Tolland (Merit Woodruff)

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  • (Posted 2018-05-19)  CPDL #49724:       
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-05-19).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 52 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Oval note edition. One small edit, otherwise as written in 1800.
  • (Posted 2018-05-19)  CPDL #49723:       
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-05-19).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 70 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). The remaining two pairs of stanzas of Watts' paraphrase included.

General Information

Title: Tolland
First Line: Teach me the measure of my days
Composer: Merit Woodruff
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

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

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1800 in Devotional Harmony, p. 13
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 39, Part 2, with six stanzas. Woodruff used the first two stanzas of Watts' paraphrase in his composition.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 39.