Solitude (Walter Janes)

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• (Posted 2016-07-19)  CPDL #40416:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-07-19).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 68 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Oval note edition. Eight more stanzas included from Watts' paraphrase.

• (Posted 2016-07-19)  CPDL #40415:   

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2016-07-19).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 75 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Eight more stanzas included from Watts' paraphrase.

General Information

Title: Solitude
First Line: As on some lonely building's top
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: 1803 in The Massachusetts Harmony, p. 37

Description: Words by Isaac Watts, 1719, paraphrase of Psalm 102, Part 1, in twelve stanzas. Janes used the fourth stanza of Watts' paraphrase in his composition.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 102.