Milton (Samuel Babcock)

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• (Posted 2016-06-15)  CPDL #40039:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-06-15).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 87 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition. Two more pairs of stanzas included from Watts' paraphrase.

• (Posted 2016-06-15)  CPDL #40038:   

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-06-15).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 2 pages, 66 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Two more pairs of stanzas included from Watts' paraphrase.

General Information

Title: Milton
First Line: My flesh shall slumber in the ground
Composer: Samuel Babcock
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: STB
Genre: Sacred, Set piece   Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1795 in Babcock's The Middlesex Harmony, no. 14, p. 26-27
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 17, part 2, in six stanzas. Babcock used the sixth and fifth stanzas of Watts' paraphrase in his composition.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 17.