Ecstasy (Abijah Forbush)

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• (Posted 2021-11-16)  CPDL #66715:         

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2021-11-16).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 41 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Oval note edition. Transcribed from The Psalmodist's Assistant, 1806.

• (Posted 2021-11-16)  CPDL #66714:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2021-11-16).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 44 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Transcribed from The Psalmodist's Assistant, 1806.

General Information

Title: Ecstasy
First Line: O that I could now adore him
Composer: Abijah Forbush
Lyricist: John Fawcett
Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: STB
Genre: Sacred   Meter: 87. 87. 47

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1806 in The Psalmodist's Assistant, Edition 2, no. 53
Description: Words by John Fawcett, 1789, which begins O my soul, what means this sadness, Hymn 318 in Rippon's Selection, with five stanzas. Forbush used the fifth stanza in his composition.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at O my soul, what means this sadness.