50th hymn meter

I recently discovered a new hymn meter designation – 50th meter – that I do not recall seeing before (Thanks to Matt Bell.) The 50th meter was a meter for the 50th Psalm. Similarly, William Gadsby uses Psalm Tune names for several of his hymn meters – 104th for the 10.10.11.11 pattern, 112th for L. P. M., 122nd for S. P. M., and 148th for H. M.

According to Richard Crawford in The Core Repertory of Early American Psalmody (Volumes 11-12, pp. xxxix, xl), the “old” 50th meter was 10.10.10.10.11.11. (as in the tune Lyons), and the “new” 50th meter was 6 lines of 10 (as in the tune Wordsworth).