O Lord, thou hast me tried and known (Joseph Key)

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CPDL #25989:    Sibelius 7 

Editor: Edmund Gooch (submitted 2012-04-19).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 43 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: The alto part is printed in the source in the treble clef, an octave above sounding pitch. The first verse only of the text is given in the source: three subsequent verses have been underlaid editorially. The following notes are printed as small grace notes in the source, and have been written out editorially: bar 1, soprano D and E♭; bar 2, tenor C; bar 7, tenor E♭; bar 8, tenor C and D; bar 13, beat 2, alto E♭.

General Information

Title: O Lord, thou hast me tried and known
Composer: Joseph Key
Lyricist: Thomas Norton

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred, Hymn

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1785

Description: This setting of Psalm 139 in the metrical Old Version, by Joseph Key, was published on p42 of Key's Five Anthems, Four Collects, Twenty Psalm Tunes. Hymn Tune Index tune number 4571.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 139.