Verona (Timothy Swan)

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  • (Posted 2016-12-10)  CPDL #42235:       
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-12-10).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 66 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Oval note edition.
  • (Posted 2016-12-10)  CPDL #42234:   
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-12-10).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 67 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape).

General Information

Title: Verona
First Line: From all that dwell below the skies
Composer: Timothy Swan
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: STB
Genre: Sacred   Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1799 in Harmonia Cœlestis; slightly amended by Swan in 1801, no.  
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1717, paraphrase of Psalm 117, Part 2, with two stanzas. Swan used both stanzas of Watts' paraphrase in his composition.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 117.