America - Wetmore, Truman

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"''America'' was reprinted in many American tunebooks in the early to middle nineteenth century, notably The Easy Instructor (1803), Wyeth's Repository (1810), Patterson's Church Music (1813), The Beauties of Harmony (1814), Kentucky Harmony (1816), The Kentucky Harmonist (1818), The Missouri Harmony (1820), Moore's Columbian Harmony (1825), A Compilation of Genuine Church Music (1832), Southern Harmony (1835), and White and King's The Sacred Harp (1844). It is still on p. 36 of The Sacred Harp to the present. Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 23, Part 3, stanza five of six; as amended by Joel Barlow, 1790."

⌛ Period → Romantic ◈ Genre → Psalm

♯ Key A minor

⁄ Time Signature 4/4

♬ Voicing → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Beginner

↕ Range A2 – G5

♩ Tempo 100

◷ Duration ~29 sec

¶ Language → English

Measures 12

Texture mixed texture

Parts 4

Instruments A cappella

Pages 1

CPDL # 60648

Editor Barry Johnston

Posted 2020-09-22

License Public Domain

♫Pitch Ranges

E4 – G5

E4 – A4

E3 – G4

A2 – C4

¶Lyrics / Text

'''Isaac Watts, 1719''' 5. In sight of all my foes, Thou dost my table spread; My cup with blessings overflows, And joy exalts my head.