How blest is he who ne'er consents (Bennett Mintern Swaffield)
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- Editor: Edmund Gooch (submitted 2011-12-21). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 58 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: The soprano (and organ right hand) F and G on beat 3 of bar 15 are printed in the source as small semiquaver grace notes preceded by a minim E, but have been writted out in full in the present edition. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
General Information
Title: How blest is he who ne'er consents
Composer: Bennett Mintern Swaffield
Lyricists: Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady (from A new version of the psalms of David)
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: Keyboard
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Description: A setting of three verses from Psalm 1 in the metrical New Version.
Part allocations are given in the source as Soprano - Alto - Tenore - Basso - Organo, with the alto part originally notated in the treble clef an octave above sounding pitch. The text of the first verse only is underlaid in the source, with the other two verses printed after the music.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 1.