Complaint (Asahel Benham)

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  • (Posted 2018-05-21)  CPDL #49752:       
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.
  • (Posted 2018-05-21)  CPDL #49751:     
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: SacredPsalm-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.