Bradford (Jacob Kimball)

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  • (Posted 2017-07-30)  CPDL #45706:       
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-07-30).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 44 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Oval note edition, as written in 1793. Two more pairs of stanzas included, from Watts' hymn. The fifth stanza of Watts' hymn is repeated for stanza 3 of this edition.
  • (Posted 2017-07-30)  CPDL #45705:   
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-07-30).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 45 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Two more pairs of stanzas included, from Watts' hymn. The fifth stanza of Watts' hymn is repeated for stanza 3 of this edition.

General Information

Title: Bradford
First Line: How short and hasty is our life
Composer: Jacob Kimball
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred   Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1793 in Kimball's The Rural Harmony, p. 19
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1709, Hymn 32 of Book 2, with five stanzas. Kimball used the first two stanzas of Watts' hymn in his composition.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at How short and hasty is our life.