Fairton (Elkanah Dare)

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  • (Posted 2020-01-15)  CPDL #56652:         
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2020-01-15).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 46 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Notes in four-shape format, as published in 1813. All four stanzas included. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.

General Information

Title: Fairton
First Line: O God of mercy, hear my call
Composer: Elkanah Dare
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: STB

Genre: SacredPsalm-tune   Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1813 in Wyeth's Repository, Part Second

Description: Intervals between parts almost continuously fourths. Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 51, Part 2, with four stanzas.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 51.