Save me O God (John Blow)
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CPDL #15073: Sibelius 5
- Editor: Jonathan Goodliffe (added 2007-09-21). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 50 kbytes Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: From "Cathedral Music" by Boyce. Boyce provides a continuo accompaniment which is probably not by Blow. The Decani and Cantoris indications may also be by Boyce.
General Information
Title: Save me O God
Composer: John Blow
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Sacred, Anthems
Language: English
Instruments: None, but probably intended to be accompanied ad lib
Published: Not known
Description: Bar 9 "weary of crying", bar 21 "suffered reproof" and bars 27 to 30 "I wept" were examples of "Dr Blow's crudities" included by Charles Burney and criticised in his "History of Music", page 355 in the Dover edition.
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Original text and translations
Psalm 69, verses 1, 3, 7, 10, 13 and 14.
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 69.