Moriston (Susanna Heath)

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• (Posted 2023-09-24)  CPDL #75648:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2023-09-24).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 55 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from The Waterhouse Manuscript, 1780. All four stanzas of Watts' paraphrase included.

General Information

Title: Moriston
First Line: Man has a soul of vast desires
Composer: Susanna Heath
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: TrATB
Genre: Sacred, Psalm-tune   Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

    Manuscript 1780 in The Waterhouse Manuscript, no. 5
Description: This tune appeared first (and only?) in The Waterhouse Manuscript, 1780, attributed to "S H" – probably Susanna Heath, the transcriber. It does not appear to be of the quality of other known composers in this manuscript (William Billings, Lemuel Babcock), so it probably does belong to Susanna Heath. Karl Kroeger says, “Variant of Medfield, pub. in [Billings'] NEPS, p. 94 and SMA, p. 10”. They seem to be completely different tunes. Words by Isaac Watts, 1709, in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Hymn 146 of Book 2.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Man has a soul of vast desires.