Jefferson (Eliakim Doolittle)
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Music files
ICON | SOURCE |
---|---|
Midi | |
MusicXML | |
File details | |
Help |
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-12-14). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 70 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition. Two small edits, otherwise as written in 1800. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-12-13). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 2 pages, 74 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape).
General Information
Title: Jefferson
First Line: I'll search the land, and raise the just
Composer: Eliakim Doolittle
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Set piece Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
{{Published}} is obsolete (code commented out), replaced with {{Pub}} for works and {{PubDatePlace}} for publications.
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 101, Part 1, The Magistrate's Psalm, with seven stanzas. Doolittle used stanzas five, six, and seven of Watts' paraphrase in his composition.
External websites:
Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 101.