St. Vincent's (In vain we lavish out our lives) (Anonymous)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-11-12). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 76 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition, as written in 1788. The other nine stanzas from Watts' hymn included. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-11-12). Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 73 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). The other nine stanzas from Watts' hymn included.
General Information
Title: St. Vincent's (In vain we lavish out our lives)
Composer: Anonymous
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1788
Description: First published in Sacred Harmony, or a Collection of Psalm Tunes, Ancient and Modern, 1788, p. 98. Composer not identified in this publication, nor by recent research. John and William Norman are known to be the engravers of this book (see Britton, Lowens, and Crawford 1990). Words by Isaac Watts, 1709, his Hymn 80 of Book 1, in ten stanzas.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at In vain we lavish out our lives.