Mount Vernon (John Cole)

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• (Posted 2015-04-11)  CPDL #35055: 

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-04-11).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 91 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition.

• (Posted 2015-04-11)  CPDL #35054: 

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-04-11).   Score information: Unknown, 3 pages, 92 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape).

General Information

Title: Mount Vernon
First Line This life's a dream, an empty show
Composer: John Cole
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred, Anthem   Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.), repeated three times in Cole's composition

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1803

Description: Published in The Charlestown Collection, December 1803, pp. 70-72. Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, the last three stanzas of his paraphrase of Psalm 17.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 17.