Hamburgh (Amos Pilsbury)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-01-19). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 53 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition. Extensively re-barred to avoid need for fermata. Words substituted for this edition: Charles Wesley, 1744, Hymns in Time of Trouble No. 1, with six stanzas of ten lines each. Eight half-stanzas of Wesley's hymn included.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-01-19). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 58 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Extensively re-barred to avoid need for fermata. Words substituted for this edition: Charles Wesley, 1744, Hymns in Time of Trouble No. 1, with six stanzas of ten lines each. Eight half-stanzas of Wesley's hymn included.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-01-18). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 64 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Except for note shapes and a few small edits, as written in 1799. Words substituted for this edition: Charles Wesley, 1744, Hymns in Time of Trouble No. 1, with six stanzas of ten lines each. Eight half-stanzas of Wesley's hymn included.
General Information
Title: Hamburgh
First Line: My present help in trouble
Composer: Amos Pilsbury
Lyricist: Charles Wesley
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 77. 447
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1799 in Pilsbury's The United States Sacred Harmony, p. 158
Description: Words originally by Charles Wesley, 1745, Head of thy church triumphant, with six stanzas of ten lines each. Pilsbury used half of one of Wesley's stanzas in his composition.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at My present help in trouble.