Yarmouth (Asahel Benham)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-05-19). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 49 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition. One small edit, otherwise as written in 1783. Four more stanzas included, selected from Watts' paraphrase. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-05-19). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 50 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Four more stanzas included, selected from Watts' paraphrase. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
General Information
Title: Yarmouth
First Line: As on some lonely building's top
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 Oliver Brownson's Select Harmony, 1783, p. 6. Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 102, Part 1, with twelve 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 102.