Longevity (Abijah Forbush)

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• (Posted 2021-11-14)  CPDL #66704:         

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2021-11-14).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 47 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Oval notes, as written in 1806. Transcribed from The Psalmodist's Assistant, 1806. Another pair of stanzas included from Tate and Brady's paraphrase.

• (Posted 2021-11-14)  CPDL #66703:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2021-11-14).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 47 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Transcribed from The Psalmodist's Assistant, 1806. Another pair of stanzas included from Tate and Brady's paraphrase.

General Information

Title: Longevity
First Line: Our term of life is seventy years
Composer: Abijah Forbush
Lyricists: Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Set piece   Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1806 in The Psalmodist's Assistant, Edition 2, no. 64
Description: Words by Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady, 1696, New Version paraphrase of Psalm 90, with seventeen stanzas. Forbush used the ninth and tenth stanzas in his composition.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 90.