Freehold (Nehemiah Shumway)

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• (Posted 2015-06-03)  CPDL #35634: 

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-06-03).   Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 87 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape).

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Title: Freehold
Composer: Nehemiah Shumway
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Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred, Hymn

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1793

Description: First published in The American Harmony, 1793, pp. 171-172. Words the first stanza of Yigdal, reportedly by Daniel ben Yehudah Dayan [1], very loosely paraphrased by Thomas Olivers, 1770. Various Christian authors and compilers give a variety of choices for stanzas beyond the first; none of them seem to belong to Yigdal.

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