Sardis (Ezra Goff)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-05-01). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 81 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Two more stanzas added from Watts' paraphrase, that fit the music.
General Information
Title: Sardis
First Line: This life's a dream, an empty show
Composer: Ezra Goff
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: Published first in The Columbian Harmonist, 1805. Words by Isaac Watts, 1717, paraphrase of Psalm 17, in six stanzas. Goff used the fourth stanza of Watts' paraphrase in his composition.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 17.