Solitude (Lemuel Babcock)
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- (Posted 2023-09-23) CPDL #75643:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2023-09-23). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 59 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Oval notes, as written in 1804. Transcribed from The Psalm-Singer's Amusement, 1804. One stanza included, the last of Watts' paraphrase.
- (Posted 2023-09-23) CPDL #75642:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2023-09-23). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 65 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Transcribed from The Psalm-Singer's Amusement, 1804. One stanza included, the last of Watts' paraphrase.
General Information
Title: Solitude
Composer: Lemuel Babcock
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: TrCTB
Genre: Sacred, Psalm-tune Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Manuscript 1780 in The Waterhouse Manuscript, no. 4
First published: 1793 in The Columbian Harmony (Stone and Wood)
2nd published: 1804 in The Psalm-Singer's Amusement
Description: This tune first appeared in The Waterhouse Manuscript, for three voices, Treble-Tenor-Bass, ascribed to "L B". It was first published in Stone and Wood's The Columbian Harmony for four voices, then in the 1804 Solomon Howe compilation, The Psalm-Singer's Assistant. Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 17, stanza 6.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 17.