Portland (Amos Pilsbury)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-01-16). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 66 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition. As arranged by Amos Pilsbury, 1799. One more pair of stanzas included from Tate and Brady's paraphrase. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-01-16). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 69 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). As arranged by Amos Pilsbury, 1799. One more pair of stanzas included from Tate and Brady's paraphrase.
General Information
Title: Portland
First Line: When we, our wearied limbs to rest
Composer: Amos Pilsbury
Lyricist: Tate and Bradycreate page
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Psalm-tune Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: First published in The Uranian Harmony, 1791, for three voices; arranged by Amos Pilsbury for four voices in The United States Sacred Harmony, 1799. Words by Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady, 1698, New Version, paraphrase of Psalm 137, with nine stanzas. This composition uses the first two stanzas of Tate and Brady's paraphrase.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 137.