Complaint (Asahel Benham)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-05-21). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 64 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition. Whole piece moved down from E minor to D minor. Five more stanzas added, selected from Watts' paraphrase. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-05-21). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 64 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Whole piece moved down from E minor to D minor. Five more stanzas added, selected from Watts' paraphrase.
General Information
Title: Complaint
First Line: O were I like a feathered dove
Composer: Asahel Benham
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Psalm-tune Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: First published in Benham's Federal harmony, 1790. Words by Isaac Watts, 1717, paraphrase of Psalm 55, Part 1, with ten stanzas. Benham used the fourth stanza of Watts' paraphrase in his composition.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 55.