Ouse (Daniel Belknap)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-04-16). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 64 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition. Two more stanzas from Watts' paraphrase included.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-04-16). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 77 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Two more stanzas from Watts' paraphrase included.
General Information
Title: Ouse
First Line: Let all the earth-born race
Composer: Daniel Belknap
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 66. 66. 88 (actually 66. 66. 44. 44)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1797 in The Harmonist's Companion, no. 19, p. 20
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 148, in ten stanzas. Belknap used the fifth stanza of Watts' paraphrase in his composition.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 148.