribed from West's Musical Concert, 1802.

General Information

Title: Edom
First Line: He sends his word, and melts the snow
Composer: Elisha West
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Set piece   Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1797 in Brownson's A New Collection of Sacred Harmony
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 147, Part 3, with eight stanzas. West used the last two stanzas of Watts' paraphrase in his composition.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 147.