Fidelia

( As on some lonely building's top )

Lewer (17..-18..) [ USA ]

Text by Watts, Isaac (1674-1748) [Great Britain ; England]
Edition
Published by Broude Brothers Ltd. [USA] , 1974 ; in Western Wind American tune-book : Vocal music of the Revolutionary and Federal Era (276 p.)
Number of pages : 4
Editor or author of the restitution: Bennett, Lawrence
Type of material: Score with keyboard for rehearsal only
ISMN/ISBN : 0845000764
 
Description
Text in: English
Epoque: 19th century  (1800-1849)
Genre-Style-Form: Sacred ; Anthem ; Hymn (sacred) ; Psalm
Mood of the piece: mournful
Type of Choir: SSB OR TTB  (3 men OR mixed voices )
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5): 2
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E): B
Tonality: A minor
Duration: 1.5 min.
Liturgical Use: Penitence ; Psalm
Musicological Sources: This edition based on the version found in the 2nd edition of Wyeth's Repository, part second (Harrisburg, 1820).
Biblical references: Psalms : 102
Source of text: Text from Isaac Watts's metrical paraphrase of Psalm 102 in his Psalms of David, imitated in the language of the New Testament (London, 1719).
 

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