Potomac (Amos Pilsbury)

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• (Posted 2018-01-20)  CPDL #48477:      PotomacPilsbury1799bpr.mxl

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-01-20).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 77 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition. All four of Hopkinson's stanzas included.

• (Posted 2018-01-20)  CPDL #48476:   

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-01-20).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 57 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). All four of Hopkinson's stanzas included.

General Information

Title: Potomac
First Line: Jehovah reigns, let all
Composer: Amos Pilsbury
Lyricists: Nahum Tate, Nicholas Brady and Francis Hopkinson

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred, Psalm-tune   Meter: 666. 666. 666

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

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Description: First published in Pilsbury's The United States Sacred Harmony, 1799, p. 179. Words by Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady, 1698, New Version paraphrase of Psalm 99, as revised by Francis Hopkinson, 1767. Hopkinson's revision has four nine-line stanzas.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 99.