Bridgewater (Lewis Edson)
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- (Posted 2023-12-26) CPDL #78491:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2023-12-26). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 53 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transcribed from The Chorister's Companion, 1782. Round notes, as in 1782. Two more stanzas of Tate and Brady's paraphrase included.
- (Posted 2023-12-26) CPDL #78490:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2023-12-26). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 65 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transcribed from The Chorister's Companion, 1782. Note heads added (4-shape). Two more stanzas of Tate and Brady's paraphrase included.
General Information
Title: Bridgewater
First Line: O come, loud anthems let us sing
Composer: Lewis Edson
Lyricist: Tate and Bradycreate page
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: TrCTB
Genre: Sacred, Psalm-tune Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1782 in The Chorister's Companion
2nd published: 1783 in Select Harmony (Oliver Brownson)
3rd published: 1797 in A New Collection of Sacred Harmony (Oliver Brownson)
4th published: 1820 in The Missouri Harmony
5th published: 1835 in A Compilation of Genuine Church Music, Edition 2, p. 209
6th published: 1848 in The Hesperian Harp
7th published: 1860 in The Sacred Harp (1860)
Description: From the time it was first published in 1782, this tune has remained popular. The Hymn Tune Index lists 162 publications in the 38 years to 1820, and there have been many more since: almost all for four parts a cappella, and after 1800 most often in four-shape notation. There has been a wide variety of words accompanying the tune over the years. It appeared in The Hesperian Harp in 1848, and in The Sacred Harp, p. 276, from 1860 to the present (1991) edition. Words originally from Tate and Brady's New Version, paraphrase of Psalm 95, with eleven stanzas. Edson used the first stanza in his composition. Other words used 1782-1820:
| Text | Count | Author | Text Year | Details | Used in (selected) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| My soul, the great Creator praise | 27 | Isaac Watts | 1719 | Psalm 104 | Select Harmony, New Collection |
| From all who dwell below the skies | 18 | Isaac Watts | 1719 | Psalm 117, Pt. 2 | Missouri Harmony, Hesperian Harp, Sacred Harp |
| Sweet is the work, my God, my king | 16 | Isaac Watts | 1719 | Psalm 92, Pt. 1 | |
| Great God, attend while Zion sings | 13 | Isaac Watts | 1719 | Psalm 84, Pt. 2 | |
| O come, loud anthems let us sing | 13 | Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady | 1696 | Psalm 95 | Chorister's Companion |
| <no text> | 10 | ||||
| Lord, I am thine: but thou wilt prove | 7 | Isaac Watts | 1719 | Psalm 17, Pt. 2 | |
| Life is the time to serve the Lord | 4 | Isaac Watts | 1707 | Hymn 88, Book 1 | |
| Say, which of you would see the Lord | 4 | Charles Wesley | 1742 | Hymn 178 | |
| Praise ye the Lord; my heart shall join | 3 | Isaac Watts | 1719 | Psalm 146 | |
| What seraph, of celestial birth | 2 | Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady | 1696 | Psalm 89, Pt. 1 | |
| Come, gracious spirit, heavenly dove | 1 | Simon Browne | 1720 | Compilation of Genuine Church Music | |
| Come, let our voices join to raise | 1 | Isaac Watts | 1719 | Psalm 95, Pt. 3 | |
| Let virgin troops soft timbrels bring | 1 | Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady | 1696 | Psalm 150 | |
| Mortals, can you refrain your tongue | 1 | Isaac Watts | 1719 | Psalm 148, Pt. 2 | |
| My soul for help on God relies | 1 | Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady | 1696 | Psalm 62 | |
| O render thanks to God above | 1 | Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady | 1696 | Psalm 106 | |
| Who would not join the sacred lays | 1 | William McCullouch | 1804 |
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 95.