My days are gone like a shadow
Composer(s):
Blow, John
(1649-1708)
[ Great Britain ; England ]
Edition
Ref. :
CMS reprint no. 32
(7 p.)
, "Church Music Society reprints"
Editor or author of the restitution:
Statham, Heathcote
Type of material:
Full score
Description
Text in:
English
Epoque:
17th century
Genre-Style-Form:
Sacred ; Psalm ; Hymn (sacred)
Mood of the piece:
sorrowful ; sombre ; slow
Type of Choir:
SATB (4 mixed voices )
Instrumentation:
Keyboard
(1 instrumental part(s))
Instruments:
Organ (1)
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
2
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
A
Tonality:
E minor ; E major
Duration:
3.0 min.
Musicological Sources:
The sources of this edition are Tenbury MSS 797-803 and 1176-82 (sets of part books in the hand of John Gostling) and Fitzwilliam MS 116 (outline organ score in the composer's hand).
Biblical references:
Psalms :
102, 11-13