Judgment (Nehemiah Shumway)

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• (Posted 2015-06-10)  CPDL #35696: 

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-06-10).   Score information: Unknown, 2 pages, 76 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Measure 27 in Bass changed from four quarter noted to two quarter notes and a half note, to fit the words.

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Title: Judgment
Composer: Nehemiah Shumway
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred, Hymn

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1793

Description: First published in The American Harmony, 1793, pp. 172-173. Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, his paraphrase of Psalm 50. Shumway used stanzas one and three in his composition; other stanzas of Watts' paraphrase don't fit Shumway's music.

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