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==Music files== | ==Music files== | ||
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*{{PostedDate|2016-08-12}} {{CPDLno|40744}} [ | *{{PostedDate|2016-08-12}} {{CPDLno|40744}} [[Media:ByfordBrownson1783a.pdf|{{pdf}}]] | ||
{{Editor|Barry Johnston|2016-08-12}}{{ScoreInfo| | {{Editor|Barry Johnston|2016-08-12}}{{ScoreInfo|7 x 10 inches (landscape)|1|79}}{{Copy|Public Domain}} | ||
:'''Edition notes:''' Note shapes added (4-shape). All six stanzas of Watts' paraphrase included; stanza six modified for American use as shown below. | :'''Edition notes:''' Note shapes added (4-shape). All six stanzas of Watts' paraphrase included; stanza six modified for American use as shown below. | ||
==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
'''Title:''' ''Byford''<br> | '''Title:''' ''Byford''<br> | ||
{{FirstLine|Not to our names, Thou only just and true}} | |||
{{Composer|Oliver Brownson}} | {{Composer|Oliver Brownson}} | ||
{{Lyricist|Isaac Watts}} | {{Lyricist|Isaac Watts}} | ||
{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br> | {{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br> | ||
{{Genre|Sacred|}} | {{Genre|Sacred|}} {{meter|10 10. 10 10. 10 10}} | ||
{{Language|English}} | {{Language|English}} | ||
{{Instruments|A cappella}} | {{Instruments|A cappella}} | ||
{{Published|1783}} | |||
'''Description:''' First published in Brownson's ''Select Harmony'', 1783, p. 39. Words by [[Isaac Watts]], 1717, paraphrase of Psalm 115, Part 2, with six stanzas. | '''Description:''' First published in Brownson's ''Select Harmony'', 1783, p. 39. Words by [[Isaac Watts]], 1717, paraphrase of Psalm 115, Part 2, with six stanzas. | ||
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==Original text and translations== | ==Original text and translations== | ||
{{ | {{LinkText|Psalm 115}}<br> | ||
'''Text to Stanza six of Watts' paraphrase altered:'''{{top}} | |||
{{Text|English| | |||
:''Watts'' | |||
O Britain, trust the Lord: thy foes in vain | |||
Attempt thy ruin, and oppose his reign; | |||
Had they prevailed, darkness had closed our days, | |||
And death and silence had forbid his praise: | |||
But we are saved, and live; let songs arise, | |||
And Britain bless the God that built the skies.}} | |||
{{middle|3}} | |||
{{Text|Simple| | |||
:''Altered for these editions'' | |||
O ''nation'', trust the Lord: thy foes in vain | |||
Attempt thy ruin, and oppose his reign; | |||
Had they prevailed, darkness had closed our days, | |||
And death and silence had forbid his praise: | |||
But we are saved, and live; let songs arise, | |||
''This nation'' bless the God that built the skies.}} | |||
{{middle|3}} | |||
{{Text|Simple| | |||
}} | |||
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[[Category:Shapenote-4 Editions]] | |||
[[Category:Sheet music]] | [[Category:Sheet music]] | ||
[[Category:Classical music]] | [[Category:Classical music]] |
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-08-12). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 79 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). All six stanzas of Watts' paraphrase included; stanza six modified for American use as shown below.
General Information
Title: Byford
First Line: Not to our names, Thou only just and true
Composer: Oliver Brownson
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 10 10. 10 10. 10 10
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
{{Published}} is obsolete (code commented out), replaced with {{Pub}} for works and {{PubDatePlace}} for publications.
Description: First published in Brownson's Select Harmony, 1783, p. 39. Words by Isaac Watts, 1717, paraphrase of Psalm 115, Part 2, with six stanzas.
External websites:
Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 115.
Text to Stanza six of Watts' paraphrase altered:
English text Watts |
Altered for these editions |
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