Creation (Elisha West)

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• (Posted 2020-01-08)  CPDL #56572:         

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2020-01-08).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 45 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). The one remaining stanza of Watts' paraphrase included.

General Information

Title: Creation
First Line: He framed the globe, he built the sky
Composer: Elisha West
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Psalm-tune Meter: 888. 888

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1802 in The Musical Concert, Edition 1
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 96, Part 1, with four stanzas. West used the third stanza in his composition.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 96.