Complaint (Asahel Benham)

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• (Posted 2018-05-21)  CPDL #49752:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-05-21).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 64 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition. Whole piece moved down from E minor to D minor. Five more stanzas added, selected from Watts' paraphrase.

• (Posted 2018-05-21)  CPDL #49751:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-05-21).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 64 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Whole piece moved down from E minor to D minor. Five more stanzas added, selected from Watts' paraphrase.

General Information

Title: Complaint
First Line: O were I like a feathered dove
Composer: Asahel Benham
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Psalm-tune   Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1790 in Benham's Federal Harmony
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1717, paraphrase of Psalm 55, Part 1, with ten stanzas. Benham used the fourth stanza of Watts' paraphrase in his composition.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 55.