Potomac (Amos Pilsbury)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-01-20). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 77 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition. All four of Hopkinson's stanzas included.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2018-01-20). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 57 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). All four of Hopkinson's stanzas included.
General Information
Title: Potomac
First Line: Jehovah reigns, let all
Composer: Amos Pilsbury
Lyricist: Francis Hopkinson
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Psalm-tune Meter: 666. 666. 666
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1799 in Pilsbury's The United States Sacred Harmony, p. 179
Description: Words by Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady, 1698, New Version paraphrase of Psalm 99, as revised by Francis Hopkinson, 1767. Hopkinson's revision has four nine-line stanzas.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 99.