Plainfield (Hezekiah Moors)

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(Posted 2018-07-11) CPDL #50486:

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-07-11). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 65 kB Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). The four remaining stanzas of Watts' paraphrase included.

General Information

Title: Plainfield
First Line: Life, like a vain amusement, flies
Composer: Hezekiah Moors
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

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

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1809 in The Province Harmony, p. 87
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 90, Part 2, with seven stanzas. Moors used the third stanza of Watts' paraphrase in his composition.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 90.