Tennessee (Abijah Forbush)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2021-11-16). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 52 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Oval notes, as written in 1806. Transcribed from The Psalmodist's Assistant, 1806.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2021-11-16). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 61 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Transcribed from The Psalmodist's Assistant, 1806.
General Information
Title: Tennessee
First Line: How shall affrighted mortals dare
Composer: Abijah Forbush
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Set piece Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1806 in The Psalmodist's Assistant, Edition 2, no. 62
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1705, in Horae Lyricae, poem 8, entitled The Creator and Creatures, with eight stanzas. Forbush used stanzas seven and eight in his composition.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at God is a name my soul adores.