Bunker Hill (Abraham Wood)

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• (Posted 2019-07-26)  CPDL #54892:         

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2019-07-26).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 42 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). The central portion of the tune, originally in 3:4 and 3:2 time, re-barred to retain 4:4 time. One more pair of stanzas included.

General Information

Title: Bunker Hill
First Line: We are exposed all day to die
Composer: Abraham Wood
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Set piece   Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1793 in The Columbian Harmony (Stone and Wood), p. 106
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 44, with eleven stanzas. Wood used stanzas seven and eight in his composition.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 44.