Digby (Timothy Swan)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-12-26). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 60 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition. The other nine stanzas included. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-12-26). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 83 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). The other nine stanzas included.
General Information
Title: Digby
First Line: God counts the sorrows of his saints
Composer: Timothy Swan
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: First published in Swan's The New England Harmony, 1801, p. 36. Words by Isaac Watts, 1717, paraphrase of Psalm 56, with ten stanzas. Swan used the sixth stanza of Watts' paraphrase in his composition.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 56.