Nahum Tate
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Life
Born: 1652
Died: 1715
Biography
Nahum Tate was Poet Laureate
from 1690 to 1715, and wrote the libretto for Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas. He was the co-author, with Nicholas Brady, of A new version of the psalms of David, fitted to the tunes used in churches, which was first published in 1696. This collection's title was usually shortened to the 'New Version'. As such, it was contrasted with the 'Old Version', the metrical psalter based on the work of Thomas Sternhold and John Hopkins, and published by John Day as The whole booke of psalmes in 1562: together, the 'Old Version' and 'New Version' were the main metrical psalters used in English parish churches in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
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- Against all those that strive with me (Joseph Stephenson)
- The angel's carol (Crys Armbrust)
- As pants the hart for cooling streams (from A New Set of Anthems and Psalm Tunes) (John Broderip)
- As pants the hart for cooling streams (Ozias Thurston Linley)
- Attend, O Earth, whilst I declare (Joseph Stephenson)
- Awake, ye dead, Z 182 (Henry Purcell)
- Bethlehem (William Billings)
- Bless God, my soul (Richard Garbett)
- The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation (Henry Purcell)
- Charlston (William Billings)
- Consider my affliction, Lord (John Wall Callcott)
- Continue, Lord, to hear my voice (Richard Garbett)
- Crown the altar, deck the shrine, Z 321/6 (Henry Purcell)
- Defend me, Lord, from shame (John Wall Callcott)
- Defend me, Lord, from shame (Samuel Chapple)
- Defend me, Lord, from shame (Stephen Jarvis)
- Dido's tears (Antonio Politano)
- Ephrathah (Samuel Babcock)
- Erect your heads, eternal gates (Joseph Stephenson)
- Erect your heads, eternal gates (Richard Garbett)
- From lowest depths of woe (John Broderip)
- From lowest depths of woe (Samuel Chapple)
- Glad Tidings (Stephen Jenks)
- God is our refuge in distress (Richard Garbett)
- Have mercy, Lord, on me (John Broderip)
- He that has God his guardian made (Samuel Long)
- He's blest whose sins have pardon gained (Joseph Stephenson)
- He's blest whose sins have pardon gained (Stephen Jarvis)
- He's blest, whose sins have pardon gained (James William Windsor)
- How blest is he who ne'er consents (Bennett Mintern Swaffield)
- How blest is he who ne'er consents (from A Fourth Set of Psalm Tunes) (Thomas Clark)
- How blest is he who ne'er consents (from An Eighth Set of Psalm Tunes) (Thomas Clark)
- How blest is he who ne'er consents (John Bellamy)
- How blest is he who ne'er consents (Joseph Stephenson)
- How blest is he who ne'er consents (Stephen Jarvis)
- How blest is he who ne'er consents (William Gifford)
- How good and pleasant must it be (Thomas Clark)
- How long wilt thou forget me, Lord? (Hugh Bond)
- How long wilt thou forget me, Lord? (John Valentine)
- How long wilt thou forget me, Lord? (Joseph Stephenson)
- How long wilt thou forget me, Lord? (Thomas Clark)
- How num'rous, Lord, of late are grown (Hugh Bond)
- How num'rous, Lord, of late are grown (Joseph Stephenson)
- How numerous, Lord, of late are grown (William Gifford)
- How vast must their advantage be (Samuel Chapple)
- I strive each action to approve (Charles William Hempel)
- I waited meekly for the Lord (Stephen Jarvis)
- I'll celebrate thy praises, Lord (Joseph Stephenson)
- Jehovah reigns, let all the earth (Joseph Stephenson)
- Judge me, O Lord, for I the paths (Joseph Stephenson)
- Just judge of heav'n, against my foes (Charles William Hempel)
- Just judge of heaven, against my foes (John Broderip)
