Rhode Island (Amos Pilsbury)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-12-15). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 50 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape).
General Information
Title: Rhode Island
First Line: Thou great mysterious God unknown
Composer: Amos Pilsbury
Lyricist: Charles Wesley
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 886. 886
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: First published in The United States Sacred Harmony, 1799, p. 219. A folk hymn (Jackson 1953a No. 89, David Music 1995). Words by Charles Wesley, 1747, Redemption Hymns No. 19, with eight stanzas. Pilsbury used the first two stanzas of Wesley's hymn in his composition.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Thou great mysterious God unknown.