Tolland (Merit Woodruff)

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• (Posted 2018-05-19)  CPDL #49724:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-05-19).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 52 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition. One small edit, otherwise as written in 1800.

• (Posted 2018-05-19)  CPDL #49723:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-05-19).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 70 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). The remaining two pairs of stanzas of Watts' paraphrase included.

General Information

Title: Tolland
First Line: Teach me the measure of my days
Composer: Merit Woodruff
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Set piece   Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1800 in Devotional Harmony, p. 13
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 39, Part 2, with six stanzas. Woodruff used the first two stanzas of Watts' paraphrase in his composition.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 39.