Plainfield (Hezekiah Moors)

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• (Posted 2018-07-11)  CPDL #50486:         

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-07-11).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 65 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). The four remaining stanzas of Watts' paraphrase included.

General Information

Title: Plainfield
First Line: Life, like a vain amusement, flies
Composer: Hezekiah Moors
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Psalm-tune   Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1809 in The Province Harmony, p. 87
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 90, Part 2, with seven stanzas. Moors used the third stanza of Watts' paraphrase in his composition.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 90.