Fidelia
( As on some lonely building's top )
Composer(s):
Lewer
(17..-18..)
[ USA ]
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).