Death's Alarm (Elisha West)

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• (Posted 2019-12-24)  CPDL #56412:         

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2019-12-24).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 52 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). The two remaining stanzas of Watts' hymn included.

General Information

Title: Death's Alarm
First Line: The rising morning can't assure
Composer: Elisha West
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred   Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1793 in The American Harmony
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1709, from Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Hymn 8 of Book 2, with six stanzas. West used the fourth stanza of Watts' hymn in his composition.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Hosanna, with a cheerful sound.