Psalm 34 (Israel Holdroyd)

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• (Posted 2018-12-08)  CPDL #52557:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-12-08).   Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 50 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

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

General Information

Title: Psalm 34
Composer: Israel Holdroyd
Lyricist: Thomas Sternhold

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Unknown, Unknown

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

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Description: Words by Thomas Sternhold, 1547, Old Version paraphrase of Psalm 34, with 21 stanzas. This tune was called Rochester from 1732. It has appeared, with a variety of words and arrangements, in several hundred tunebooks since 1722 (every two years over that time); and in America since 1761. Notably, it appeared in Kentucky Harmony in 1816, Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music in 1816, and Allen Carden's Missouri Harmony in 1820. It appeared in The The Sacred Harp (page 30) from 1844 to the present, and Southern Harmony (page 279) from 1847, both with Isaac Watts' words, Come let us join our cheerful songs.

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