Freehold (Nehemiah Shumway)

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• (Posted 2015-06-03)  CPDL #35635:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-06-03).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 82 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition.

• (Posted 2015-06-03)  CPDL #35634:     

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-06-03).   Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 87 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape).

General Information

Title: Freehold
First Line: The God of Abraham praise
Composer: Nehemiah Shumway

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn   Meter: 66. 84. 66. 84

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1793 in Shumway's The American Harmony, pp. 171-172
Description: Words the first stanza of Yigdal, reportedly by Daniel ben Yehudah Dayan [1], very loosely paraphrased by Thomas Olivers, 1770. Various Christian authors and compilers give a variety of choices for stanzas beyond the first; none of them seem to belong to Yigdal.

Original text and translations

English text

The God of Abraham praise,
Who reigns enthroned above,
Ancient of everlasting days,
And God of love.

Jehovah, great I am
By earth and heaven confessed,
I bow and bless the sacred name,
Forever blessed.