East Florida (Solomon Howe)

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Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-11-07).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 67 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Oval note edition.
  • (Posted 2017-11-07)  CPDL #47233:   
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-11-07).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 68 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Several significant edits made. One more stanza added, selected from Watts' paraphrase.

General Information

Title: East Florida
First Line: A poisoned arrow is your tongue
Composer: Solomon Howe
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: SacredPsalm-tune   Meter: 88. 88. 88

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

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Description: Published in Howe's A Farmer's Evening Entertainment, 1804, p. 13. Words by Isaac Watts, 1717, paraphrase of Psalm 58, with six stanzas. Howe used the third and fourth stanzas of Watts' paraphrase in his composition.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 58.