That man is blest whose wickedness (Thomas Ravenscroft)
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- (Posted 2015-11-17) CPDL #37565: MusicXML
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-11-17). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 62 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition. Edited to fit meter. All eleven stanzas included.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-11-17). Score information: Unknown, 1 page, 43 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). All eleven stanzas included.
General Information
Title: That man is blest whose wickedness
Tune: Kings
Composer: Thomas Ravenscroft
Lyricist: Thomas Sternhold
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 87. 87 (stanzas 1 and 5), Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1615
Description: Tune first published by an anonymous composer in The Scottish Psalter, 1615; harmonized by Thomas Ravenscroft, 1621, in The Whole Booke of Psalmes, pp. 68-69. Words by Thomas Sternhold, 1547, paraphrase of Psalm 32, in eleven stanzas. Stanzas 1 and 5 have meter 87. 87 – the rest are 86. 86 (C. M.).
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 32.