Pennsylvania (Nehemiah Shumway)

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  • (Posted 2015-04-30)  CPDL #35235:  Icon_pdf.gif Icon_snd.gif
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Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-04-30).   Score information: Unknown, 2 pages, 114 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
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General Information

Title: Pennsylvania
First Line: When shall Thy lovely face be seen?
Composer: Nehemiah Shumway
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: SacredHymn   Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.) (Watts), Meter: 88. 88. D (L.M.D.) (Shumway)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1793

Description: First published in The American Harmony, 1793, pp. 154-155. Words by Isaac Watts, Lyric Poems, 1706, , Book 1, Come, Lord Jesus. Shumway used the first two of Watts' stanzas in his composition.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Come, Lord Jesus (Isaac Watts).