While shepherds watched their flocks by night (Matthew Cooke)
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- Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2007-09-16). Score information: A4, 3 pages Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score. Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download.
General Information
Title: While shepherds watched their flocks by night
Composer: Matthew Cooke
Lyricist: Nahum Tate
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 86. 86. D (C.M.D.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: A hymn for Christmas from pp31-32 of Matthew Cooke's Twelve Psalm Tunes [c1790]. Hymn Tune Index tune number 5710.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at While shepherds watched their flocks by night.