Lamberton (Nehemiah Shumway)

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Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-06-06).   Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 81 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes:


Editor: Edmund Gooch (submitted 2015-02-05).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 50 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: The alto part is printed in the alto clef in the source. The time signature is retorted time in the source, and the piece starts with a full bar's rest in all parts which has been omitted from this edition. Only the first verse of the text is given in the source: in this edition, subsequent verses have been added.

General Information

Title: The Lord my shepherd is
Composer: Nehemiah Shumway
Tune: Lamberton
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: SacredHymn   Meter: 66. 86 (S.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1793

Description: This setting was published on p165 of Nehemiah Shumway's The American Harmony, Philadelphia: 1793.

In the index of tunes in The American Harmony, this tune is marked with an asterisk, to indicate that it was 'never before published', and is attributed 'ibid', referring to the attribution 'Shumway' given for the preceding tune in the index.

Hymn Tune Index tune number 6448.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 23.