Dissolution (Daniel Belknap)

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  • (Posted 2015-11-24)  CPDL #37657:       
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-11-24).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 79 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Oval note edition, as written in 1800.
  • (Posted 2015-11-24)  CPDL #37656:   
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-11-24).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 80 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape).

General Information

Title: Dissolution
First Line: And must my body faint and die
Composer: Daniel Belknap
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 The Evangelical Harmony, p. 39
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1709, his Hymn 28 of Book 2, in six stanzas. Belknap used the last two stanzas of Watts' hymn in his composition.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Stoop down, my thoughts, that use to rise.