Schenectady (Nehemiah Shumway)
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- (Posted 2021-11-09) CPDL #66645:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2021-11-09). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 51 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Oval note edition. Transcribed from The Easy Instructor, 1809. A few edits, otherwise as written in 1809.
- (Posted 2021-11-09) CPDL #66644:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2021-11-09). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 2 pages, 54 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Transcribed from The Easy Instructor, 1809.
General Information
Title: Schenectady
First Line: From all that dwell below the skies
Composer: Nehemiah Shumway
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Set piece Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1805 in The Easy Instructor, Edition 2
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 117, Part 2, with two stanzas. Shumway used both of Watts' stanzas in his composition.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 117.