- The King, O Lord, with songs of praise (Joseph Stephenson)
- Let all the just to God with joy (Hugh Bond)
- Let all the just to God with joy (John Wall Callcott)
- Let all the just to God with joy (William Marsh)
- Let all the lands with shouts of joy (Joseph Stephenson)
- Let all the lands with shouts of joy (Samuel Chapple)
- Let all the lands with shouts of joy (Thomas Clark)
- Let all the lands with shouts of joy (William Knapp)
- Lewis-Town (William Billings)
- Longevity (Abijah Forbush)
- The Lord for ever lives, who has (Charles William Hempel)
- The Lord hath spoke, the mighty God (Richard Garbett)
- Lord hear the voice of my complaint MWV B 31 (Felix Mendelssohn)
- The Lord himself, the mighty Lord (John Wall Callcott)
- The Lord himself, the mighty Lord (Joseph Stephenson)
- The Lord himself, the mighty Lord (Stephen Jarvis)
- The Lord looked down from heaven's high tower (Samuel Wakely)
- The Lord to thy request attend (John Valentine)
- The Lord to thy request attend (John Wall Callcott)
- The Lord to thy request attend (Joseph Stephenson)
- Lord, hear the voice of my complaint (Joseph Stephenson)
- Lord, hear the voice of my complaint (Stephen Jarvis)
- Lord, hear the voice of my complaint (Thomas Clark)
- Lord, save me, for thy glorious name (Samuel Arnold)
- The Lord, the only God, is great (John Broderip)
- The Lord, the universal King (William Thorn)
- My God, my God, why leav'st thou me (Samuel Chapple)
- My hiding place, my refuge tower (Bennett Mintern Swaffield)
- My soul with grateful thoughts of love (John Wall Callcott)
- My soul with grateful thoughts of love (Stephen Jarvis)
- My soul, inspired with sacred love (Stephen Jarvis)
- New Kittery (Anonymous)
- No change of times shall ever shock (Thomas Shoel)
- Norham (Samuel Holyoke)
- O all ye people, clap your hands (John Broderip)
- O all ye people, clap your hands (John Smith)
- O all ye people, clap your hands (Thomas Tremain)
- O come, loud anthems let us sing (from A Second Set of Psalm Tunes) (Thomas Clark)
- O come, loud anthems let us sing (John Smith)
- O come, loud anthems let us sing (William Gifford)
- O God of hosts, the mighty Lord (John Broderip)
- O God of hosts, the mighty Lord (Joseph Stephenson)
- O God of hosts, the mighty Lord (Richard Partridge)
- O God of hosts, the mighty Lord (Samuel Chapple)
- O God of hosts, the mighty Lord (William Bennett)
- O God, my gracious God, to thee (Bennett Mintern Swaffield)
- O God, my gracious God, to thee (John Wall Callcott)
- O God, my heart is fixed, 'tis bent (from A New Set of Anthems and Psalm Tunes) (John Broderip)
- O God, my heart is fully bent (Thomas Clark)
- O God, whose former mercies make (Phocion Henley)
- O Lord, my rock, to thee I cry (Joseph Stephenson)
- O Lord, that art my righteous Judge (Joseph Stephenson)
- O Lord, that art my righteous judge (William Bennett)
- O praise the Lord in that blest place (William Viner)
- O praise the Lord with hymns of joy (Samuel Wakely)
- O praise the Lord with one consent (Stephen Jarvis)
- O praise the Lord with one consent (Thomas Clark)
- O praise the Lord, and thou, my soul (Thomas Clark)
- O praise ye the Lord, prepare your glad voice (Hanover) (Anonymous)
- O render thanks and bless the Lord (Thomas Clark)
- O render thanks to God above (Stephen Jarvis)
- O render thanks to God above (Thomas Clark)
- O thou to whom all creatures bow (Joseph Stephenson)
- O thou to whom all creatures bow (Thomas Clark)
- O thou to whom all creatures bow (William Bennett)
- Preserve me, Lord, from crafty foes (Joseph Stephenson)
- Psalm 136 (William Croft)
- Psalm 61 (William East)
- Rowley (Daniel Belknap)
