Madison (Amos Pilsbury)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-01-14). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 63 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition. One small edit, otherwise as written in 1799. Four more half-stanzas included from Hopkinson's paraphrase. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-01-14). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 66 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). One small edit. Four more half-stanzas included from Hopkinson's paraphrase.
General Information
Title: Madison
First Line: How long shall I repine
Composer: Amos Pilsbury
Lyricist: Tate and Bradycreate page
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Psalm-tune Meter: 66. 66
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1799 in Pilsbury's The United States Sacred Harmony, p. 220
Description: Words by Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady, 1698, New Version, paraphrase of Psalm 13, as revised by Francis Hopkinson, 1767. Tate and Brady's paraphrase has six common meter (86. 86) stanzas; Hopkinson revised this to three stanzas of meter 66. 66. D. Pilsbury used the first half of the first of Hopkinson's stanzas in his composition.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 13.