Complainer
( I set myself against the Lord ; Of ev'ry preacher I'd complain ; With no professors could I join ; I thought they'd better keep at home ; Kindred and neighbors, all were bad ; The horrid loads of guilt and shame ; But there is balm in Gilead ; For Christ's free love's a boundless sea ; Now I can hear a child proclaim ; Glory to him, who gave his Son ; Come, saints, rejoice in Christ your King ; All those who do an int'rest gain )
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:
18 ; 19th century
(1750-1799)
Genre-Style-Form:
Sacred ; Hymn (sacred) ; Anthem ; Folk hymn
Mood of the piece:
sincere
Type of Choir:
TTB (3 men voices )
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
1
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
A
Tonality:
G major
Duration:
15.0 min.
Liturgical Use:
Penitence ; Praise
Number of verses:
12
Origin:
USA
Musicological Sources:
This edition based on the version found in Ingalls's The Christian harmony (Exeter, N.H., 1805).
Source of text:
Text from Joshua Smith's Divine harmony, or Spiritual songs (8th ed., Exeter, N.H., 1801).