- Save me, O God, from waves that roll (Stephen Jarvis)
- Seraph (While shepherds watched their flocks) (Arthur Sullivan)
- Since godly men decay, O Lord (Joseph Stephenson)
- Since I have placed my trust in God (from A Set of Psalm Tunes) (Thomas Clark)
- Since I have placed my trust in God (Joseph Stephenson)
- Since mercy is the grace (Samuel Wakely)
- Sing to the Lord a new-made song (Charles William Hempel)
- St. Anne's (William Croft)
- Stockbridge (William Billings)
- Strike the viol, Z 232/5 (Henry Purcell)
- That man is blest who stands in awe (Samuel Chapple)
- The Lord himself, the mighty Lord (Samuel Chapple)
- Thee I'll extol, my God and King (John Smith)
- Thee I'll extol, my God and King (Samuel Chapple)
- Thee will I bless, my God and King (Richard Partridge)
- This spacious earth is all the Lord's (Samuel Arnold)
- Thou turnest man, O Lord, to dust (Charles William Hempel)
- Through all the changing scenes of life (James Shoubridge)
- Through all the changing scenes of life (John Wall Callcott)
- Through all the changing scenes of life (Joseph Stephenson)
- Through all the changing scenes of life (Stephen Jarvis)
- Through all the changing scenes of life (Thomas Clark)
- Thus in thy sacred courts will I (Joseph Stephenson)
- Thy chast'ning wrath, O Lord, restrain (Hugh Bond)
- Thy dreadful anger, Lord, restrain (Charles William Hempel)
- Thy presence why withdraw'st thou, Lord? (Joseph Stephenson)
- To bless thy chosen race (Joseph Stephenson)
- To bless thy chosen race (Thomas Shoel)
- To celebrate thy praise, O Lord (Joseph Stephenson)
- To celebrate thy praise, O Lord (Thomas Clark)
- To God, in whom I trust (Joseph Stephenson)
- To God, our never-failing strength (John Wall Callcott)
- To my just plea and sad complaint (Joseph Stephenson)
- To my request and earnest cry (Bennett Mintern Swaffield)
- To thee, O God, we render praise (Joseph Stephenson)
- When I pour out my soul in prayer (Ozias Thurston Linley)
- When we, our weary limbs to rest (John Broderip)
- While shepherds watched (Thomas Jarman)
- While shepherds watched their flocks (George Frideric Handel)
- While shepherds watched their flocks (Thurlow Weed)
- While shepherds watched their flocks by night (Edward Vine Hall)
- While shepherds watched their flocks by night (Matthew Cooke)
- While shepherds watched their flocks by night (Robert Barber II)
- While shepherds watched their flocks by night (Sally DeFord)
- While shepherds watched their flocks by night (Thomas Clark)
- While shepherds watched their flocks by night (William Crisp)
- While shepherds watched their flocks by night (William Knapp)
- Whom should I fear, since God to me (Joseph Stephenson)
- Winchester Old (Andrew Sims)
- With glory clad, with strength arrayed (Samuel Chapple)
- With my whole heart, my God and King (Richard Garbett)
- With one consent let all the earth (John Broderip)
- With one consent let all the earth (New Hundredth) (Thomas Jarman)
- With one consent let all the earth (Samuel Chapple)
- With restless and ungoverned rage (Arlington) (Thomas Arne)
- With restless and ungoverned rage (Thomas Clark)
- Ye boundless realms of joy (John Broderip)
- Ye boundless realms of joy (Thomas Clark)
- Ye princes that in might excel (Joseph Stephenson)
- Ye saints and servants of the Lord (John Broderip)
- Ye saints and servants of the Lord (Samuel Chapple)
- Ye saints and servants of the Lord (William Thorn)
- Young Thyrsis' fate (Henry Purcell)
Publications
with Henry Purcell
- Dido and Aeneas – premiered London, 1689
with Nicholas Brady
- New Version (London, 1696)
- A Supplement to the New Version of Psalms (1700-1724)
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