Egypt (Timothy Swan)

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• (Posted 2016-12-02)  CPDL #42170:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-12-02).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 73 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: 1801 version, in E minor. Oval note edition. Four more pairs of stanzas included, selected from Tate and Brady's paraphrase.

• (Posted 2016-12-02)  CPDL #42169:   

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-12-02).   Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 77 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: 1801 version, in E minor. Note shapes added (4-shape). Four more pairs of stanzas included, selected from Tate and Brady's paraphrase.

• (Posted 2016-12-02)  CPDL #42168:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-12-02).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 89 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: 1790 version, with modal harmony. Note shapes added (4-shape). Four more pairs of stanzas included, selected from Tate and Brady's paraphrase.

General Information

Title: Egypt
First Line: He called for darkness, darkness came
Composer: Timothy Swan
Lyricist: Tate and Brady^{create page}

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

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1790 in Benham's Federal Harmony, considerably revised by Swan in 1801
Description: In 1801, many notes changed, including the first line of melody; changed from modal to E minor. Words by Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady, 1698, New Version, paraphrase of Psalm 105, Part 2, in nineteen stanzas. Swan used stanzas five and six in his composition.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 105.