Longevity (Abijah Forbush)

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  • (Posted 2021-11-14)  CPDL #66704:         
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2021-11-14).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 47 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Oval notes, as written in 1806. Transcribed from The Psalmodist's Assistant, 1806. Another pair of stanzas included from Tate and Brady's paraphrase.
  • (Posted 2021-11-14)  CPDL #66703:       
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2021-11-14).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 47 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Transcribed from The Psalmodist's Assistant, 1806. Another pair of stanzas included from Tate and Brady's paraphrase.

General Information

Title: Longevity
First Line: Our term of life is seventy years
Composer: Abijah Forbush
Lyricists: Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: SacredSet piece   Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1806 in The Psalmodist's Assistant, Edition 2, no. 64
Description: Words by Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady, 1696, New Version paraphrase of Psalm 90, with seventeen stanzas. Forbush used the ninth and tenth stanzas in his composition.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 90.