Bradford (Jacob Kimball)
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- (Posted 2017-07-30) CPDL #45706: MusicXML
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-07-30). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 44 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition, as written in 1793.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-07-30). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 45 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Two more pairs of stanzas included, from Watts' hymn. The fifth stanza of Watts' hymn is repeated for stanza 3 of this edition.
General Information
Title: Bradford
First Line: How short and hasty is our life
Composer: Jacob Kimball
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.) (Watts), Meter: 86. 86. D (C.M.D.) (Kimball)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: Published in Kimball's Rural Harmony, 1793, p. 19. Words by Isaac Watts, 1709, Hymn 32 of Book 2, with five stanzas. Kimball used the first two stanzas of Watts' hymn in his composition.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at How short and hasty is our life.