O Lord, let me know mine end - Tozar, Saloman

"A verse anthem setting of Psalm 39: 5-8. Extant partbooks are, from the former Caroline set, GB-Cp MSs 33 (Cantoris Bass), 34 (Cantoris Medius), 39 (Decani Contratenor I), and 49 (Cantoris Contratenor I), and from the latter Caroline set, GB-Cp MS 46 (Organ book). Other sources at Durham, the British Library and elsewhere complement what is missing from the Caroline Partbooks. The attribution to Adrian Batten occurs only in the index of one of the Caroline Partbooks and is incorrect. The Barnard Partbooks, which were closely associated with Adrian Batten, attribute the anthem to Saloman Tozar, while Batten’s own organ book attributes it to “Mr Salomon Tozar singing man of Exeter quier” and annotates it “O Lord let me know mine end: for a tenor and bas:”"

◈ Genre / Form Verse anthems

♯ Key F minor

⁄ Time Signature 2/2

♬ Voicing → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Advanced (Grade 5-6)

↕ Range F2 – G5

¶ Language → English

Measures 98

Texture mixed texture

Parts 6

Instruments SATB, Organ

Pages 8

CPDL # 76621

Editor Drew Sellis

Posted 2023-10-25

License CPDL License

♫Pitch Ranges

Medius

F4 – F5

Contratenor

C4 – C5

Tenor (editorial)

F3 – F4

Bass

F2 – C4

Organ

F2 – G4

¶Lyrics / Text

O Lord, let me know mine end, and the number of my days: that I may be certified how long I have to live. Behold, thou hast made my days as it were a span long: and mine age is even as nothing in respect of thee; and verily every man living is altogether vanity. For man walketh in a vain shadow, and disquieteth himself in vain: he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them. And now, Lord, what is my hope: truly my hope is even in thee. Amen.