Despondency (Walter Janes)
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- (Posted 2016-07-31) CPDL #40589:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-07-31). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 60 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition. All nine stanzas of Watts' poem included.
- (Posted 2016-07-31) CPDL #40588:
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-07-31). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 60 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). All nine stanzas of Watts' poem included.
General Information
Title: Despondency
First Line: Oft have I sat in secret sighs
Composer: Walter Janes
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1807 in The Harmonic Minstrelsey, p. 17
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1706, poem entitled A sight of heaven in sickness, in nine stanzas.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Oft have I sat in secret sighs.