Sheet music

Original

Look down, O God, regard my cry. Joseph Stephenson. A cappella. Sacred , Hymn. Language. English. SATB.

Translation

Look down, O God, regard my cry. Joseph Stephenson. A cappella. Sacred , Hymn. Language. English. SATB.

Original

A setting of a hymn loosely paraphrasing Psalm 3 , alluding to the victories of Frederick the Great. This setting by Joseph Stephenson was published on the final page. p12. of An Anthem Taken out of the 44 Chap. of Isaiah for the ever memorable glorious and compleat Victories obtained over the combined Army of the Prince de Soubise & the Army under Prince Charles Marshal Daun &c. By the Army commanded by HIS PRUSSIAN MAJESTY Nov. 5th & Decr 5th 1757. The victories referred to occurred at Rossbach. on 5 Nov 1757. and at Leuthen. on 5 Dec 1757. Humphries and Smith state that the anthem and paraphrase were published in 1758. p275, Charles Humphries & William C. Smith, Music Publishing in the British Isles , 2nd ed. , Oxford. 1970. The text of the paraphrase was was published on p615 of The London Magazine, or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer , of December 1757. volume 26. , where it is dated 'Oxfordshire, Dec. 2, 1757', indicating that it refers to the battle of Rossbach. The anthem on Isaiah 44 and this paraphrase were republished as pages 27-37 and page 38 respectively of Stephenson's later collection The Musical Companion. 1771.

Translation

A setting of a hymn loosely paraphrasing Psalm 3 , alluding to the victories of Frederick the Great. This setting by Joseph Stephenson was published on the final page. p12. of An Anthem Taken out of the 44 Chap. of Isaiah for the ever memorable glorious and compleat Victories obtained over the combined Army of the Prince de Soubise & the Army under Prince Charles Marshal Daun &c. By the Army commanded by HIS PRUSSIAN MAJESTY Nov. 5th & Decr 5th 1757. The victories referred to occurred at Rossbach. on 5 Nov 1757. and at Leuthen. on 5 Dec 1757. Humphries and Smith state that the anthem and paraphrase were published in 1758. p275, Charles Humphries & William C. Smith, Music Publishing in the British Isles , 2nd ed. , Oxford. 1970. The text of the paraphrase was was published on p615 of The London Magazine, or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer , of December 1757. volume 26. , where it is dated 'Oxfordshire, Dec. 2, 1757', indicating that it refers to the battle of Rossbach. The anthem on Isaiah 44 and this paraphrase were republished as pages 27-37 and page 38 respectively of Stephenson's later collection The Musical Companion. 1771.