Lamentation

( When we, our wearied limbs to rest ; Our harps, that when with joy we sung ; Meanwhile, our foes, who all conspir'd ; How shall we tune our voice to sing? ; To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost )

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Text by Tate, Nahum (1652-1715) [Ireland]
Brady, Nicholas (1659-1726) [Ireland ; 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: 18th century  (1750-1799)
Genre-Style-Form: Sacred ; Anthem ; Hymn (sacred) ; Psalm
Type of Choir: SATB  (4 mixed voices )
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5): 2
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E): B
Tonality: E minor
Duration: 6.0 min.
Liturgical Use: Psalm
Number of verses: 10
Musicological Sources: This edition based on the version found in the 2nd edition of Wyeth's Repository, part second (Harrisburg, 1820).
Biblical references: Psalms : 137
Source of text: Text is a metrical paraphrase of Psalm 137 in Tate and Brady's A new version of the psalms of David (London, 1696).
 

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