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.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 102.