Lewisburgh (Nehemiah Shumway)

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• (Posted 2021-11-07)  CPDL #66580:         

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2021-11-07).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 37 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Transcribed from Shumway's The American Harmony, 1793. Three more stanzas included from Watts' paraphrase.

General Information

Title: Lewisburgh
First Line: Sweet is the day of sacred rest
Composer: Nehemiah Shumway
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Psalm-tune   Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1793 in Shumway's The American Harmony
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 92, part 1, with seven stanzas. Shumway used the second stanza of Watts' paraphrase in his composition.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 92.