Syria (Daniel Belknap)

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• (Posted 2015-11-27)  CPDL #37675:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-11-27).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 92 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition. 24 more stanzas from Watts' paraphrase added below.

• (Posted 2015-11-27)  CPDL #37674:   

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-11-27).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 54 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Ten more stanzas selected from Watts' paraphrase added below.

General Information

Title: Syria
First Line: The spreading billows know their bound
Composer: Daniel Belknap
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Set piece   Meter: 88. 88. 88

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1797 in The Harmonist's Companion, no. 9, p. 11
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 104, in 28 stanzas. Belknap used stanzas six and eight in his composition.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 104.