Abijah Forbush

Life

Born: 11 May 1779

Died: 27 June 1845

American music editor, compiler, and composer.

List of choral works

A. BY TITLE

Assiduity Aurora Chelsea Complaint

Concord Consolation Conviction Crisis

Crucifixion Cyrene Ecstasy Happiness

Imminence Longevity Lynn Milton

Protection Salem Sharon Tennessee

B. BY FIRST LINE

Adam and all his race have fell Alas! and did my Savior die Be this my one great business here Behold the Rose of Sharon here God of the morning, at whose voice

Hear what the voice from heaven proclaims How blest is our brother, bereft How far our highest praises fall How shall affrighted mortals dare Lord, how secure and blest are they

Lord, how secure my conscience was Lord, what a feeble piece O that I cound now adore him Our God, to whom revenge belongs Our term of life is seventy years

The voice of my Beloved sounds Think of the sands run down to waste Thou God of love, thou ever-blest Well, if our days must fly Why did the nations join to slay

 
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Publications

• Forbush, Abijah. 1803. The Psalmodist's Assistant, containing an Original Composition of Psalm and Hymn Tunes. Boston: Manning and Loring. Second Edition 1806, 108 pp.

External links

• Works by Abijah Forbush in the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)