Repentance (Philo Sherman)

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• (Posted 2025-10-23)  CPDL #87207:         

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2025-10-23).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 46 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from The Musical Medley, 1808. All five stanzas of Watts' hymn included. Whole piece transposed down from B minor to G minor. Note heads converted to four-shape format.

General Information

Title: Repentance
First Line: O, if my soul were formed for woe
Composer: Philo Sherman
Lyricist: Isaac Watts
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: TrCtTB
Genre: Sacred, Psalm-tune   Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1808 in The Musical Medley, no. 4
Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1709, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book 2, Hymn 106, with five stanzas. Sherman used the first stanza in his composition.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at O, if my soul were formed for woe.