Potomac (Amos Pilsbury)
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- 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. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- 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.