Congress (Anonymous)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2023-09-29). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 69 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transcribed from The Waterhouse Manuscript, 1780-1781. Many editorial changes made to the first (3:2) part. Round notes, as in 1781. Another pair of stanzas included, stanzas four and five of Watts' paraphrase.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2023-09-29). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 72 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transcribed from The Waterhouse Manuscript, 1780-1781. Many editorial changes made to the first (3:2) part. Note shapes added (4-shape). Another pair of stanzas included, stanzas four and five of Watts' paraphrase.
General Information
Title: Congress
First Line: To thine almighty arm we owe
Composer: Anonymous
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: TrATB
Genre: Sacred, Psalm-tune Meter: 86. 86. D (C.M.D.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Manuscript 1780 – 1781 in The Waterhouse Manuscript, no. 10
Description: Appears (only?) in The Waterhouse Manuscript, 1780-1781, copied by Susanna Heath on March 10, 1781. Tune not in The Hymn Tune Index. Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 18, second Part 2, with six stanzas. Heath combined the first two common meter stanzas for this tune's 86. 86. D. (C. M. D.) meter.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 18.