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*{{PostedDate|2016-02-28}} {{CPDLno|38716}} [{{filepath:BensonChild1804a.pdf}} {{pdf}}] | *{{PostedDate|2016-02-28}} {{CPDLno|38716}} [{{filepath:BensonChild1804a.pdf}} {{pdf}}] | ||
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:'''Edition notes:''' Note shapes added (4-shape). Another pair of stanzas included, selected from Watts' hymn. | :'''Edition notes:''' Note shapes added (4-shape). Another pair of stanzas included, selected from Watts' hymn. | ||
==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
'''Title:''' ''Benson''<br> | '''Title:''' ''Benson''<br> | ||
'''First Line:''' How short and hasty is our life<br> | |||
{{Composer|Ebenezer Child}} | {{Composer|Ebenezer Child}} | ||
{{Lyricist|Isaac Watts}} | {{Lyricist|Isaac Watts}} | ||
{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br> | {{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br> | ||
{{Genre|Sacred|}} | {{Genre|Sacred|}} {{meter|86. 86 (C.M.)}} | ||
{{Language|English}} | {{Language|English}} | ||
{{Instruments|A cappella}} | {{Instruments|A cappella}} | ||
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==Original text and translations== | ==Original text and translations== | ||
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[[Category:Sheet music]] | [[Category:Sheet music]] | ||
[[Category:Classical music]] | [[Category:Classical music]] | ||
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- (Posted 2016-02-28) CPDL #38716:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-02-28). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 62 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Another pair of stanzas included, selected from Watts' hymn.
General Information
Title: Benson
First Line: How short and hasty is our life
Composer: Ebenezer Child
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1804
Description: First published in The Sacred Musician, 1804, p. 23. Words by Isaac Watts, 1709, his Hymn 32 of Book 2, in five stanzas. Child used the first two stanzas of Watts' hymn in his composition.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at How short and hasty is our life.