Haverhill (Elisha West)

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• (Posted 2019-12-23)  CPDL #56394:         

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2019-12-23).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landsscape), 1 page, 48 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape), otherwise as revised by West in 1802. One more stanza of Watts' paraphrase included.

• (Posted 2019-12-23)  CPDL #56393:         

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2019-12-23).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 48 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape), otherwise as written by Elisha West in 1793. One more stanza of Watts' paraphrase included.

General Information

Title: Haverhill
First Line: Alas, the bitter clay
Composer: Elisha West
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Psalm-tune   Meter: 66. 86 (S.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1793 in The American Harmony
    2nd published: 1802 in The Musical Concert, Edition 1
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 90, Part 5, with five stanzas. West used the second stanza of Watts' paraphrase in his composition.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 90.