Norwich (Oliver Brownson)

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  • (Posted 2016-01-06)  CPDL #38076:       
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-01-06).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 60 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Oval note edition.
  • (Posted 2016-01-06)  CPDL #38075:     
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-01-06).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 65 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape).

General Information

Title: Norwich
First Line: My sorrows, like a flood
Composer: Oliver Brownson
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred   Meter: 66. 86 (S.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1779 in Andrew Law's Select Harmony, Edition 2
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1706, poem entitled Confession and Pardon, with eighteen stanzas. Brownson used Watts' third stanza in his composition; other stanzas are either inappropriate here or have a different meter.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Alas, my aching heart.