Reflection (Ananias Davisson)
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- (Posted 2017-11-12) CPDL #47334:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-11-12). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 80 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note heads converted to oval shapes. All eight stanzas of Watts' paraphrase included.
- (Posted 2017-11-12) CPDL #47333:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-11-12). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 51 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Notes in four-shape format, as originally published. All eight stanzas of Watts' paraphrase included.
General Information
Title: Reflection
First Line: No sleep or slumber to his eyes
Composer: Ananias Davisson
Arranger: Ananias Davisson
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Psalm-tune Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1813 in Wyeth's Repository, Part Second
2nd published: 1816 in Kentucky Harmony, rearranged by Davisson, Edition 1
Description: A folk hymn (Jackson 1953a, No. 122). Words by Isaac Watts, 1717, paraphrase of Psalm 132, Part 2, with eight stanzas.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 132.