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Voorheesville C.M.

By Aldo Thomas Ceresa

Key
E minor
Type
Fuging tune
Time signature
4
4
Composed
2008
Text
Isaac Watts, 1719

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Description

Named for Voorheesville, New York; home of the Albany Area Regional Singing. This tune was first sung at the home of George and Jean Seiler (immediately following the singing in Voorheesville) in June, 2008. It has been sung at the 2008 Berkshire Foothills Composium, the 2009 Camp Fasola Youth Session Composium, and by the Art Mob in their Winter, 2008 concerts. Voorheesville appears on p. 166 of Shenandoah Harmony (2013).


Text

Lord, shall the wicked still deride
Thy justice and thy pow'r?
Shall they advance their heads in pride,
And still thy saints devour?