Brevity (Abraham Wood)
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- (Posted 2016-05-11) CPDL #39629: MusicXML
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-05-11). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 62 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-05-11). Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 69 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Words added for this edition: Isaac Watts, 1707, Hymn 58 of Book 2, with seven stanzas; six stanzas included with this edition.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-05-11). Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 59 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Words printed with original in 1800 (see below).
General Information
Title: Brevity
First Line: Man, born of woman, like a flower
First Line: Time, what an empty vapor tis
Composer: Abraham Wood
Lyricists: Anonymous and Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: First published in The Evangelical Harmony, 1800, p. 36. Words by an unknown author, apparently only appearing here.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Time, what an empty vapor tis.
English text
Man, born of woman, like a flower,
Short-lived is seen to rise;
At morning blooms, at evening hour,
He withers, falls, and dies.