Lancaster (Nehemiah Shumway)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-06-05). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 75 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-06-05). Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 78 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). The other six stanzas from Watts' poem added below.
General Information
Title: Lancaster
First Line: The Lord, how fearful is His name
Composer: Nehemiah Shumway
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1793 in Shumway's The American Harmony, p. 164
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1706, Horae Lyricae (Lyric Poems), entitled Sovereignty and Grace.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at The Lord! how fearful is His name.