O Lord, thou hast me tried and known (Joseph Key)
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- Editor: Edmund Gooch (submitted 2012-04-19). Score information: A4, 1 page, 43 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: The alto part is printed in the source in the treble clef, an octave above sounding pitch. The first verse only of the text is given in the source: three subsequent verses have been underlaid editorially. The following notes are printed as small grace notes in the source, and have been written out editorially: bar 1, soprano D and E♭; bar 2, tenor C; bar 7, tenor E♭; bar 8, tenor C and D; bar 13, beat 2, alto E♭.
General Information
Title: O Lord, thou hast me tried and known
Composer: Joseph Key
Lyricist: Thomas Norton
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1785 in Five Anthems, Four Collects, Twenty Psalm Tunes, p. 42
Description: Setting of Psalm 139 in the metrical Old Version. Hymn Tune Index tune number 4571.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 139.