Defender of my rightful cause (Philip Hayes)
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- CPDL #27223: (Sibelius 7)
- Editor: Edmund Gooch (submitted 2012-09-25). Score information: A4, 1 page, 44 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: The first verse only of the text is underlaid in the source, with the other verses given here printed after the music. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
General Information
Title: Defender of my rightful cause
Composer: Philip Hayes
Lyricist: James Merrick
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: SSB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 88. 88. 88
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: This setting of the first four verses of James Merrick's metrical version of Psalm 4, to a tune by Philip Hayes, was published on p14 of Improved Psalmody (London, 1794), compiled by William Dechair Tattersall. In that collection, it is given the descriptive heading 'An Incitement to private Meditation'. Hymn Tune Index tune number 6552.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 4.